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A classical soundtrack for your morning

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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Mon 29 Sep 2025 09:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Rondeau (Les Biches)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Signum.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1: 3rd mvt

    Performer: Michael Collins. Music Arranger: Luciano Berio. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Berio: Orchestral Realisations.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto no.10 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6.

  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
    • 3.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Thomas Ad猫s. Performer: Corina Belcea. Performer: Krzysztof Chorzelski. Performer: Alasdair Tait. Performer: Corin Long.
    • Ades: Piano Quintet & Schubert: Piano Quintet.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • Arnold Bax

    Russian Suite: iii. In a Vodka Shop

    Conductor: Bryden Thomson. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Bax: Russian Suite, Four Songs, Golden Eagle, Saga Fragment & Romantic Overture.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no.1

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6-9.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Rock them, rock them

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Violin Concerto in A 'Die Relinge': 1st mvt

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Telemann: Violin Concertos. Overture. Suite. Fantasie.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 11.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quintet in E flat major Op.16 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • Les Vents Fran莽ais - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 117.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Five Novelettes, Op.15 (Alla spagnuola)

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • Les Vendredis.
    • Simax.
    • 11.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il Trovatore - Stride la vampa!

    Singer: Agnieszka Rehlis. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Giacomo Sagripanti.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major: II. Andante

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    In Windsor Forest: II. Drinking Song

    Choir: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Norman Del Mar. Singer: Helen Field.
    • EMI.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus, Act 2: Im Feuerstrom der Reben

    Conductor: Lawrence Foster. Singer: Laura Aikin. Singer: Elisabeth Kulman. Singer: Nikolai Schukoff. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Strauss: Die Fledermaus.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 12.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Philips.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425: 1st mvt

    Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Avi Avital Vivaldi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 007.

  • Frank Bridge

    Nocturne (Suite for String Orchestra)

    Orchestra: English Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William Boughton.
    • NIMBUS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in D Major "Haffner" (6th mvt)

    Orchestra: Die K枚lner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • Mozart: Haffner Serenade & Ein musikalischer Spa脽.
    • BIS.
    • 206.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Trio for Oboe, Bassoon & Harpsichord: III. Allegro con brio

    Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal. Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Amy Harman.
    • Dring: Complete Works for Oboe.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Giulio Cesare: Va tacito (go silently)

    Singer: Barnaby Smith. Ensemble: The Illyria Consort.
    • Voces8 Records.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Le boeuf sur le toit

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Henry Purcell

    Abdelazer (Rondeau - Air - Air - Minuet)

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Purcell: Theatre Music.
    • Decca.

  • Erland Cooper

    Unfolding Landscapes

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Janne Nisonen.
    • 蜜芽传媒 recording.

  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartet (The Jovial One)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol 3.
    • Azica.
    • 6.

  • Rebecca Dale

    true love

    Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Richard Harwood. Performer: Klara Romac. Performer: Tom Walley. Performer: Olivia Jageurs. Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons.
    • Signum Records.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Fantasia in C major H.17.4

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • WARNER.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Sep 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3