21/08/2009 Simon O'Neill, Huw Watkins and the Zephirus Quartet

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.

Artistic director George Vass joins Petroc in the studio to talk about the Presteigne Festival, with performances from composer and pianist Huw Watkins, and the Zephirus Saxophone Quartet.

Plus tenor Simon O'Neill talking about his forthcoming Prom - Beethoven's Fidelio, conducted by Daniel Barenboim.

17:02
VERDI
La Forza del destino (overture)
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
WARNER 2564 62190 5
Track 5
7’57*

17:11
PUCCINI
TURANDOT (nessun dorma)
Simon O’Neill (tenor)
Aukland Philharmonia
Julian Reynolds (conductor)
EMI 557976 2
Track 11
3’00

17:15
HANDEL
Suite no.8 in F minor (Gigue)
Angela Hewitt (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67736
Track 10
2’19*

17:19
BEETHOVEN
Fidelio (Act 1:Komm, Huffnung, lass den letzten Stern -Come hope, let your last star)
Waltraud Meier (soprano)
Berlin Staatskapelle
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
TELDEC 3984 25249 2
CD 1, track 11
5’04*

17:31
WAGNER
Parsifal (Act 2: Parsifal! Weile! - Parsifal, Stay!)
Waltraud Meier (soprano)
Orchestra of Vienna State Opera
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
DG 477 6006
CD 3, track 6
2’30

17:42
BEETHOVEN
Fidelio (Act 2: In dens Lebens Fruhlingstagen)
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Berlin Staatskapelle
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
TELDEC 3984 25249 2
CD 2, track 2
4’58*

17:48
SCHUBERT
Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703
Jerusalem Quartet
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901990
Track 1
8’48”

17:57
SCHUMANN
Dichterliebe op.48 (Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen)
Christoph Pregardien (tenor)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
DHM 05472 77319 2
Track 12
2’13

18:03
BACH (transc. Godowsky Siciliana & Presto)
Violin sonata no.1 in G minor
Alessio Bax (piano)
SIGNUM SIGCD 156
Tracks 3-4
6’58*

18:11
GLUCK
Orfeo-ed Euridice (Che faro senze Euridice)
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard (conductor)
PHILIPS 465253 2
Track 3
3’44*

18:15
LIVE
FRANÇAIX
Serenade Comique (3rd mvt : Petit Quatuor)
Zephirus Saxophone Quartet:
2’03

18:24
LIVE
HUW WATKINS
4 Spenser Pieces: 4th piece, plus Postlude
Huw Watkins (piano)
3’51

18:33
LIVE
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Saxophone Quartet (Andante Lento)
Zephirus Saxophone Quartet
5’31

18:39
SAINT-SAENS
La muse et la poete, op.132
Joshua Bell (violin)
Steven Isserlis (cello)
NDR Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg
Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
RCA 09026 63518 2
Track 3
15’42*

18:57
BACH
The Well-tempered Clavier Book 2
Prelude and Fugue No.3 in C sharp (fugue)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
WARNER 2564619402
Track 6
2’23