Classic FM playlist, 11 October 2026

Last Updated on October 11, 2026

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165 pieces aired on Classic FM on 11 October 2026, captured live as each track changed.

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Mozart and Bach Lead Classic FM Playlist

Classic FM presented a expansive selection of 165 pieces on 11 October 2026, offering listeners a broad journey through orchestral masterworks, choral favourites, and celebrated film scores. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart took the lead as the most-featured composer of the day with ten entries, including movements from his Clarinet Concerto, Horn Concerto No.4, and the enduring Overture to The Marriage of Figaro. Johann Sebastian Bach followed closely with six selections, alongside prominent showings from Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Frederic Chopin.

The running order moved naturally between reflective lyricism and energetic staples. The broadcast opened during the early hours with Chopin’s delicate Prelude in D flat major, Glazunov’s Chant du menestrel, and Thomas Newman’s evocative theme from American Beauty. Midday programming balanced quintessential symphonic milestones, such as movements from Beethoven’s Third, Fifth, and Seventh symphonies, with beloved opera highlights including Delibes’s Flower Duet and Puccini’s ‘Nessun Dorma’. Screen music also enjoyed regular rotation throughout the schedule, represented by John Williams, John Barry, and Nino Rota.

As the day drew to a close, the mood settled back into tranquil and introspective territory. The final hour featured Tomaso Albinoni’s Oboe Concerto in D minor and Ralph Vaughan Williams’s folk setting Bushes and Briars, before concluding with the stately grandeur of Camille Saint-Saens’s Organ Symphony.

