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A feast of great 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 a masterpiece.

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Tue 28 Jul 2026 09:30
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Music Played

  • Johann Strauss II

    Roses from the South Op.388

    Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Linos Ensemble. Performer: Ryoko Morooka.
    • Capriccio.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Concerto in B minor for flute, oboe, strings and continuo (FWV.L:h1)

    Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Performer: Andreas Helm. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Monica Huggett.
    • Linn.

  • Nino Rota

    Harp Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in D major for 2 pianos K.448 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky.
    • Mozart: Sonatas for piano duet: Argerich/Rabinovitch.
    • Apex.
    • 3.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Renee Fleming: By Request.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Young Apollo, Op.16

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Elizabeth Layton. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • HYPERION.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in D major Wq.183`1

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Violin Sonata in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.

  • Robert Lowry

    Shall We Gather at the River

    Ensemble: VOCES8. Director: Blake Morgan. Ensemble: Ringmasters.
    • Windows: Reimaginings by Blake Morgan.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 5.

  • Dag Wir茅n

    Marcia (Serenade in C major, Op 11)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wiren: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Marriner.
    • Decca.
    • 15.

  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Trio No.1 in D minor Op.32 for piano and strings: I. Allegro

    Ensemble: The Rembrandt Trio.
    • SONO LUMINUS.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 68

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Bartok: The Wooden Prince (Final Version).
    • Onyx Classics.

  • Alessandro Stradella

    Sinfonia No.22

    Ensemble: Convivium.
    • Early Italian Violin Sonatas: Convivium.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Rapsodie espagnole (1st mvt 'Prelude a la nuit')

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • ONYX.

  • Claude Debussy

    Reflets dans l'eau (Images)

    Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • c.1300-c.2000.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 20.

  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum.

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • AVIE.

  • Mel Bonis

    Largo, Op. 83

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Theme Varie.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 9.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Introduttione teatrale in D major, Op 4 No 1

    Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.
    • Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatrali - Chamber Music.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto in C major Op.56 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer. Orchestra: The G眉rzenich Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: James Conlon.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trios No. 5 "Ghost", No. 7 "Archduke" & Triple Concerto.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 203.

  • Franz Liszt

    Festklange

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Liszt - Symphonic Poems Volume 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 14-18.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony' - finale

    Performer: Olivier Latry. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Alessandro Striggio

    Ecce beatam lucem

    Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • 40 Voices.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Pastoral, Op 40 No 6 (Eight Concert Etudes)

    Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.

  • Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco

    Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 66 "I profeti": I. Isaiah - Grave e medative

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Itzhak Perlman - The Complete Warner Recordings 1980 - 2002.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 28 Jul 2026 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3