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Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes to the high seas to map Berlioz's dramatic overture Le Corsaire. Inspired in part by Lord Byron's swash-buckling poem of the same name, Berlioz packs in romance, listing waves, unsteady feet and a dash of derring-do. Along the way, Sara explores Vivaldi's tempestuous Adriatic and Debussy's Channel at play, and stops at the French Riviera for a mid-century festival performance by Miles Davis. There's music by author James Fennimore Cooper's super-fan Schubert, along with classical music's very own chivalrous swordsman, Joseph Bologne. And there are "ahoy there my hearties" from a mutiny of pirates - courtesy of Purcell, Malcolm Arnold, and who else but Gilbert and Sullivan. To listen to this programme (using most smart speakers), just say: 'Ask ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds to play Music Map.'