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Relax into the day with classical

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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Wed 1 Oct 2025 09:30
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Music Played

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia 21. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Impromptu in F sharp major Op.36

    Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
    • Scriabin/Faure/Chopin: Impromptus.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
    • 12.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Presto in C major

    Ensemble: Quatuor Diotima.
    • NAIVE.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic Dances, Op 64 (No 3, Allegro giocoso)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Henry Purcell

    Come, ye sons of art, away, Z.323 (extract)

    Performer: Michael Chance. Performer: Timothy Wilson. Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.

  • Brenda Gifford

    Bardju (Footprints)

    Music Arranger: Jessica Wells. Ensemble: Ensemble Offspring.
    • Women of Note.
    • ABC.
    • 12.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Jubel Overture

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Weber: Complete Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 1001.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Merry-Go-Round of Life (Howl's Moving Castle)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • DG.

  • Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

    Gloria in altissimis Deo

    Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia.
    • I Vespri Natalizi (1650).
    • Tactus.
    • 012.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C major H.16.1

    Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sonata a tromba in D Major, TWV 44:1

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Telemann: Violin Concertos. Overture. Suite. Fantasie.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 8-10.

  • Gemma McGregor

    Love was his meaning

    Choir: Corvus Consort. Performer: Louise Thomson. Conductor: Freddie Crowley.
    • Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women鈥檚 Voices.
    • Chandos.
    • 701.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio espagnol, Op 34

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Capricco Espagnol: Mackerras.
    • Telarc.
    • 5.

  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Viola Sonata in B flat major Op.36 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Ke Ma.
    • Champs Hill.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (Semele)

    Singer: Ben Bliss. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.

  • Dilys Elwyn-Edwards

    The cloths of heaven

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Bryn Terfel: Silent Noon - English Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Claude Debussy

    Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Trad.

    Po karekare Ana

    Music Arranger: Paraire Tomoana. Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Ensemble: Maori Music Group. Ensemble: The Abbey Road Ensemble.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Scherzo in C minor (F. A. E. Sonata)

    Music Arranger: Julian Bliss. Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Christopher Glynn.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello

    Overture-Suite in D Major (Ciaccona)

    Orchestra: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • Forza azzurri! Music by Dall鈥檃baco, Brescianello, Sammartini, Vivaldi and Zavate.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 24.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos: Perahia/Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Haitink.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Danza (Les soir茅es musicales)

    Performer: Andrea Noferini. Performer: Denis Zardi. Music Arranger: Unknown.
    • Rossini for Cello.
    • Tactus.
    • 401.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Acis et Galatee (Prologue)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset. Singer: Ambroisine Br茅. Singer: Cyril Auvity. Singer: Edwin Crossley-Mercer.
    • Aparte.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op 17 - 4th movement, Allegretto

    Ensemble: Storioni Trio.
    • Ars Produktion.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Erland Cooper

    Unfolding Landscapes

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

  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite No 3 in D minor, HWV 428 (Prelude)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Debussy, Dutilleux & Ravel: String Quartets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 118.

Broadcast

  • Wed 1 Oct 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3