27 June 2006
Tuesday 27 June 2006 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty's guests are pianist Artur Pizarro, performing live in the studio, and the Tokyo String Quartet, who are appearing at this year's City of London Festival.
Plus, National Gallery curator Lois Oliver treats Sean to a sneak preview of the Rebels & Martyrs: The Image of the Artist in the 19th Century exhibition.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17.03
Smetana
Polka in E flat, Op 8 No 1
Andras Schiff (piano)
Warner 2564 61734-2 track 4
17.06
Honegger
Finale Symphony No 1
Symphony Orchestra of Bavarian Radio/Charles Dutoit
Erato ECD 88171 track 3
17.13
Chopin
Piano Sonata No 2 (First movement)
Artur Pizarro (piano)
LINN CKD 250 track 2
17.27
LIVE
POULENC
Improvisation no 15
Artur Pizarro
17.29
LIVE
POULENC
Improvisation no 13
Artur Pizarro
17.40
Janacek
The Cunning Little Vixen
Prague Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek
Supraphon SU 3436-2 031
18.03
Sneak preview of the Rebels and Marthyrs exhibition at the National Gallery
with curator Lois Oliver
Music includes :
Berlioz
Overture: Benvenuto Cellini
New York Philharmonic, conductor Pierre Boulez
Sony SM3K64103 CD3 track 9
Monteverdi
Orfeo
Act 1
Muse Honor di Parnaso
European Voices
Les Sacqueboutiers
VIRGIN VERITAS 7243 5 4564222
Puccini
La Boheme: Si Mi chiamano Mimi
Mirella Freni and Luciano Pavarotti
Decca 421 245-2 track 3
Offenbach
Overture
La vie parisienne
Philharmonia Orchestra
Neville Marriner
PHILIPS 411 4762
Strauss, arr Schoenberg
Kaiserwaltzer
Ensemble Avantgarde
MDG 613 0579-2 track 30
18.40
Telemann
Overture La Joie (TWV 55: F5)
Consortium Classicum
MDG 301 1109-2 tracks 16-21
18.54
MOZART
String Quartet in F, K.590
Allegro
Tokyo String Quartet
BIDDULPH 80215 2
19.03
Brahms
Clarinet Quintet
Andantino
Tokyo String Quartet
HMI 987048
19.10
Beethoven
Razumovsky Quartet no 2
Finale
Tokyo String Quartet
HMU 907423
19.23
PURCELL
King Arthur
Act 2
Come Follow
How blessed are Shepherds
Les Arts Florrisants
William Christie
ERATO 4509 98535 2
