17/09/2009 Jonathan Miller, Katherine Whyte

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.

With director Jonathan Miller and soprano Katherine Whyte in the studio ahead of the ENO performance of Rigoletto, and conductor Marin Alsop talks about her involvement as artistic director in the Leonard Bernstein Project at the Southbank Centre.

17:02
HAYDN
Overture in D major, Hob.1a:7
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Manfred Huss (director)
BIS CD 1818
CD2 T1
4’12

17:07
RAVEL
Habanera (Sites auriculaires)
Vladimir & Volva Ashkenazy (pianos)
DECCA 478 1090
T9
2’33

17:10
VERDI
La donna e mobile (Rigoletto, Act 3)
Giuseppe di Stefano (Il Duca di Mantua)
Nicola Zaccaria (Sparafucile)
Tito Gobbi (Rigoletto)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Tullio Serafin (conductor)
EMI 747469-8
CD2 T11
3’12

17:21
VERDI
‘Gualtier Malde! – caro nome (Rigoletto, Act 1)
Helen Field (Gilda)
English National Operas Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)
CHAN 3030(2)
CD1 T14
6’19

17:32
VERDI
Bella figlia dell’amore (Rigoletto, Act 3)
Arthur Davies (The ‘Duke’)
Jean Rigby (Maddalena)
Helen Field (Gilda)
John Rawnsley (Rigoletto)
English National Operas Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)
CHAN 3030(2)
CD2 T14
4’20

17:38
SCHUBERT
Allegro vivace (Sonata (Sonatina) in D major, D.384 (Op.137 No.1)
Julia Fischer (violin)
Martin Helmchen (piano)
PTC 5186 347
T3
3’55

17:42
VIVALDI
Oboe concerto in C major, RV.447
Albrecht Mayer (oboe & director)
New Seasons Ensemble
DECCA 478 0313
T2-4
13’09

17:57
HANDEL
Let God Arise: Chorus
Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Layton (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67737
T10
2’47

18:03
COUPERIN
Le Toc-Toc-Choc our les Maillotins (18th Order, pieces de clavecin)
Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
WCJ 68966-3
T4
2’37

18:06
BERNSTEIN
Candide: Overture
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
CBS MK 42263
T1
4’09

18:16
BERNSTEIN
Agnus Dei (Mass, XV)
Jubliant Sykes (celebrant [baritone])
Peabody Children’s Chorus
Morgan State University Choir (Street Chorus & Choir)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)
NAXOS 8.559622-23
CD2 T4
6’38

18:27
DVORAK
Moto vivace (3rd movement, Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 ‘From the New World’)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570714
T4
7’01

18:36
BACH
Andante (Sonata No.2 in A minor, BWV.1003)
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
HYPERION CDA 67691/2
CD1 T15
5’33

18:43
MARTUCCI
Novelletta, Op.82 No.2
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Francesco La Vecchia (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570932
T5
5’55

18:51
BRAHMS
Von ewiger Liebe
Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
SONY 88697566892
T9
4’35

18:56
BRAHMS
Abenddaemmerung, Op.49 No.5
Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
SONY 88697566892
T16
4’16