Three hours of classical sparkle

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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 Gymnopédie 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… A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3