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The best classical morning 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 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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3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 22 Oct 202509:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major D.899 no.2

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Late Works by Mozart, Schubert & Brahms.
    • Genuin.
    • 3.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Norfolk Rhapsody no. 1 in E minor

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • William Boyce

    Symphony No. 4 in F Major

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Boyce: 8 Symphonies, Op.2.
    • L'Oiseau Lyre.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Reflets

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Jâms Coleman.
    • Path to the Moon.
    • Chandos.
    • 105.

  • Richard Strauss

    Also Sprach Zarathustra Op.30 (Introduction)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Orfeo.

  • Barrington Pheloung

    Inspector Morse Theme

    Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Barrington Pheloung.
    • The Essential Inspector Morse Collection Original Soundtrack.
    • Virgin Catalogue.
    • 1.

  • John Taverner

    Dum transisset sabbatum I

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Choir: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Gloria Tibi Trinitas.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 9.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Torleif Thedéen.
    • BIS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, K. 447: III. Allegro

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 9.

  • Michel Emer

    À quoi ça sert l'amour

    Conductor: Pierre Dumoussaud. Orchestra: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine.
    • Pianosong.
    • Erato.
    • 9.

  • Lilian Elkington

    Out of the Mist

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • Elgar - The Spirit of England etc..
    • Dutton Laboratories.
    • 7.

  • Barrington Pheloung

    Inspector Morse Theme

    Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Barrington Pheloung.
    • The Essential Inspector Morse Collection Original Soundtrack.
    • Virgin Catalogue.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and fugue no. 2 in C min BWV.847 (Book 1, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier.
    • ECM.
    • 3-4.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Pizzicato-Polka

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • The Strauss Album: Christopher Warren Green.
    • White Line.
    • 14.

  • Randall Thompson

    Largo - second movement of Symphony No 2 in E minor

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Hubert Parry

    I was glad

    Performer: Timothy Byram-Wigfield. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Choir: Waynflete Singers. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Jerusalem: Winchester Cathedral Choir/Waynflete Singers/Bournemouth SO/Hill.
    • Argo.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacrée et danse profane

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Works by Ravel/Debussy.
    • NAIVE.
    • 11-12.

  • Henry Mancini

    Pink Panther Theme

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.
    • RCA.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart: Overtures: Staatskapelle Dresden/Sir Colin Davis.
    • RCA.
    • 16.

  • Geoffrey Burgon

    Nunc Dimittis (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis)

    Singer: Paul Phoenix. Performer: James Watson. Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble.
    • Guild.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland. Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
    • Lawo.

  • Trad.

    Dark Eyes

    Music Arranger: John Harle. Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet. Performer: John Harle. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca.
    • Decca.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Filiae maestae Jerusalem, RV 638: II. Sileant Zephyri

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No.1 in B flat "Spring" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Schumann : Symphonies 1-4 & Violin & Piano Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Palladio: I. Allegretto

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • Epic Orchestra - New Sound of Classical.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.

  • Josef Suk

    Fantasy In G Minor Op.24

    Performer: Josef Suk. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel Ančerl.
    • SUPRAPHON : SU-110601-2.
    • Supraphon.
    • 4.

  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Troubled Water

    • Fantasie.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Pierre Villette

    Hymne à la Vierge

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: David Trendell.
    • Desenclos: Messe De Requiem, Salve Regina & Poulenc: Litanies À La Vierge Noire.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 9.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.64`5 'The Lark' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • BR Klassik.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio in G minor

    Music Arranger: Remo Giazotto. Orchestra: Richard Hickox Orchestra. Performer: Alastair Ross. Performer: Simon Standage. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Weekend Classics: Baroque Weekend: Pachelbel/Albinoni/Handel/Vivaldi.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Wed 22 Oct 202509:30
    BBC Radio 3