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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 [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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Wed 12 Nov 202509:30
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale-Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 645

    Performer: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S.Bach: Organ Works - Ton Koopman.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Norwegian dances Op.35 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: The Orchestral Music: Bergen PO, Ruud.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media vita

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.

  • Claude Debussy

    String Quartet in G Minor, Op 10 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Mandelring Quartet.
    • Audite.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 466

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • SCRIABIN – SCARLATTI.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Matinées musicales, Op. 24: III. Waltz

    Conductor: Okko Kamu.
    • Britten, B.: Piano Concerto / Soirees Musicales / Matinees Musicales.
    • Ondine.
    • 13.

  • Mel Bonis

    Desdémona

    Performer: Élisabeth Pion.
    • Femmes de légende.
    • Atma Classique.
    • 2.

  • Florence Price

    Concert Overture No 1

    Orchestra: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Price: Songs of the Oak.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • Jamie Jones

    Rumination

    Performer: Zahra Benyounes. Performer: Jeremy Young.
    • Short Stories Vol.1.
    • James Jones Music.
    • 3.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: I. Ondine

    Performer: Jean-Frédéric Neuburger.
    • 39ème Festival International de Piano de La Roque d'Anthéron.
    • Mirare.
    • 14.

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Te Deum, H 146 (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Guerre et Paix.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 22.

  • Olivia Belli

    Tàmâr Mĕtūshelāḥ

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Gaïa.
    • Erato.
    • 9.

  • Mel Bonis

    EC Playlist clip 121125

    Performer: Élisabeth Pion.
    • Femmes de légende.
    • Atma Classique.

  • Franz Waxman

    Carmen Fantasy

    Composer: Georges Bizet. Performer: Bomsori. Orchestra: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • DG.

  • Jean‐Joseph de Mondonville

    Sonates en symphonies: Sonate No.6

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Director: Marc Minkowski.
    • MBF.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsodie in E flat major, Op 119 No 4

    Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Haydn, Brahms, Lachenmann, Schubert: Lars Vogt.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 13.

  • William Byrd

    Nunc dimittis servum tuum

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Tallis/Byrd/Sheppard: Music for Compline: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 15.

  • Geraldine Mucha

    The Tempest Overture

    Orchestra: Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andreas Sebastian Weiser.
    • Macbeth And Other Orchestral Works.
    • ARCO DIVA.
    • 1.

  • Elisabetta de Gambarini

    Sonata in G Major, Op. 1 No. 4: III. Non troppo Presto

    Performer: Margherita Torretta.
    • De Gambarini: Complete Works for Keyboard.
    • Piano Classics.
    • 12.

  • Jacob Gade

    Jalousie - tango

    Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Matthias Aeschbacher.
    • DACAPO.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G major 'Gypsy Rondo' H.15.25 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Performer: Federico Toffano. Performer: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • Emma Jayakumar

    Bell Birds Suite (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Darlington Quartet.
    • ABC Classics.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Gordian knot unty'd, Z.597

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concertino for flute & piano

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Belle Époque: French Music for Wind.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Leos Janáček

    Symphonic Suite from Jenufa

    Music Arranger: Manfred Honeck. Music Arranger: Tomáš Ille. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • REFERENCE RECORDINGS.

  • Joby Talbot

    The Mad Hatter's Tea Party (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - suite)

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

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance with Mandolins (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in F major, TWV43:F2 for 2 chalumeaux and strings

    Performer: Lorenzo Coppola. Performer: Tindaro Capuano. Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt. Conductor: Michael Schneider.
    • CPO.

  • Ronald Binge

    The Water Mill

    Performer: Ruth Scott. Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics: New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • James MacMillan

    Lux aeterna (Strathclyde Motets)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op.101 no.7

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Jérôme Ducros.
    • Capriccio – violin pieces.
    • Virgin.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Wed 12 Nov 202509:30
    BBC Radio 3