The full playlist

1. Prelude in Db major Opus 28 No.15, Frederic Chopin
2. Chant du menestrel Opus 71, Alexander Glazunov
3. American Beauty – Any Other Name, Thomas Newman
4. Baron Hop Suite No.2 – Air, Alexander Voormolen
5. 'O mio babbino caro', Giacomo Puccini
6. Symphony No.5 in C# minor (4), Gustav Mahler
7. Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major BWV.1068 (2), Johann Sebastian Bach
8. Intermezzo in E major Opus 116 No.4, Johannes Brahms
9. 'Lascia ch'io pianga', George Frideric Handel
10. Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor (2), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
11. Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo, Pietro Mascagni
12. Song to the Moon, Antonin Dvorak
13. Warsaw Concerto, Richard Addinsell
14. Swan Lake – Waltz, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
15. Requiem – Pie Jesu., Andrew Lloyd Webber
16. Suite Bergamasque (3), Claude Debussy
17. The Banks of Green Willow, George Butterworth
18. A Midsummer Night's Dream – Nocturne, Felix Mendelssohn
19. The Land of the Mountain & the Flood, Hamish MacCunn
20. Carnival of the Animals (13), Camille Saint-Saens
21. Bluebird, Alexis Ffrench
22. Seven Wonders : Suite for Orchestra (4), Stuart Mitchell
23. 'Sull'aria', Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
24. The Planets Opus 32 (2), Gustav Holst
25. Sailing By, Ronald Binge
26. Pride & Prejudice – Dawn, Dario Marianelli
27. Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Opus 26 (2), Max Bruch
28. 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring', Johann Sebastian Bach
29. In Paradisum, Eimear Quinn
30. Scheherazade Opus 35 (2), Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
31. Barcarolle, Jacques Offenbach
32. By the Beautiful Blue Danube Opus 314, Johann Strauss (II)
33. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves – Overture, Michael Kamen
34. Pelleas & Melisande Suite Opus 80 (3), Gabriel Faure
35. Out of Africa – Main Theme, John Barry
36. String Quartet No.1 in D major Opus 11 (2), Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
37. German Mass D.872 – Holy, Holy, Holy, Franz Schubert
38. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Opus 43 (18), Sergei Rachmaninov
39. Peer Gynt Suite No.1 (3), Edvard Grieg
40. Carmen – Habanera, Georges Bizet
41. Lullaby, John Rutter
42. Symphony No.100 in G major (2), Joseph Haydn
43. The Armed Man – Benedictus, Karl Jenkins
44. Edgar – Prelude to Act 3, Giacomo Puccini
45. Vltava, Bedrich Smetana
46. A Summer Place – Love Theme, Max Steiner
47. I Giorni, Ludovico Einaudi
48. Jazz Suite No.2 (6), Dmitri Shostakovich
49. Arabesque No.1 in E major, Claude Debussy
50. Piano Sonata No.14 in C# minor Opus 27 (1), Ludwig van Beethoven
51. Symphony No.8 in G major Opus 88 (3), Antonin Dvorak
52. Captain Corelli's Mandolin – Pelagia's Song, Stephen Warbeck
53. String Quartet No.2 in D major (3), Alexander Borodin
54. Coppelia – Waltz, Leo Delibes
55. The Deer Hunter – Cavatina, Stanley Myers
56. Scheherazade Opus 35 (1), Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
57. Parce mihi Domine, Cristobal de Morales
58. Andante Festivo, Jean Sibelius
59. Habanera, Emmanuel Chabrier
60. The Seal Lullaby, Eric Whitacre
61. West Side Story – 'America', Leonard Bernstein
62. Elizabethan Serenade, Ronald Binge
63. Clarinet Concerto in A major (1), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
64. Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, Aram Khachaturian
65. Pavane opus 50, Gabriel Faure
66. Carnival of the Animals (7), Camille Saint-Saens
67. The Godfather – Love Theme, Nino Rota
68. Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor Opus 66, Frederic Chopin
69. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, George Frideric Handel
70. Symphony No.3 in Eb major Opus 55 (1), Ludwig van Beethoven
71. Holberg Suite Opus 40 (1), Edvard Grieg
72. Danzon No.2, Arturo Marquez
73. Piano Concerto No.21 in C major (2), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
74. Romance, Anon
75. Panis Angelicus, Cesar Franck
76. Piano Concerto No.2 in F major Opus 102 (2), Dmitri Shostakovich
77. Karelia Suite Opus 11 (3), Jean Sibelius
78. The Planets Opus 32 (2), Gustav Holst
79. It's peaceful here Opus 21 No.7, Sergei Rachmaninov
80. Romeo & Juliet – Love Theme, Nino Rota
81. Mors et Vita – Judex, Charles Gounod
82. Symphony No.3 in C minor Opus 78 (Organ) (4), Camille Saint-Saens
83. Waltz in Db major Opus 64 No.1, Frederic Chopin
84. Music for the Royal Fireworks (2), George Frideric Handel
85. Symphony No.7 in A major Opus 92 (2), Ludwig van Beethoven
86. Trumpet Concerto in Eb major Hob.VIIe:1 (3), Joseph Haydn
87. L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (4), Georges Bizet
88. Four Seasons Opus 8 – Concerto No.2 (Summer) (3), Antonio Vivaldi
89. Radetzky March Opus 228, Johann Strauss (I)
90. Flower Duet, Leo Delibes
91. Forrest Gump – Suite, Alan Silvestri
92. Sleeping Beauty – Waltz, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
93. 'Wachet auf' (4), Johann Sebastian Bach
94. Symphony No.40 in G minor (1), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
95. Lohengrin – Prelude to Act III, Richard Wagner
96. Suite Bergamasque (3), Claude Debussy
97. The Watermill, Ronald Binge
98. The Lord of the Rings – Breaking of the Fellowship, Howard Shore
99. Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Francisco Tarrega
100. Elevazione, Domenico Zipoli
101. Symphony No.5 in C minor Opus 67 (1), Ludwig van Beethoven
102. Guitar Concerto in D major RV.93 (3), Antonio Vivaldi
103. Symphony No.9 in E minor Opus 95 (3), Antonin Dvorak
104. English Folksong Suite (1), Ralph Vaughan Williams
105. The Pearl Fishers – Duet, Georges Bizet
106. Serenade, Edward Elgar
107. Jurassic Park – Main Theme, John Williams
108. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
109. Gone with the Wind – Tara's Theme, Max Steiner
110. Hungarian Dance No.7, Johannes Brahms
111. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – Main Theme, Ennio Morricone
112. 'Nessun Dorma', Giacomo Puccini
113. St.Paul's Suite Opus 29 No.2 (1), Gustav Holst
114. Kinderszenen Opus 15 (1), Robert Schumann
115. Songs of the Auvergne – Bailero, Joseph Canteloube
116. Ride of the Valkyries, Richard Wagner
117. The Birds – Prelude, Ottorino Respighi
118. Gymnopedie No.1, Erik Satie
119. Impromptu in Gb major D.899 No.3 Opus 90, Franz Schubert
120. Oboe Concerto in D minor Opus 9 No.2 (3), Tomaso Albinoni
121. Rodeo – 4 Dance Episodes (4), Aaron Copland
122. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in Bb major (3), Johann Sebastian Bach
123. The Marriage of Figaro – Overture, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
124. 'Largo al factotum', Gioachino Rossini
125. La Fille Mal Gardee – Clog Dance, Ferdinand Herold
126. L'elisir d'amore – Prelude, Gaetano Donizetti
127. As You Like It Opus 21 (2), Roger Quilter
128. Bagatelle No.25 in A minor WoO.59, Ludwig van Beethoven
129. Water Music Suite No.1 in F major (6), George Frideric Handel
130. The Ashokan Farewell, Jay Ungar
131. Forgotten Dreams, Leroy Anderson
132. Symphony No.5 in E minor Opus 64 (3), Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
133. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (4), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
134. Titanic – An Ocean of Memories, James Horner
135. Etude Opus 76 No.2, Jean Sibelius
136. Menuet in G major BWV. Anhang 114, Johann Sebastian Bach
137. Canon in D major, Johann Pachelbel
138. Band of Brothers – Main Theme, Michael Kamen
139. Waltz in C# minor Opus 64 No.2, Frederic Chopin
140. In the Steppes of Central Asia, Alexander Borodin
141. Adagio in G minor, Tomaso Albinoni
142. 49th Parallel – Prelude, Ralph Vaughan Williams
143. Waltz in Ab major Opus 39 No.15, Johannes Brahms
144. Chanson de matin Opus 15 No.2, Edward Elgar
145. Laudate Dominum, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
146. La Calinda, Frederick Delius
147. Saving Private Ryan – Hymn to the Fallen, John Williams
148. Prelude & Fugue No.1 in C major BWV.846 (1), Johann Sebastian Bach
149. Fantasia Para un Gentilhombre (1), Joaquin Rodrigo
150. Hymne a l'amour, Marguerite Monnot
151. Rosamunde (5), Franz Schubert
152. Symphony No.2 in E minor Opus 27 (3), Sergei Rachmaninov
153. El Noi de la mare, Anon
154. Lullabying, John Barry
155. Farewell to Stromness, Peter Maxwell Davies
156. Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64 (2), Felix Mendelssohn
157. Horn Concerto No.4 in Eb major (2), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
158. String Quartet No.1 in D major Opus 11 (2), Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
159. The Watermill, Ronald Binge
160. Petite Suite (1), Claude Debussy
161. On The Nature of Daylight, Max Richter
162. Flower Duet, Leo Delibes
163. Oboe Concerto in D minor Opus 9 No.2 (2), Tomaso Albinoni
164. Bushes and Briars, Ralph Vaughan Williams
165. Symphony No.3 in C minor Opus 78 (Organ) (2), Camille Saint-Saens