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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 [email protected].

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 22 Sep 202509:30
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Bruno Weil.
    • Mozart: Overtures, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Tafelmusik, Bruno Weil.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Amy Beach

    Masked Ball, Op.22

    Orchestra: Moravská filharmonie Olomouc. Conductor: Hector Valdivia.
    • CENTAUR.

  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade in E flat major, Op.7

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Strauss: Orchestral Works: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/Zinman.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 14.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV.848

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • DECCA.

  • Max Bruch

    Concerto in E minor for clarinet, viola and orchestra Op.88 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gérard Caussé. Performer: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Bruch/Werke fur Klarinette und Viola.
    • Erato.

  • Erik Satie

    Jack in the Box

    Orchestrator: Darius Milhaud. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Paris Quartet no.1 in G major, TWV.43:G1

    Performer: Barthold Kuijken. Performer: Sigiswald Kuijken. Performer: Wieland Kuijken. Performer: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • SONY.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Autumn (6 Études de concert- book 1 Op.35)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • hyperion.
    • 013.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March (English Folk Song Suite)

    Music Arranger: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.

  • Owain Park

    Warm, Hazy Rain

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Performer: Richard Gowers.
    • Fantasia: Works for Trumpet & Organ.
    • Chandos.
    • 114.

  • Franz Schubert

    Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950: I. Kyrie

    Choir: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Conductor: Robert Shaw. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
    • Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G Major, D. 167 & Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major, D. 950.
    • Telarc.
    • 7.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Armide, Act I: Overture

    Composer: Louis-Joseph Francoeur. Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Lully: Armide 1778.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Eduard Strauss

    Bahn frei! - Polka schnell Op. 45

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: James Loughran.
    • Viennese Night - Waltzes and Polkas by the Strauss Family.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major Op.19 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Beethoven - The Complete Piano Concertos.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 6.

  • Elisabeth Kuyper

    Ballad, Op.11

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Rakitina.
    • SONY.

  • Leopold Mozart

    Symphony in C major, 'Toy' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: The Orchestra of St. John’s, Smith Square. Conductor: John Lubbock.
    • Sanctuary.

  • Claude Debussy

    Cake-walk (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.3: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.

  • Victor Herbert

    March of the Toys (Babes in Toyland)

    Orchestra: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Brion.
    • Marco Polo.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI MUSIC.

  • William Grant Still

    Ennanga: 2nd mvt

    Ensemble: Videmus.
    • William Grant Still.
    • New World Records.
    • 16.

  • John Harle

    RANT!

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.
    • decca.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Mazurka Rustique (Petite Suite)

    Orchestrator: Alexander Glazunov. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Borodin: Requiem, Polovtsian Dances and Suite from Prince Igor.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 10.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins and cello, RV 580

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Albioni/Pachelbel/Bach: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 7 in C major

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • BIS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sarabande (Keyboard suite in D minor HWV.437)

    Music Arranger: Olivier Fourés. Performer: Daniel Hope. Ensemble: Daniel Hope Ensemble.
    • DG.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Quintet no.2 in E major Op.31 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • Farrenc: Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2.
    • CPO.
    • 201.

  • William Byrd

    Vigilate

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Signum.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Béatrice et Bénédict Op.27 (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz Odyssey: The Complete Colin Davis Recordings.
    • Lso Live.
    • 401.

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 (Carillon)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1: Jesus Lopez-Cobos.
    • Telarc.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Sep 202509:30
    BBC Radio 3