26 April 2006
Wednesday 26 April 2006 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean is joined by soprano Janice Watson who takes on the title role in English National Opera's revival of 'Madam Butterfly'.
Sean talks to James Holmes, the conductor of Kurt Weill's operetta 'Arms and the Cow', which Opera North are touring around the North of England.
Sean's final guest is violinist Philippe Graffin, whose recording of the original manuscript version of Elgar's Violin Concerto has recently been released.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:03
CHOPIN/Ysaye
Waltz in E minor op posth
Philippe Graffin : violin
Pascal Devoyon : piano
Hyperion CDA 67285
Tr 5
17:07
PUCCINI
Madam Butterfly
Humming Chorus
Orchestra and Chorus of Academy of St Cecilia , Rome
Tullio Serafin
Decca 470 577 2 CD2
Tr 12
17:17
JANACEK
Jenufa
Act 2, Scene 6
Hail Mary
Janice Watson : Jenufa
Orchestra of WNO
Sir Charles MAckerras
CHAN 31062
CD2 Tr 2
17:25
HAYDN
Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
" Little Organ Mass"
Benedictus
Janice Watson
Collegium Musicum 90
Richard Hickox
CHAN 0592
Tr 16
17:32
BIZET
L'Arlesienne Suite no 1
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
EMI 4 76786 2
Tr 5-8
17:49
MENDELSSOHN
Ave Maria op 23 no 2
Allan Clayton : tenor
Choir of St John's College , Cambridge
David Hill
Hyperion CDA 6758
Tr 6
17:56
Brahms
5 Waltzes Op. 39
Silke-Thora Matthias
Christian Kohn (pianos)
Naxos 8.554821
Tr 5-7
18:03
Offenbach
Overture : La Belle Helene
CBSO
Louis Fremaux
EMI CDM 7 63024 2
Tr 14
18:18
WEILL
Juan's Song
Leonardo Capalbo
Orchestra of Opera North
James Holmes
Opera North
private disc Tr 1
18:24
WEILL
Juanita's Song
Mary Plazas
Orchestra of Opera North
James Holmes
Opera North
private disc Tr 2
18:28
GLAZUNOV
Four Preludes and Fugues, op 101
No 3 in C minor
Stephen Coombs : piano
Helios CDH 55223
Tr 7-8
18:36
J.C. Bach
Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, cello and orchestra in F major
Jürg Schaeftlein : oboe
Anner Bylsma : cello
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Apex 2564 61137 2
Tr 7-8
18:48
SCHUBERT
Der Fluchtling, D 402
Dame Janet Baker : mezzo
Graham Johnson : piano
Hyperion CDJ33001
Tr 15
18:53
DEBUSSY
Nocturne et Scherzo
Philippe Graffin : violin
Claire Désert : piano
AVIE AV 2059
Tr 13
19:02
Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor
1st movt : Allegro maestoso
Opening only
Philippe Graffin : violin
Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Hankinson
AVIE 0044
Tr 3
19:11
ELGAR
Violin Concerto in B minor op 61 (1910)
3nd movt : Allegro Molto
Philippe Graffin : violin
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley
AVIE AV 2091
Tr 3
