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Celebrating classical greats

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

1000 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1115 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week.

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Tue 8 Jul 2025 09:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite, Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Kodaly: "Hary Janos" Suite: Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 15.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Souvenir de Boh猫me Set 2 Op.13 (no.2)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Andras Schiff - Smetana: Polkas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Va tacito (Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act I, Scene 9)

    Performer: Anneke Scott. Performer: Miriam Kaczor. Music Arranger: John Walsh. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Whelan.
    • Linn.

  • Caroline Shaw

    The Mona Lisa

    Choir: Roomful of Teeth. Performer: S艒 Percussion. Performer: John Patitucci. Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Leonardo da Vinci: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, & David McMahon (Original S.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 28.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies no. 7 & 8: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Jansons.
    • EMI.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C major H.16.1

    Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas III: Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5-7.

  • Scott Joplin

    Solace - A Mexican serenade

    Music Arranger: Jacqueline Thomas. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Golden Oldies - More Favourite Encores.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 15.

  • Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Se l'aura spira tutta vezzosa

    Performer: Daniel Murphy. Singer: Hugh Cutting.

  • Clara Schumann

    Konzertsatz in F minor

    Performer: Lucy Parham. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • CIRRUS CLASSICS.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Elegy for Strings

    Orchestra: Camerata Nordica. Director: Terje T酶nnesen.
    • Britten: Music for String Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 19.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)

    Singer: Jane Sheldon. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.
    • Elena Kats-Chernin - Wild Swans.
    • ABC.
    • 2.

  • George Gershwin

    Strike up the Band (Overture)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Gershwin: An American in Paris: Shelley/麻豆社 Phil./Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Antoine Reicha

    Musique pour celebrer la memoire des grands hommes (3rd mvmt)

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Wind Symphony. Conductor: Eugene Migliaro Corporon.
    • KLAVIER.

  • Jessica Curry

    All the Earth

    Lyricist: Dan Pinchbeck. Conductor: James Morgan. Choir: Metro Voices. Choir: London Voices.
    • Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (Original Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle joyeuse

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 20.

  • Jay Livingston

    Mona Lisa

    Lyricist: Ray Evans. Singer: Nat King Cole.
    • The World of Nat King Cole.
    • Capitol.
    • 2.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Assault on Beautiful Gorky (The Unforgettable Year 1919 - Suite Op. 89a)

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 115.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Pange lingua

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Bruckner: Mass in E minor/Motets: Polyphony/Britten Sinfonia/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Passacaglia for solo violin

    Performer: Andrew Manze.
    • Biber - Violin sonatas - Romanesca.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 011.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La danza (Soir茅es musicales)

    Singer: Roberto Alagna. Orchestra: The London Orchestra. Conductor: Yvan Cassar.
    • Roberto Alagna: My Life is an Opera.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Claude Debussy

    Syrinx

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud.
    • Debussy Sonates & Trio.
    • Erato.
    • 4.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Armida al campo d'Egitto (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Antonio Vivaldi, Armida al campo d'Egitto; Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 1.

  • Hugo Wolf

    M枚rike-Lieder: No. 7, Das Verlassene M盲gdlein

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Lyricist: Eduard M枚rike. Singer: Florian Boesch.
    • Brahms & Wolf: Lieder.
    • Linn Records.
    • 13.

  • Richard Rodgers

    South Pacific Overture

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Tunick.
    • South Pacific.
    • CBS.
    • 1.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op 44 (3rd mvt, Minuetto: Allegro)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • Louise Farrenc: Piano Trios, Sextet.
    • CPO.
    • 10.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonore - overture no.1 Op.138

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Virgin.

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Jul 2025 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3