21 September 2004
Tuesday 21 September 2004 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Tonight Sean Rafferty talks to soprano Susan Bickley who will be singing role of Cassandra in a new production of Berlioz's 'Trojans' at English National Opera - the production runs from 24th September. And Alina Ibragimova who is giving her first performance of the Britten Violin Concerto with City Side Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steven Joyce at LSO St Luke's on 24th September. There will be live music from both guests.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:03
Handel
Solomon
Act 2
Air: Thy sentence, great king
Susan Bickley (mezzo)
Gabrieli Players/Paul McCreesh
Archiv 459 688 2
CD 2, tr. 9
17:05
Mozart
Adagio for 2 clarinets and 3 basset horns in B flat major (K.411)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Wind Soloists
TELDEC 2564 60866 2
CD 4, tr. 17
17:12
Berlioz
Les Troyens
Act 1
Aria: Malheureux roi!
Petra Lang (Cassandra, mezzo)
London Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis
LSO LIVE LSO 0010
CD 1. tr. 3
17:22
LIVE
Berlioz
Les Nuits d'ete (Op.7)
No.3: Sur les lagunes
Susan Bickley (mezzo) & Iain Burnside (piano)
17:33
LIVE
William Bolcom
Amor
Susan Bickley (mezzo) & Iain Burnside (piano)
17:36
Dvorak (arr. Ulf-Guido Schäffer)
Czech Suite (Op.39)
ensemble acht
D&G MDG 603 1259 2
trs. 1 – 5
17:58
Schumann
Myrthen (Op.25)
Du bist wie eine Blume
Karita Mattila (soprano)
Ilmo Ranta (piano)
ONDINE ODE 1054 2
tr. 3
18:00
News
18:04
Purcell
The Fairy Queen (Z.629)
First Musik & Second Musick
Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
HM HMC 901308.9
CD 1, trs. 1 - 5
18:11
Liszt
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (S.173)
Stephen Osborne (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67445
CD 2, tr. 5
18:17
Poulenc
Chanson à boire
New London Chamber Choir/James Wood
HYPERION CDH 55179
tr. 20
18:21
LIVE
Britten
Violin Concerto (Op.15)
1st movement: Moderato con moto (excerpt, beginning)
Alina Ibragimova (violin) & Sophie Rahmann (piano)
18:31
LIVE
Tchaikovsky
Serenade melancolique (Op.26)
Alina Ibragimova (violin) & Sophie Rahmann (piano)
18:41
Holst
The Perfect fool
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Adrian Boult
BELART 461 3542 10
tr. 4
18:55
Dario Castello
Sonata No.13 a 4
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
HYPERION CDA 67013
tr. 15
18:59
Purcell
The Fairy Queen (Z.629)
Act 1 No.5: Scene of the drunken poet: “Fill up the bowl”
Bernard Deletré (bass)
Nancy Argenta & Willemijn van Gent (sopranos)
Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
HM HMC 901308.9
CD 1, tr. 7
19:09
Purcell
The Fairy Queen (Z.629)
Act 2 No.7: “Come all ye songsters”
Thomas Randle (tenor)
Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
HM HMC 901308.9
CD 1, tr. 9
19:19
Purcell
The Fairy Queen (Z.629)
Act 3 No.17a: “f love's a sweet passion”
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
HM HMC 901308.9
CD 1, tr. 19
19:22
Dohnanyi
4 Pieces for piano (Op.2)
No. 4: Capriccio
Martin Roscoe (piano)
ASV CD DCA 863
tr. 12
