10 August 2005
Wednesday 10 August 2005 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty's guests today are: Brian McMaster, the director of the Edinburgh Festival, which begins on Sunday 14th August; pianist Gianluca Cascioli, who plays live in the studio, ahead of his performance at the BBC Proms on Thursday 11th August; and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, who talks about a new production of 'Swan Lake' being performed by Pennsylvania Ballet at the Edinburgh Festival from Monday 15th August.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:04
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Sonata in D, K.119
Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 453 422-2
Track 5
17:10
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.5 (Waltz)
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 62190-5
Track 3
17:24
JOHN ADAMS
Those Birds Flying Above Us (from The Death of Klinghoffer, Act 1 Sc 2)
Eugene Perry (baritone): Mamoud
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Kent Nagano (conductor)
ELEKTRA NONESUCH 7559 79281-2
CD 1 Track 13
17:34
BEETHOVEN
Preist der Erlosers Gute; O Heil Euch (from Christ on the Mount of Olives , Op.85)
Luba Orgonasova (soprano)
Berlin Radio Choir
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester , Berlin
Kent Nagano (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901802
Track 5
17:44
DEBUSSY orchestrated by COLIN MATTHEWS
Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest; Feuilles mortes; Feux d'artifice
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 5 58045-2
Tracks 10-12
17:56
RAMEAU
La villageoise - from Pieces de Clavecin
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
AVIE AV 2056
Track 19
18:00 News
18:04
WEBER
Ocean! Thou mighty monster! (from 'Oberon')
Christine Brewer (soprano): Leonora
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Parry (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 3127
Track 4
18:14
BEETHOVEN
Variations in D on an original theme, Op.76
Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 453 733-2
CD 4 Track 2
18:27
CHOPIN
Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, Op.31
Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
DECCA 476 702-9
Track 2
18:45
LIVE
BEETHOVEN
Finale from Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight'
Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
18:54
SCHUBERT arr. ZENDER
Psalm 23, D.706
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Jonathan Nott (conductor)
TUDOR 7131
Track 7
19:01
TCHAIKOVSKY
Waltz (from ' Swan Lake ', Act 1)
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor)
OLYMPIA OCD 210
CD 1 Track 3
19:14
TCHAIKOVSKY
Finale (from ' Swan Lake ', Act 4 )
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor)
OLYMPIA OCD 210
CD 2 Track 15
19:20
MOZART
Fuor del mar (from 'Idomeneo', Act 2 Sc 3)
Ian Bostridge (tenor: Idomeneo)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
EMI 5 57260-2
CD 1 Track 26
19:27
RAMEAU
Les tourbillons - from Pieces de Clavecin
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
AVIE AV 2056
Track 3
