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The ideal mix of classical music

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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3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Sep 202509:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
    • LSO Live.
    • 1.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op.44 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Diana Ambache. Performer: Joan Enric Lluna. Performer: Naomi Butterworth.
    • BBC Music.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV54, 'Widerstehe doch der Sünde'

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Collegium Vocale Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.4 in F sharp minor

    Orchestrator: Paul Juon. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jimbo's Lullaby (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Zoltán Kocsis.
    • Debussy: Preludes Books I & II: Zoltan Kocsis.
    • Philips.
    • 14.

  • Max Bruch

    Serenade in A minor, Op 75 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Dixit Dominus (Vespro della Beata Vergine)

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • C. Monteverdi : Vespro della Beata Vergine - 1610: Christina Pluhar/L'Arpeggiata.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.

  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Performer: Penelope Thwaites. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Echo

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Performer: Richard Gowers.
    • Roxanna Panufnik: Echo.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.92 in G major 'Oxford' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 91 & 92: Rene Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • Frank Bridge

    Scherzettino

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • Bridge: Piano Music Volume 2: Ashley Wass.
    • Naxos.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Classical Hits: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Oceanides Op.73

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • Joby Talbot

    Alice's adventures in Wonderland - suite from the ballet: The Cheshire Cat

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Grand March (Aida)

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.
    • Marches in Hi-Fi: Arthur Fiedler.
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Berceuse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 13.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Circus Polka

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Elephant (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Georg Hörtnagel.
    • Saint-Saens: Carnaval des Animaux: Argerich/Frerie/Kremer.
    • Philips.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Hans Vonk.
    • Mozart: Clarinet concerto K.622: Meyer/Staatskapelle Dresden/Vonk.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Mel Bonis

    Le Rêve de Cléopâtre

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Radiohead

    Pyramid Song

    Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A major, Op 40 No 1 (Military)

    Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Chandos.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird Suite

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Channel.

  • Henry Purcell

    Three parts upon a ground, Z.731

    Ensemble: Taverner Players.
    • EMI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Nancy Dalberg

    Scherzo for string orchestra, Op 6

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Frans Rasmussen.
    • DA CAPO.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Etudes-tableaux Op.33 for piano: no.3 in C minor

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • HYPERION.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    España

    Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Thu 25 Sep 202509:30
    BBC Radio 3