31 July 2005
Sunday 31 July 2005 16:00-17:45 (Radio 3)
Brian Kay introduces listeners' requests. Among them are the overture to Nicolai's last opera and masterpiece, The Merry Wives of Windsor; Poulenc's Concerto for organ, strings and timpani; and continuing the celebration of the sea, the parting of the Red Sea from Handel's oratorio, Israel in Egypt.
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist
NICOLAI: Overture: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Halle Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli
Dutton CDSJB 1023, T 2
SCHUBERT: Theme & Variations from THE TROUT QUINTET
Emil Gilels / Amadeus Quartet
DG 413 453-2, T 4
GLAZUNOV: GRANDE VALSE DE CONCERT
Stephen Coombs
Hyperion CDA 66833, T 9
HANDEL: from ISRAEL IN EGYPT (Nos. 12-16)
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra / John Eliot Gardiner
Erato ECD88182-2, CD 1, T 12-16
LAMBERT: AUBADE HEROIQUE
English Northern Philharmonia / David Lloyd-Jones
Hyperion CDA 66565, T 2
BEETHOVEN: RONDO CAPRICCIO "Rage over a Lost Penny"
Dame Moura Lympany
EMI CDZ 7 67204-2, T 5
GARETH GLYN: ANGLESEY SEASCAPES (known as SKETCHES on the CD)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland
ASV WHL 2136, T 7-11
FAURE: APRES UN REVE / NELL / CLAIR DE LUNE / SOIR
Dame Maggie Teyte/ Gerald Moore
EMI 5 65199-2, CD 2, T 5, 7, 10, 14
POULENC: CONCERTO FOR ORGAN, STRINGS AND TIMPANI
Simon Preston / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
DG 437 827-2, T 4-6