Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world. His guests this evening are the Galliard Ensemble, playing live in the studio; mezzo-soprano Charlotte Hellekant talks to Petroc ahead of her performance at the BBC Proms next Monday; and conductor Laurence Cummings and tenor Mark Padmore look ahead to their BBC Prom with The English Concert tomorrow afternoon.
Playlist
1702
RICHARD DERING
Factum est silentium
Westminster Abbey Choir
Conducted by James O'Donnell
HYPERION CDA 67643 Track 1
1706
HENZE
Double Concerto (1966) for oboe and harp, 4th movement
Heinz & Ursula Holliger
Collegium Musicum Zurich
Conducted by Paul Sacher
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449 8642 Track 6
1712
LIVE MUSIC
LIGETI
No.1 of Six Bagatelles
Galliard Ensemble
1718
LIVE MUSIC
PERCY GRAINGER
Lisbon
Galliard Ensemble
1720
LIVE MUSIC
PERCY GRAINGER
Walking Tune
Galliard Ensemble
1728
LIVE MUSIC
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Three Sea Shanties for wind quintet
Galliard Ensemble
1736
REINHOLD GLIERE
Overture, Shakh-Senem
BBC Philharmonic
Conducted by Vassily Sinaisky
CHANDOS CHAN 9518 Track 3
1753
STRAVINSKY
'Danse russe' from Petrushka
Peter Hill, piano
NAXOS 8.553871 Track 19
1755
JS BACH
'Gigue' from French Suite No.5 in G major, BWV.816
Laurence Cummings (harpisichord)
NAXOS 8.554724 Track 20
1800 News
1803
BARTOK
Allegro barbaro (1911)
Jeno Jando, piano
NAXOS 8.555329 Track 23
1806
GRIEG
Arabian Dance from Peer Gynt, Act IV
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo
Ellerhein Girls' Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Paavo Jarvi
VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 545 722 2 Track 11
1816
MIKKO HEINIO
'Thou, God of Silence..', from The Knight and the Dragon Act 2 Scene 4
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Conducted by Ulf Soderblom
BIS BIS-CD-1246 Track 11
1826
BARTOK
Duke Bluebeard's Castle (extract)
Katalin Szendrenyi, soprano [Judith]
Falk Struckmann, bass [Bluebeard]
Frankfurt RSO
Conducted by Eliahu Inbal
DENON CO 78932 Track 8
[Judith before Door 7 telling Bluebeard she knows his secret. After the terrifying orchestral climax, extract ends with him giving her the key.]
1833
JS BACH
English Suite no 5 in E minor, BWV.810
Robert Levin, piano
HANSSLER CD 92.113 CD 2 Tracks 7-12
1852
LIVE MUSIC
THOMAS ARNE
Under the greenwood tree (words from 'As you like it')
Mark Padmore, tenor
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord
1900
LIVE MUSIC
HANDEL
'Total eclipse!' from Samson, Act 1 Scene 2
Mark Padmore, tenor
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord
1912
BRITTEN
Um Mitternacht
Mark Padmore, tenor
Roger Vignoles, piano
HYPERION CDA 67459 Track 33
1917
NICOLAI
Overture: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Rafael Kubelik
DECCA 460 198-2 CD1 Track 1
1926
ERNST FISCHER
On the Escalator (Auf der Rolltreppe)
Tomislav Baynov & Hans-Walter Berg (2 pianos)
HOHNER HR 08.099.434 Track 4
