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Three hours of classical sparkle

Petroc Trelawny sits in for Sarah Walker with a wide-ranging Sunday mix, travelling from Beirut and Oklahoma to the Rhine, plus a much-loved Schubert symphony.

This week, Petroc Trelawny sits in for Sarah Walker with a playlist full of musical journeys and far-flung inspiration, taking us from Beirut and Oklahoma to the banks of the Rhine - with a few intriguing detours along the way.

There’s music from tenor Karim Sulayman and guitarist Sean Shibe, the unmistakable swagger of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, and Wagner takes us on Siegfried’s spectacular journey down the Rhine.

Also, this week’s Choral Reflection features music by the award-winning British composer Christopher Churcher. And if you have time to linger a little longer, Petroc has the whole of Schubert’s joyful Third Symphony too, in a glorious recording from the Staatskapelle Dresden under Herbert Blomstedt.

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite (3rd mvt, 'March Past of the Kitchen Utensils')

    Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Ouverture)

    Conductor: Harry Bicket. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Linn.

  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestraum no.3 in A flat major

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Richard Wagner

    Götterdämmerung (Prologue: 'Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey')

    Conductor: Paul Paray. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Delia Derbyshire

    Delia's Psychadelian Waltz

    • Truck.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz No 5 in A flat major, Op 42

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 55 in B flat, K45b

    Conductor: Ádám Fischer. Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra.
    • Dacapo.

  • Christopher Churcher

    Everything is Going to be All Right

    Performer: Mar Umbert Kimura. Choir: The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford. Conductor: Will Dawes.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins and cello, RV 580

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Performer: Stefano Barneschi. Performer: Marco Bianchi. Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Performer: Marco Testori. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Onyx.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Suite No 2 for 2 Pianos, Op 17 (3rd mvt, Romance)

    Performer: Lucas Jussen. Performer: Arthur Jussen.
    • Universal.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Chamber Sonata No 3 in D major (1st and 2nd mvts)

    Ensemble: Musica Fiorita.
    • PAN CLASSICS.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Carousel Waltz (Carousel)

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

  • Malcolm Arnold

    The Padstow Lifeboat

    Ensemble: The Band of HM Royal Marines, Plymouth. Conductor: Major Andy Thornhill.
    • Home From The Sea.
    • Clovelly Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Lyricist: Rudyard Kipling. Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Light and Gold.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 7.

  • Siskin Green

    Will your anchor hold

    • Limpet Records.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Quintet In E flat, Op 97 (4th mvt, Finale)

    Performer: Pavel Nikl. Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony no.6 in E major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven. Conductor: Marc Niemann.
    • Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 104.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D (3rd mvt, 'Notturno')

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 3

    Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Karl Jenkins

    The Armed Man, a Mass for Peace (No 10, 'Agnus Dei')

    Choir: National Youth Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • UME.

  • Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoy

    Moscow Nights

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ernest Bloch

    From Jewish Life (1st mvt, 'Prayer')

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Prayer.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Psalm 42 (Chorus, 'Wie der Hirsch schreit')

    Choir: La Chapelle Royale. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 101 in D Major, Hob. I:101 "The Clock" - II. Andante

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Haydn: Essentiel.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 6.

  • Tan Dun

    The Herdboy’s Song (Eight Memories in Watercolour, Op.1)

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Lang Lang - Live at Carnegie Hall.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 12.

  • Herbert Sumsion

    They That Go Down To The Sea In Ships

    Choir: The Choir of Ely Cathedral. Conductor: Paul Trepte. Conductor: Scott Farrell.
    • Clovelly Recordings.

Broadcast

  • Sunday09:00
    BBC Radio 3