2 June 2006
Friday 2 June 2006 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty talks to Jonathan Dove, outgoing artistic director of the Spitalfields festival, and cellist Rohan de Saram who plays live in the studio; choreographers Christopher Wheeldon, David Bintley and Michael Corder introduce their recreation of Frederick Ashton's Homage to the Queen; and Jeremy Backhouse, music director of the Vasari Singers introduces some choral delights.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:02’55
Tchaikovsky
Valse des fleurs (Nutcracker)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Mariss Jansons
EMI 586076 2 CD 2 Tr. 16
17:10'33
Jonathan Dove
Ecce Beatam Lucem
Choir of New College Oxford
director Edward Higginbottom
AVIE WHITE LABEL Tr. 3 (scheduled release date 26 June 2006)
17:20’25
LIVE
Hindemith
Solo cello sonata: 1st & 2nd mvt
Rohan de Saram (cello)
17:31’00
LIVE
Hindemith Solo cello sonata: movement 5th mvt
Rohan de Saram (cello)
17:34’30
Anon
Spanish 13th cent. Bailemos nos ja todas tres
Dufay Collective
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907390 Tr. 7-8
17:40'10
Chopin
Nocturne in C minor Op. posth.
Angela Hewitt
Hyperion CDA 67371 2 Tr. 2
17:43’20
Liszt
Les Preludes
BBC Philharmonic
conductor Gianandrea Noseda
CHANDOS CHAN 10341 Tr. 10-12
18:05’50
Arnold
Homage to the Queen: Earth
Philharmonia Orchestra
conductor Robert Irving
EMI 566120 2 Tr. 12-17
18:18’20
Arnold
Homage to the Queen: Fire
Philharmonia Orchestra
conductor Robert Irving
EMI 566120 2 Tr. 27-33
18:29’15
Arnold
Homage to the Queen: Water
Philharmonia Orchestra
conductor Robert Irving
EMI 566120 2 Tr. 18-26
18:41’20
Strauss
Zigeunerbaron: overture
Vienna Philharmonic
conductor Herbert von Karajan
DG 439 104 2 Tr. 3
Recorded at the Salzburg Festival in August 1968
18:49’48
Tavener
Hymn to the Mother of God
Vasari Singers
conductor Jeremy Backhouse
EMI CD CFP 6076 Tr. 6
19:56’21
Will Todd
Angel Song II
Vasari Singers
conductor Jeremy Backhouse
SIGNUM SIGCD 059 Tr. 3
19:04’40
Debussy
Yver, vous n’estes qu’un villain (3 Chansons)
Vasari Singers
conductor Jeremy Backhouse
GUILD GMCD 7199 Tr. 3
19:07'20
Brahms (orchestrated Dvorak)
Hungarian Dance No.17 in F sharp minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Marin Alsop
NAXOS 8 557429 Tr. 8
19:11’41
Haydn
String Quartet in D, Op.64 no.5 ‘The Lark’
Quatuor Ébène
MIRARE MIR 013 Tr. 1-4
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