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 Spiritus
Benedictine nuns of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fidélité of Jouques, Provence

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

FIRST LISTEN
Freya's choice:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio
MusicAeterna/Teodor Currentzis
Sony 19075884972
Michael's choice:
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain : Symphony in E flat major, Op. 14 No.2 : I. Allegro
Brillance Indéniable
Alana Youssefian (violin), Le Bien Aimé
Avie AV2412
Jeremy's choice:
Morton Gould – Symphonettes
Conga from Symphonette No. 4
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra/Arthur Fagen
Naxos 8559869

This podcast was presented by BBC Music Magazine’s deputy editor Jeremy Pound, with reviews editor Michael Beek and editorial assistant Freya Parr. The jingles were composed by Christopher Maxim and the episode was produced by Jack Bateman and Ben Youatt. 
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