Sean Rafferty

Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Sean talks to Swedish soprano Malena Ernman ahead of her performance in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas at the Barbican with Les Arts Florissants and William Christie, and tenor John Mark Ainsley performs in the studio with pianist Malcolm Martineau.
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17.02
WALTON
Orb and Sceptre
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
EMI CDM 5 65584 2
Track 13
6’45

17.10
HAYDN
Piano trio in E flat minor: Allegro ‘Jacob’s Dream’ (Hob. XV.31)
Florestan Trio
HYPERION CDA 67757
Track 11
3’17

17.14
HOLLANDER
Nimm dich in acht vor blonded Frau’n
(Take care when you meet a blonde)
Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano)
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)
BIS CD 1154
Track 18
2’10

17.22
KEMPE/ERNMAN
La Voix
Malena Ernman (vocal)
Mats Bergstrom (guitar)
ROXY 1019892
CD 1 Track 11
3’50
Acoustic version of her entry in the Eurovision Song Contest

17.31
PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (Dido'a Lament)
Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano)
Stockholm Sinfonietta
ROXY 1019892
CD 2 Track 11
3’40

17.36
RAUTAVAARA
Swan’s migrating (Cantus arcticus)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)
ONDINE ODE 1041 2
Track 7
8’05

17.45
BRAHMS
Rhapsody in B minor, Op.79 no.1
Radu Lupu (piano)
DECCA 417 599 2
Track 1
9’54

17.54
ROSSINI
Maometto II
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Eduardo Muller (conductor)
EMI 5099969457906
Track 5
3’29

18.03
VIVALDI
Concerto in B flat for oboe & violin RV.548
Academy of Ancient Music
Frank de Bruine (oboe)
Pavlo Beznosiuk (director/violin)
WIGMORE LIVE WHL 0005
Tracks 15-17
8’57 + appl

18.14
MAXWELL DAVIES
Kettletoft Pier (from Three Sanday Pieces)
Peter Maxwell Davies (piano)
BBC Recording
2’28

18.17
LIVE MUSIC
SCHUBERT
Das Fischermadchen (Schwanengesang, D.957)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
2'08

18.25
LIVE MUSIC
LISZT
Morgens steh'ich auf; Vergiftet sind meine Lieder
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
3'30

18.37
LIVE MUSIC
POULENC
Une ruine coquille vide (Tel jour, telle nuit)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
2'07

18.40
KORNGOLD
Violin concerto: Finale
Renaud Capucon (violin)
Rotterdam Philharmonic
Yannick Nezet-Seguin (conductor)
VIRGIN 69458 0
Track 6
7’17

18.49
HANDEL
Chaconne (with 21 variations) in G, HWV.425
Angela Hewitt (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67736
Track 1
7’12

18.57
ROBERT JOHNSON
Full fathom five thy father lies
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Jakob Lindberg (lute)
BIS-SACD-1505
Track 2
1’46