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Great classical music for your morning

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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Thu 20 Nov 202509:30
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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dances, Series II, No. 1 in B Major [Slavonic Dance #9 in B major]

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Dvořák: Slavonic Dances.
    • Pentatone.
    • 109.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Sonata in G minor Op.65: II - Scherzo

    Performer: Truls Mørk. Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Chandos.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Valse Caprice

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Resonus.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in D major, op.53 D.850: I. Allegro

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas D.840, 850 & 894.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.

  • Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

    Totus Tuus

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Christmas.
    • Signum Records Ltd.
    • 08.

  • Philip Glass

    Aguas da Amazonia: No. 3, Japurá River

    Music Arranger: Sean Connors. Music Arranger: Robert Dillon. Music Arranger: Peter Martin. Music Arranger: David Skidmore. Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion.
    • Paddle to the Sea.
    • Cedille.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Shéhérazade: No.3 - L'indifférent

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Fatma Said.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade, Op.35 (The Story of the Kalendar Prince)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Capricco Espagnol: Mackerras.
    • Telarc.
    • 2.

  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    3 Morceaux, No.2 "Au Bal"

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • She Composes Like A Man.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 10.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90: I - Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Canario (Fantasía para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: Craig Ogden. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Rodrigo: Guitar Concerto: Craig Ogden/BBC Phil/Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Richard Wagner

    Symphony in C major: III. Allegro as

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (Cantata No 111)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaki Suzuki.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas 111, 123, 124 & 125: Bach Collegium Japan/Suzuki.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Aria [Cantilena] (Bachianas brasileiras no.5)

    Singer: Arleen Augér. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • WARNER.

  • Göran Fröst

    Klezmer Dance no.2

    Performer: Martin Fröst. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony 88875065292.
    • Sony.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710, Sinfonia: II. [Andante]

    Ensemble: Jupiter. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.
    • Amazone.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 20.

  • Frederick Delius

    By the River (Florida Suite)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Chandos.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Danza paraguaya

    Performer: Milan Zelenka.
    • MUSIC VARS.

  • David Fanshawe

    African Sanctus: 1. African Sanctus, "Bwala" Dance of Uganda

    Performer: Harold Lester. Performer: Gerry Butler. Performer: Mustapha Tettey Addy. Performer: Gary Kettel. Performer: Terry Emery. Performer: Tony Campo. Performer: Martin Kershaw. Performer: Alan Parker. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Fanshawe: African Sanctus; Salaams.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F: 3. Allegro agitato

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Piano Concerto in F.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in G major Op.8 no.2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.
    • Hollywood Records.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Bandoneon Concerto 'Aconcagua': II - moderato

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.
    • Piazzolla Reflections.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no. 3 in E flat, K.447 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: José Antonio Méndez Padrón.
    • Mozart y Mambo.
    • Alpha.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No 2 in A minor, Op 13: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Prism IV.
    • ECM.
    • 7.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3, Vocalise & The Isle of the Dead.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 01.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet, Op. 2 "Gradus ad Parnassum": I. Allegro moderato

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    Les Heures claires: I. Le Ciel en nuit s'est déplié

    Composer: Raoul Pugno. Performer: Tristan Raës. Singer: Cyrille Dubois.
    • Lili et Nadia Boulanger: Mélodies.
    • Aparté.
    • 114.

  • Johannes Brahms

    3 Motets, Op. 110: No. 3, Wenn wir in Höchsten Nöten sein

    Ensemble: Onyx Brass.
    • On an Overgrown Path.
    • Meridian Records.
    • 24.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

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

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Nov 202509:30
    BBC Radio 3