28 February 2008
Thursday 28 February 2008 17:00-19:00 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty welcomes members of the early music vocal ensemble Stile Antico to talk about their programme of Byrd and Tallis which they have recently recorded and are performing at St Peter's Eaton Square, London, on 4 March. He is also joined by composer and conductor Ronald Corp and the Maggini Quartet ahead of the premiere of Corp's 1st String Quartet 'The Bustard'.
Playlist
17:02
TALLIS
'Let God arise' (from Archbishop Parker's Psalter)
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi HMU 807463
Tr. 5
0'50
17:03
GRIEG
Lyric pieces: Op.62 nos 6, 4, 5 & 1 (Book 7)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
EMI 557296 2
Tr 14-17
8'02
17:14
TALLIS
God grant with grace
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi HMU 807463
Tr. 9
1'34
17:16
BYRD
Laetentur coeli
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi HMU 807463
Tr. 10
3'32
17:26
BYRD
Quis est homo
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi HMU 807463
Tr. 12
7'05
17:35
SIBELIUS
'Lemminkainen's Return' (Leminnkainen Suite)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)
Ondine ODE 8522
Tr. 4
6'17
17:42
BACH, arr. LISZT
Organ Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV.543
Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)
BBC Legends BBCL 4230 2
Tr. 6
11'09+ appl
17:55
LIONEL MONCKTON
When I marry Amelia
Richard Suart (baritone)
New London Light Opera Chorus
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 67654
Tr. 8
4'14
18:03
DELIBES
Coppelia ('Prelude & Mazurka' & 'Valse lente') from Act 1
Orchestra of the Suisse Romande
Richard Bonynge (conductor)
Decca 425 472 2
CD 1 Tr. 1-2
7'14
18:11
RACHMANINOV
'Blessed is the man' (Vespers)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907384
Tr. 3
4'12
18:16
LIVE
MENDELSSOHN
Quartet in E minor, Op.44 no.2: 'Scherzo'
Maggini Quartet
4'04
18:27
LIVE
RONALD CORP
String Quartet 'The Bustard': '1st mvt'
Maggini Quartet
5'19
18:37
VIRGIL THOMSON
'Boy fights alligator' (Louisiana Story)
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 66576
Tr. 10
3'31
18:42
POULENC
Salve regina
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 67623
Tr. 7
4'38
18:47
Tchaikovsky
Sleeping Beauty No. 1 (Introduction. La Fee des lilas)
Aurora Duo
NAXOS 8 570418
Tr. 1
4'43
18:52
PURCELL
Amphitryon, Z.572 (Excerpts)
Aradia Ensemble
Kevin Mallon (director)
Naxos 8 570149
Tr. 1-3
7'06
