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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 listening at home, or on your way for a day out.

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

Today, Petroc's choices include Holst's folk-tinged Brook Green Suite, Igor Moscheles vibrant first Piano Concerto and music to celebrate the birthday of a baroque master.

This week's Choral Reflection is Morton Lauridsen's wondrous Sure on this Shining Night, and Petroc picks his favourite recording of Beethoven's second Symphony to play in full. 

Plus, lively Litolff, lilting Liszt, and a highlight from a new recording which proves there's more to Offenbach than the Can Can...

23 days left to listen

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 1 in G minor, Op 13, 'Winter Daydreams' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Symphony No 5 Op 74 (2nd mvt)

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

    Piano Trio No 2 in E flat major, Op 56 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Leonore Piano Trio.
    • Hyperion.
  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite

    Conductor: Steven Jarvi. Orchestra: River Oaks Chamber Orchestra.
    • ROCO.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Performer: Faith DeBow. Ensemble: Conspirare. Conductor: Craig Hella Johnson.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz No 7 in C sharp minor, No 2 Op 64

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Sextet in A major, Op.48 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Veronika Hagen. Performer: Gary Hoffman. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Emilie Levienaise Farrouch

    Louella

    Performer: Vanessa Wagner.
    • THE BACK OFFICE.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim, BWV 89

    Singer: Max van Egmond. Singer: Paul Esswood. Singer: Marcus Klein. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Leonhardt‐Consort. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • Warner Classics International.
  • Enrique Granados

    Cuentos dela juventud, Op. 1 "Dedicatoria"

    Performer: Julian Bream. Music Arranger: Julian Bream.
    • Music of Spain, Vol. 5: Granados & Albéniz.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    King Lear (Overture)

    Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • John Dankworth

    Dunsinane Blues (After Macbeth)

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Singer: Cleo Laine.
    • Wordsongs.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 7.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Roméo et Juliette, Op 17, H 79, (Pt 2: 'Grande fête chez Capulet')

    Conductor: John Nelson. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Jung Jae-il

    Psalm 89.48 I

    Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Orchestra. Choir: Budapest Scoring Choir. Conductor: Eun Hye Jung.
    • psalms.
    • Universal Music Ltd.
    • 15.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Dreams, JB 1:103 (No 1, 'Faded Happiness')

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Chandos.
  • Erwin Schulhoff

    Flute Sonata (3rd mvt, 'Aria')

    Performer: Elizaveta Ivanova. Performer: Sanja Bizjak.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Persischer Marsch, Op 289 [Persian March]

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • New Year with The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 5.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Vous aimez le danger (La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, Act II, Scene 1 )

    Lyricist: Henri Meilhac. Lyricist: Ludovic Halévy. Singer: Véronique Gens. Conductor: Hervé Niquet. Choir: Chœur de L’Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire. Orchestra: Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire.
    • Les Divas d'Offenbach.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Warner Classics International.
  • Friedrich von Flotow

    The Last Rose of Summer

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Christine Brewer.
    • HYPERION.
  • Lennox Berkeley

    Flute Sonatina, Op 13 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • Shadow Dances.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Corta Jaca (arr for violin and string quintet)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami Ensemble.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltz No 15 in A flat major, version for piano duet (16 Waltzes, Op 39)

    Performer: Yaara Tal. Performer: Andreas Groethuysen.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Gabriel Jackson

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • Choral Music - Byrd / Victoria / Weelkes / Part / Holst / Jackson, G. / Bruckner.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 7.
  • Ignaz Moscheles

    Piano Concerto No 1 in F major, Op 45 (3rd mvt, Rondo)

    Conductor: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

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