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Refresh your morning with 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 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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Fri 27 Mar 2026 09:30
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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Act 3 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Wagner: Overtures and Preludes: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Barenboim.
    • Teldec.
    • 4.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade No 3 in A flat major

    Performer: Seong鈥怞in Cho.
    • Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1; Ballades (Deluxe).
    • DG.
    • 6.

  • John Stainer

    God so Loved the World

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • The Tree.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 3 in A Minor 'Scottish' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sound the trumpet (Come ye sons of art)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Singer: Christophe Dumaux. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • J贸zef Hofmann

    Kaleidoskop

    Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin.
    • Kaleidoscope 鈥� The Ultimate Virtuoso Encores for Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Trio in C major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic Dances, Op 64 (No 3, Allegro giocoso)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Giovanni Paisiello

    Mandolin Concerto in E Flat Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Concertos.
    • DG.
    • 12.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.8 in F major Op.93 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St John Passion (conclusion)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • John Adams

    Violin Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Robertson.
    • III. Toccare.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 3.

  • Quincy Jones

    Soul Bossa Nova

    Performer: Astrig Siranossian. Performer: Nathana毛l Gouin.
    • ALPHA.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 1 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer. Orchestra: D眉sseldorfer Symphoniker.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 101.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Myself I shall adore (Semele)

    Singer: Louise Alder. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Semele.
    • SDG.
    • 10.

  • Richard Wagner

    Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (Das Rheingold)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Wagner - Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 no.2

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Rachmaninov: Preludes Moments musicaux: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Erato.

  • Jehan Alain

    Litanies

    Performer: Marie鈥怌laire Alain.
    • J. Alain: Litanies: Marie-Claire Alain.
    • Erato.
    • 1.

  • Judith Weir

    Still, Glowing

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Dalia's Mixtape.
    • Platoon.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Trio in A Minor - version for viola, cello and piano (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Clair Omar Musser

    Etudes Op.6 (no.10 in C major)

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • RCA.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise in A major, Op 40 No 1, 'Military'

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: Polonaises: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Les nuits d'茅t茅

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Berlioz: Les nuits d'茅t茅.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Carmen Fantasy (5th mvt)

    Composer: Georges Bizet. Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.
    • WARNER.

  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Pi猫ces de clavecin, Book 1, Suite No 1 in D Minor: Gigue

    Performer: Sarah Cahill.
    • The Future is Female, Vol. 2: The Dance.
    • First Hand Records.
    • 5.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Klaus M盲kel盲.
    • Shostakovich: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6.
    • DECCA.
    • 12.

  • Sir John Goss

    O Saviour of the World

    Choir: Clare College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • Ave Verum - Favourite Parish Anthems.
    • Guild.
    • 18.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Fri 27 Mar 2026 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3