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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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Tue 16 Jun 202609:30
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Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La forza del destino (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Verdi: Overtures and Preludes: Muti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F Major, RV 571 for 7 instruments and orchestra

    Orchestra: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Kynance Cove

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Regent Records.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Essential Mozart.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Grasshopper (2 Insect Pieces)

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Manfred Symphony, Op 58 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, The Voyevoda: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orches.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Performer: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Music Arranger: Marc-Olivier Dupin. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • Violin Favourites.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in G Major, Wq. 173 - 1st movt: Allegro assai

    Ensemble: Arte dei Suonatori. Conductor: Marcin Świątkiewicz.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Berlin Symphonies I.
    • BIS.
    • 113.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Oceanides Op.73

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

    Quintet for alto saxophone and strings - 3rd mvt

    Performer: Otis Murphy. Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet.
    • Contemporary Voices.
    • Cedille.
    • 10.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in D major, Op.6 No.1

    Orchestra: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • LINN.

  • Ernest Bucalossi

    The Grasshopper's Dance

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics, Vol. 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Chloe.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Josquin des Prez

    El Grillo

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • Erato.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dance Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Philharmonia Hungarica/Dorati.
    • Mercury.
    • 8.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 33 (1st mvmt, Allegro moderato)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in F Major, Op.50'5 'The Dream' - 2nd movt: Poco adagio

    Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50 \"Prussian Quartets\".
    • Hyperion.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Borodin: Requiem/Polovtsian Dances: Philharmonia Orchestra: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Cala.
    • 8.

  • Stephen Goss

    Guitar Concerto

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Eije Oue.
    • Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Va tacito (Giulio Cesare)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Handel: Ombra mai fu: Andreas Scholl, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Great works for flute and orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 007.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 Jun 202609:30
    BBC Radio 3