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The ideal mix of classical music

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

Georgia Mann plays the best classical music for your morning, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Including the Playlister challenge: our regular listener-created sequence inspired by a different piece of music each day. Plus a new classical release in focus for Album of the Week.

1000 Playlister starter: listen and send us your ideas for the next step in today's musical journey. Text 83111 or email essentialclassics@bbc.co.uk.

1030 Album of the Week: an exciting new classical release in focus throughout the week.

1115 Playlister reveal: an uninterrupted sequence of music suggested by you in response to today's starter piece.

1200 Feast of a Piece: indulge your ears with an orchestral masterpiece.

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3 hours, 30 minutes

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Thu 28 Aug 2025 09:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Decca.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Performer: Lambert Orkis.
    • Sony Masterworks.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Yeomen of the Guard; Act II: When a wooer goes a-wooing

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent. Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Singer: Elsie Morison. Singer: Richard Lewis. Singer: Geraint Evans. Singer: Marjorie Thomas.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeoman of the Guard.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 208.

  • Henry Purcell

    Symphony [Sonata while the sun rises] (The Fairy Queen)

    Music Arranger: Alison Balsom. Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies, John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 4.

  • Arthur Wood

    Barwick Green (My Native Heath)

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics, Vol. 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414; 3rd movement; Allegretto

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Herbert Howells

    Holy is the true light from Hymnus paradisi

    Singer: Julie Kennard. Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Choir: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Howells: Hymnus Paradisi.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    5 melodies de Venise, Op. 58: No. 2, En sourdine

    Performer: Florian Caroubi. Lyricist: Paul Verlaine. Singer: Ad猫le Charvet.
    • Belle 茅poque !.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 12.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Concerto Elegiaco (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bream. Orchestra: RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Leo Brouwer.
    • Julian Bream: Works by Brouwer and Rodrigo.
    • RCA.
    • 3.

  • Arthur Wood

    Barwick Green (My Native Heath)

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics, Vol. 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Trio in A minor, Op.150; 1st mvt

    Ensemble: Ambache Chamber Ensemble.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Waltz of the Flowers)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 21.

  • Will Todd

    The Call of Wisdom

    Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: James Sherlock. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Todd: The Call of Wisdom.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 3.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabesque in C major Op.18

    Performer: Leon McCawley.
    • AVIE.

  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur: Your Hay It Is Mow'd

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Singer: Ashley Riches. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Purcell: King Arthur, 1691.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 206.

  • Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grainger: The Grainger Edition: Various Artists.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • The Bonzo Dog Band

    Jollity Farm

    • The Bonzo Dog Band - The Intro.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 3.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Storming of Krasnaya Gorka (The Unforgettable Year 1919, Op 89a)

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos 1&2: Alexev/English Chamber Orchestra/Maksymiuk.
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Ailsa Dixon

    Shining Cold

    Performer: Charlie Draper. Performer: Carmen Flores. Performer: Leo Melvin. Singer: Lucy Cox.
    • The Spirit of Love: Chamber Music by Ailsa Dixon.
    • Resonus.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Une Nuit 脿 Lisbonne - barcarolle for orchestra

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Saint-Saens: Various works: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Granville Bantock

    Celtic Symphony

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • HYPERION.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 Arr. for Orchestra

    Music Arranger: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
    • Chandos.
    • 112.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Water Dance No.3: Very lightly, like a harp

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • Crystalline.
    • 2L.
    • 4.

  • Thomas Weelkes

    When David Heard

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Poetry in Music.
    • CORO.
    • 3.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chlo茅 Suite no.2

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 Aug 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3