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Refresh your morning with 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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Fri 12 Sep 2025 09:30
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Music Played

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Chandos.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Konzertst眉ck No 1 in F minor, Op 113 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Kenneth Sillito.
    • EMI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.29 in A major K.201 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonies; SCO; Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.
    • 1.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major Kk.208

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • Scarlatti: 18 Sonatas.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Borodin: Requiem/Polovtsian Dances: Philharmonia Orchestra: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Cala.
    • 8.

  • Kassiani

    Tin pentachordon lyran [The 5-stringed Lute]

    Ensemble: VocaMe. Director: Michael Popp.
    • CHRISTOPHORUS.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    String Quartet No 1 in E minor, 'From my life' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Vocalise.
    • OPUS ARTE.
    • 1.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Violin Concerto in D Minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Oistrakh. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian.
    • A. Khachaturian: Violin Concerto - Prokofiev, K. Khachaturian & Szymanowski: Vio.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Claude Debussy

    En Bateau (Petite Suite)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Hyperion.

  • William Lawes

    In resurrectione tua Domine (Choice Psalmes)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Pr猫s de votre Oreille. Conductor: Robin Pharo.
    • William Lawes: Lighten mine eies.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 117.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No 7 in D Minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Symphonies Nos. 7-9.
    • DG.
    • 4.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in B flat major for 3 oboes (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Telemann: Wind concertos: Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Poldowski

    L'heure exquise

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Carolyn Sampson.
    • BIS.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.7 (Nachtmusik)

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 7.
    • BSO Recordings.
    • 2.

  • L茅on Bo毛llmann

    Suite gothique, Op. 25; IV. Toccata

    Performer: Kerry Beaumont.
    • The Grand Organ of Coventry Cathedral.
    • Priory.

  • Thomas Campion

    When to her lute Corrina sings

    Performer: Anthony Rooley. Singer: Emma Kirkby.
    • Classical Kirkby - Orpheus and Corina.
    • BIS.
    • 107.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 6 in D Major: Sarabande

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.
    • J.S. Bach: Complete Cello Suites (The 2023 Sessions).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 216.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Sonata a 8 sopra 'Sancta Maria' (Vespro della Beata Vergine)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 203.

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet voluntary "The Prince of Denmark's March"

    Performer: Stephen Keavy. Ensemble: Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Rondeaux Royaux: The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor Op.11 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Kletzki.
    • EMI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42: Sinfonia

    Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus.
    • Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 36 - Bwv 6, 42, 103, 108.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • George Walker

    Trombone Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: James DePreist.
    • BIS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No 2 in D Major

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Petra M眉llejans.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Monn: Cello Concerto.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Pizzicato (Sylvia)

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • French Album: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.

  • William Walton

    Set me as a seal upon thine heart

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Walton: Coronation Te Deum: Polyphony/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Marianna Martines

    Harpsichord Concerto in E major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Ensemble: La Floridiana.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • Joseph Horovitz

    Sonatina for clarinet and piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Music for Clarinet and Piano.
    • EMI.
    • 7.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • The Wagner Project.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 201.

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Sep 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3