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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

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major H.1.59 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
    • ALPHA.
    • 05.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No 6, 'Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden'

    Singer: Yukari Nonoshita. Singer: Robin Blaze. Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Dominik W枚rner. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Danse villageoise (Suite pastorale)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Paray Conducts Chabrier & Roussel.
    • Mercury.
    • 3.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Complete Concerto Recordings.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.

  • John Tavener

    Song of the Angel

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Singer: Patricia Rozario. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Paul Goodwin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata no.2 in D minor (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Bizzarrie Armoniche.
    • Naive.

  • Jules Massenet

    Le Cid - ballet suite (Aubade; Castillane; Andalouse; Aragonaise)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Melody, Op 20 No 1

    Performer: Han鈥恘a Chang. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI.

  • Edvard Grieg

    March of the Trolls, Op 54, No 3 (Lyric Pieces)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • HYPERION.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Rapsodie Espagnole (4th mvt 'Feria')

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

  • Johann Christian Schickhardt

    Concerto in C major for four recorders, Op.19`1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Sirena Recorder Quartet. Performer: Mogens Rasmussen. Performer: Fredrik Bock. Performer: Leif Meyer.
    • Baroque - Sirena Recorder Quartet/Dan Laurin.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony no.2 in E flat major Op.63 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DECCA.

  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    Oberek No. 1

    Performer: Bomsori. Performer: Julia Okruashvili.
    • Classique au f茅minin - Femmes compositrices.
    • DG.
    • 6.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in blue

    Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, etc Previn.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Fantasia No.7 in E flat major; 2. Allegro

    Performer: Timothy Ridout.
    • Timothy Ridout Works for Solo Viola.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Waft her, Angels (Jephtha)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Classical Opera Company. Conductor: Ian Page.
    • Signum.

  • Alban Berg

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvt - excerpt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Dream of Gerontius: Praise to the Holiest in the Height

    Singer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers. Choir: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir. Choir: Huddersfield Choral Society. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • EMI.

  • John Williams

    Flying Theme (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • MCA.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    The Arts and the Hours (Les Bor茅ades)

    Music Arranger: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no.1 in C minor, Op.32 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph K枚nig.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
    • DG.
    • 10.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No 7 in E Major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Eugen Jochum.
    • Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 26.

  • Charles Gounod

    Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce r锚ve (Rom茅o et Juliette)

    Singer: Sumi Jo. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Giuliano Carella.
    • Les bijoux, French arias: Sumi Jo/English Chamber Orchestra/Carella.
    • Erato.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Capriccio Op.18

    Performer: Nils鈥怑rik Sparf. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • DG.

  • Johann David Heinichen

    Dresden Concerto in G major S.217 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerti Musica Antiqua Koln Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 17.

  • Nacio Herb Brown

    Doll Dance

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Le Boeuf sur le Toit.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works including Symphony no.3, The Wasps Overture,.
    • HALLE.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 Sep 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3