11 August 2005
Thursday 11 August 2005 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty meets composer Bent Sorensen and librettist Peter Asmussen this evening, ahead of the world premiere of Sorensen's "The Little Mermaid" at the Proms on Friday; tenor Salvatore Licitra, who is performing in Verdi's Requiem at the Edinburgh Festival joins us from Scotland; and conductor Jose Serebrier will be in the studio talking about Stokowski's arrangements of Mussorgsky.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:03
SVENDSEN
Polonaise No.2, op.28
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
CHANDOS 9932
T.9
17:09
PUCCINI
Nessun Dorma (Act III, Turandot)
Salvatore Licitra , tenor
London Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
SONY SK89923
T.2
17:15
BENT SORENSEN
Molto Fluente, (3rd mvt. The Echoing Garden)
Martyn Hill, tenor
Danish National Radio Choir
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstram, conductor
DACAPO 8.224039
T.6
17:32
BENT SORENSEN
3rd (final) mvt., Sterbende Gärten, Violin Concerto
Rebecca Hirsch, violin
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstram, conductor
DACAPO 8.224039
T.3
17:38
SAINT-SAENS
Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs, op.79
William Bennett, flute
Nicholas Daniel, oboe
James Campbell, clarinet
Julius Drake, piano
CALA CACD1017
CD.2 T.10
17:50
MUSSORGSKY transc. STOKOWSKI
Night on the Bare Mountain
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
José Serebrier, conductor
NAXOS 8.557645
T.1
18:03
CHOPIN
Waltz, op.18 in E flat Major "Grande Valse Brillante"
Gianluca Cascioli, piano
DECCA 476702 2
T.8
18:10
VERDI
"Ah! si, ben mio" Act 2, Il Trovatore
Salvatore Licitra, tenor, (Manrico)
Orchestra of the La Scala Theatre
Riccardo Muti, conductor
SONY SK289553
CD.2 T.6
18:17
PUCCINI
"E lucevan le stelle" Act 3, Tosca
Salvatore Licitra, tenor (Cavaradossi)
London Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
SONY SK89923
T.1
18:24
VERDI
"Celeste Aida" Act 1, Aida
Salvatore Licitra, Radames, tenor (Radames)
London Symphony Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
SONY SK89923
T.7
18:30
VERDI transc. MUZIO
Transcriptions from Luisa Miller
"Ti desta, Luisa, regina de' cori"
"T'amo d'amor ch'esprimere"
"Ah! fu giusto il mio sospetto!"
"Ah! Luisa, ove sei?"
"Egli delira;sul mattin degli anni"
"O meco incolume sarai"
Hagen String Quartet
DG 447 069 2
T.6-8+10-11
18:48
MUSSORGSKY transc. STOKOWSKI
Symphonic Synthesis of Boris Godunov
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
José Serebrier, conductor
NAXOS 8.557645
T.3
19:00
MUSSORGSKY transc. STOKOWSKI
Baba Yaga (The Hut on Fowl's Legs);
The Great Gate of Kiev
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
José Serebrier, conductor
NAXOS 8.557645
T.13+14
19:09
BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance No.4 in F minor for four hands
Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethuysen (piano)
SONY SK 53285
T.4
19:13
BACH
Keyboard Concerto in D major BWV.1054
Sergio Ciomei, harpsichord
Fabio Biondi, director (violin)
VIRGIN VC5 45361 2
T.10-12
