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Three hours of classical sparkle

Petroc Trelawny with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re hunkering down with a book or heading for a walk in the hills.

Petroc Trelawny, sitting in for Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.

Today, Petroc's choices include music for the play Nero by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, which bubbles with romantic energy, a GymnopĂ©die by Peggy Glanville-Hicks, with echoes of ancient Greece, and a recent recording of Britten’s Second Lute Song of the Earl of Essex, deftly sung by Lotte Betts-Dean.

This week's Choral Reflection is Palestrina’s contemplative motet Vineam meam, and we’re treated to the whole of Gershwin’s effervescent Piano Concerto.

Plus, Petroc gets in the spirit of last weekend’s American Roadtrip


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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 6 in D major, Hob I:6, 'Le matin' (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Nocturne No 4 in F major, Op 15 No 1

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B Minor 'Pathétique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Richard Rodgers

    This Was Nearly Mine (South Pacific)

    Conductor: Salvatore Dell’Isola. Orchestra: South Pacific Orchestra.
    • Masterworks Broadway.

  • Gabriel FaurĂ©

    Barcarolle No 1 in A minor, Op 26

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Hyperion.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Bishop Rock

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Vineam Meam Non Custodivi (Song of Songs)

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Palestrina Volume 3.
    • CORO.
    • 3.

  • Georges Bizet

    Les pĂȘcheurs de perles (the Pearl Fishers) (Act I; Au fond du temple saint)

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Symphonic Brass.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Pini di Roma, P 141

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air Variation (after Orchestral Suite No 3, BWV 1068: 2nd mvt, 'Air')

    Composer: Tim Allhoff. Performer: Eldbjorg Hemsing. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quintet.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Samuel Barber

    R3 American Roadtrip - Dallas - To Be Sung on the Water

    Choir: Orpheus Chamber Singers. Director: J.D. Burnett.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Marc‐AndrĂ© Hamelin.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No 1 in G major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Viano Quartet.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nero, Op 62 (1st mvt, 'Entr'acte')

    Conductor: Charles Peebles. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • SOMM Recordings.

  • Frederico ValĂ©rio

    Fado Amalia

    Performer: Domingos Camarinha. Performer: Santos Moreira. Lyricist: José Galhardo. Singer: Amålia Rodrigues.
    • AmĂĄlia Rodrigues 1945-1957 (A alma do paĂ­s).
    • FrĂ©meaux & associĂ©s.
    • 14.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Entr'acte (From 'Murder On The Orient Express' Soundtrack)

    Conductor: Marcus Dods. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
    • Murder On The Orient Express.
    • CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92).
    • 5.

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Conductor: Yannick NĂ©zet‐SĂ©guin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • My American Story: North.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 2 in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Leo McFall. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CPO.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 14 in C minor, K 457 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Mozart & Contemporaries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Jorge Cardoso

    24 Piezas Sudamericanas (No 24, Milonga)

    Performer: Dimitris Soukaras.
    • Everything You've Ever Lived.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 19.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, WoO 1 (3rd mvt, Rondo)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quintet in E flat major Op.44 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Dora Schwarzberg. Performer: Lucia Hall. Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Mischa Maisky.
    • Schumann: Chamber Works: Martha Argerich.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Abendzauber [Evening magic]

    Singer: Markus Krause. Singer: Dagmar Gareis. Singer: Heide Hauser. Singer: Rosi Berger. Ensemble: South German Vocal Ensemble. Performer: Marie Luise Neunecker. Conductor: Rolf Beck.
    • Romantische Chormusik.
    • KOCH.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sunday09:00
    BBC Radio 3