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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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Music Played

  • 脡douard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto - Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 8.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Te Deum (Te Deum Laudamus)

    Performer: Ch艙ur de Chambre de Namur. Performer: Millenium Orchestra. Performer: Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n.
    • Lully: Dies Irae, De Profondis & Te Deum.
    • Alpha.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Sarka (Ma Vlast)

    Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Smetana: M谩 Vlast.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • John Stanley

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Quiet Reflection on an Autumn Evening

    Performer: Fumiko Shiraga.
    • Piano Works.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Seascape Op.53 for wind ensemble

    Performer: Alex Jakeman. Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Meyrick Alexander. Performer: Alyson Frazier. Performer: Elise Campbell. Performer: Mark van de Wiel. Performer: Jonathan Parkin. Performer: Graham Hobbs.
    • Winds of Change.
    • Three Worlds Records.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Fratres

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks (La r茅jouissance)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.
    • NAIVE.

  • Gustav Holst

    Capriccio

    Music Arranger: Imogen Holst. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Holst: Egdon Heath, Hammersmith etc.: LSO/Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in D Major, K. 250 "Haffner": IV. Rondeau

    Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens. Orchestra: Die K枚lner Akademie.
    • Mozart: Haffner Serenade & Ein musikalischer Spa脽.
    • BIS.
    • 204.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G minor, Op 23 No 5

    Performer: Claire Huangci.
    • Rachmaninov: The Preludes.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 6.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.3 in C minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Tyndaris

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Hugh Cutting.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Una Dia de noviembre

    Performer: Graham Anthony Devine.
    • Naxos.

  • Johannes Brahms

    7 Fantasies Op.116 (no.4; Intermezzo in E major)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Kurt Weill

    September Song

    Singer: Ella Fitzgerald. Performer: Paul Smith.
    • Verve.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major, D.803 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Gaudier Ensemble.
    • Schubert: Octet: Gaudier Ensemble.
    • ASV.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Concerto in A minor, RV.419

    Performer: Christophe Coin. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • NAIVE.

  • Erik Satie

    Sarabande No 3 in D flat major (Trois sarabandes)

    Performer: Alan Marks.
    • Erik Satie: Collected Items From A Silent Dream.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 15.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite, Op 57

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade: Philharmonia/Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Camilla de Rossi

    Duol sofferto per amore (Oratorio Sant'Alessio)

    Singer: Graham Pushee. Ensemble: Ensemble Musica Fiorita. Director: Daniela Dolci.
    • Pan Classics.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding Cake Op.76

    Performer: Romain Descharmes. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Serenade in F major Op.31 (Finale)

    Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • BIS.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C minor Kk.11

    Performer: Mie Miki.
    • S'il vous pla卯t: Mie Miki.
    • Bis.
    • 3.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no. 5 (Op.82) in E flat major, 3rd movement; Allegro molto

    Performer: Paavo J盲rvi. Performer: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie.
    • Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7.
    • RCA.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 Sep 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3