In this month's podcast, we discuss Yo-Yo Ma's intrepid musical exploration across the globe, from the Silk Road to Appalachian America. Plus, we discuss the plans for this year's slightly different BBC Proms season and what London's Wigmore Hall is doing to welcome artists back to its stage. We've also each brought along a new recording we've been enjoying, including a fresh interpretation of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, plus works by Morton Gould and Louis-Gabriel Guillemain.

NEWS:Pentecost - Sequentia - Veni Sancte SpiritusBenedictine nuns of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fidélité of Jouques, Provence

THE MAGAZINEScarcely Cricket Not Our First Goat RodeoYo-Yo Ma (cello), Stuart Duncan (violin), Edgar Meyer (bass), Chris Thile (mandolin)Sony Masterworks 19439738552Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1: IV. PrestoAlina Ibragimova (violin), State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia ‘Evgeny Svetlanov’/Vladimir JurowskiHyperion CDA68313

FIRST LISTENFreya's choice:Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brioMusicAeterna/Teodor CurrentzisSony 19075884972Michael's choice:Louis-Gabriel Guillemain : Symphony in E flat major, Op. 14 No.2 : I. AllegroBrillance IndéniableAlana Youssefian (violin), Le Bien AiméAvie AV2412Jeremy's choice:Morton Gould – SymphonettesConga from Symphonette No. 4ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra/Arthur FagenNaxos 8559869

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