18/07/2011 Crazy for You, Jean-Guihen Queyras
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With performances in the studio by singers from director Timothy Sheader's new production of Crazy for You, and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras.
Artistic director Timothy Sheader, choreographer Stephen Mear and musical director Gareth Valentine have a new production of George and Ira Gershwin's 'Crazy For You' at the Regent's Park Opera. Musical actors Clare Foster and Sean Palmer perform works from the musical comedy.
Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras performs works by J.S. Bach and Benjamin Britten live in the In Tune studio ahead of his appearance at this year's Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek.
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
With a selection of music and guests from the music world.
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Frédéric Chopin
The Maiden's Wish, Op. 74 No.1 (transcribed by Liszt)
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
- DECCA – 478 3206.
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Francisco Tárrega
Adelita
Performer: Milos Karadaglic, guitar
- DG – 4779693.
LIVE
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George Gershwin
"Someone to Watch Over Me" (from Crazy for You)
Performer: Clare Foster as Polly Performer: Leon Charles, piano
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George Gershwin
"I Can't Be Bothered Now" (from Crazy For You)
Performer: Sean Palmer as Bobby Performer: Lucy Anderson – chorus girl Performer: Jessica Buckby – chorus girl Performer: Cara Elston – chorus girl Performer: Charlene Ford – chorus girl Performer: Joanna Goodwin – chorus girl Performer: Amy Griffiths – chorus girl Performer: Jo Morris – chorus girl Performer: Alexis Owen Hobbs – chorus girl Performer: Rachel Stanley – chorus girl Performer: Leon Charles, piano
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George Gershwin
"They Can't Take That Away From Me" (from Crazy For You)
Performer: Sean Palmer as Bobby Performer: Leon Charles, piano
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Georg Matthias Monn
Allegro, third movement, Concerto for cello, strings and harpsichord orchestra in G minor
Performer: Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello Performer: Freiburger Barockorchester Performer: Petra Mullejans, director
- HARMONIA MUNDI – HMC 901816.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird: Disappearance of Kashchey's Palace and Magical Creations, Return to Life of
Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andris Nelsons, conductor
- ORFEO – C 804 101 A.
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Francesco Cavalli
Ecco Alindo, the end of L'Artemisia
Performer: Francesca Lombardi Mameli Performer: Roberta Mameli Performer: Valentina Coladonato Performer: Maarten Engeltjes Performer: Andrea Arrivabene Performer: Marina Bartoli Performer: La Venexiana Performer: Claudio Cavina, director
- GLOSSA – GCD 920918.
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Frédéric Chopin
Fourth movement, finale, Presto, Piano Sonata in B minor No. 3 Op. 58
Performer: Ingolf Wunder, piano
- DG – 477 9634.
LIVE
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Allemande, Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Performer: Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello
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Benjamin Britten
Second Suite for Cello, Declamato
Performer: Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello
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Joseph Haydn
Finale, Allegro Molto, third movement, Concerto for cello and orchestra in C major
Performer: Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello Performer: Freiburger Barockorchester Performer: Petra Mullejans, director
- HARMONIA MUNDI – HMC 901816.
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Healey Willan
I beheld her, beautiful as a dove
Performer: The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge Performer: Stephen Layton, conductor
- HYPERION – CDA67832.
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Antonín Dvořák
Allegretto grazioso, third movement, Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Performer: Wiener Philharmoniker Performer: Wyung-Whun Chung, conductor
- DG – 469 046-2.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Pari siamo! from Act I, Rigoletto
Performer: Cornell Macneil, baritone – Rigoletto Performer: Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
- DECCA - 443 853-2.
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Giuseppe Tartini
First movement, Violin Concerto No. 2 in E minor, D55
Performer: Nils-Erik Sparf, violin solo Performer: Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
- BIS – CD-1975.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Dream On A Summer's Night
Performer: Anna Netrebko Performer: Daniel Barenboim
- Deutsche Grammophon - 477 8589.
Broadcast
- Mon 18 Jul 201116:30BBC Radio 3
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