12 May 2005
Thursday 12 May 2005 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Joining Sean Rafferty this evening are: Pianist Leslie Howard who plays piano transcriptions from Liszt's Christus ahead of conducting the Leicester Symphony Orchestra at the De Montfort Hall in the first performance in 20 years; Baritone Alan Opie and conductor Andrew Davis talk about the BBC Symphony Orchestra's forthcoming performance of Tippett's "The Knot Garden"; and conductor Marin Alsop talks from Bournemouth about her forthcoming performance of Charles Chaplin's "City Lights".
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:02
BUTTERWORTH
Two English Idylls : No 1
Halle
Mark Elder
CD HLL 7503
Tr 2
17:09
LIVE
LISZT
Shepherds' Song at the Cradle
Leslie Howard : piano
17:26
LISZT
The March of the Three Holy Kings
Leslie Howard : piano
17:40
LISZT
Christus : Resurrexit (Final chorus)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Benita Valente : soprano
Marjana Lipovsek : mezzo
Peter Lindroos : tenor
Tom Krause : baritone
James Conlon : conductor
Erato ECD 88232/34 CD3
Tr 4
17:47
VIVALDI
Concerto in F major, RV 442
Michael Schneider : recorder
Camerata Koln
DHM 05472 77848 2
Tr 10-12
17:56
ANON
Last Rose of Summer
Ann Murray : mezzo-soprano
Graham Johnson : piano
HELIOS CDH55210
Tr 1
18:00
NEWS
18:03
MOZART
Overture : Il Seraglio
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner
EMI 5 85060 2
Tr 5
18:09
DEBUSSY
La Cathedrale Engloutie
Melvyn Tan : piano
Deux-Elles DXL 1092
Tr 10
18:16
BRITTEN
Death in Venice
Hotel Barber scene in which he applies the make up to Aschenbach
Alan Opie : barber
City of London SInfonia
Richard Hickox
CHAN 10280 2
CD2 Tr 22
18:25
TIPPETT
The Knot Garden
Opening
Thomas Hemsley : Mangus
Yvonne Minton : Thea
Jill Gomez : Flora
Orchestra of the ROH, Covent Garden
Sir Colin Davis
Philips 446 331 -2
CD1 Tr 1
18:35'32
TIPPETT
The Knot Garden
Act 2 (excerpt)
Josephine Barstow : Denise
Yvonne Minton : Thea
Jill Gomez : Flora
Raimund Herincx : Faber
Robert Tear : Dov
Thomas Carey : Mel
Orchestra of the ROH, Covent Garden
Sir Colin Davis
Philips 446 331 -2
CD1 Tr 8
18:40
SULLIVAN
Arr Mackerras
Pineapple Poll
Scene 1
RPO
Sir Charles Mackerras
EMI 5 66538 2
Tr 5-9
18:59
BACH
Italian Concerto BWV 971
3rd movt : Presto
Mie Miki : accordion
BIS CD 1229
Tr 5
19:03
CHAPLIN arr Johnson, restored C Davis
City Lights : The Millionaire
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Carl Davis
RCA 0902 6682712 2
Tr 19
19:12
CHAPLIN
Smile (Modern Times)
Gidon Kremer : violin
Oleg Maisenberg : piano
Teldec 0630 17222 2
Tr 1
19:18
BERNSTEIN
On the Town : 3 Dance Episodes
Times Square, 1944
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop
Naxos 8.559177
Tr 7
19:23
PALESTRINA
Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes
Taverner Consort
Andrew Parrott
HMV 5 74371 2
Tr 6
