9 April 2008
Wednesday 9 April 2008 17:00-19:00 (Radio 3)
Petroc Trelawny talks to composer Judith Weir, director Lee Blakeley and conductor Sian Edwards about Scottish Opera's new production of A Night at the Chinese Opera. BBC Proms Director Roger Wright opens the lid on the 2008 Proms season, and Oliver Condy talks to Petroc following today's BBC Music Magazine Awards ceremony.
BBC Proms 2008
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2008
Playlist
17.02
Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance March No.1
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
EMI CDM7640152
Track 16
6'01
17.09
W.F. Bach
Fugue No.2 in C minor
Julia Brown (harpsichord)
NAXOS 8570530
Track 3
2'42
17.14
Weir
Nightwatchman's Song from A Night at the Chinese Opera (Act 1)
Timothy Robinson (Nightwatchman)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
NMC D060
CD 1 Track 1
4'06
17.25
Weir
A performance of 'The Chao Family Orphan' from A Night at the Chinese Opera (Act 2)
Frances Lynch (General Tu-an-Ku)
Adey Grummet (Chao's Wife)
Karl Daymond (Chao)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
NMC D060
CD 1 Track 10
4'35
17.35
Weir
Nocturne from A Night at the Chinese Opera (Act 3)
Michael George (Mongolian Soldier)
Michael Chance (Military Governer)
Gwion Thomas (Chao Lin)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
NMC D060
CD 2 Track 6
4'46
17.41
Shostakovich
Piano Concerto for piano trumpet & strings, Op.35 (1st movement)
Martha Argerich (piano)
Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
EMI 5045042
Track 1
5'52
17.51
J.S. Bach
Freue dich, erloste Schar, BWV.30 (excerpts)
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman (director)
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72222
CD 1 Tracks 24-26
8'47
18.03
Schubert
3 German Dances from D.820
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
PHILIPS 4702652
Tracks 7-9
4'22
18.08
Sullivan/Lehrer
The Elements
Tom Lehrer (vocals/piano)
RHINO R279831
CD 1 Track 16
1'23
18.11
Vaughan Williams
Sinfonia Antarctica (Scherzo)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
WARNER 2564698483
CD 5 Track 2
6'22
18.23
Schumann
Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op.60 No.2
Simon Preston (organ)
SIGNUM SIGCD084
Track 3
5'21
18.35
Britten
The Salley Gardens
Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
DG 4742192
Track 26
2'10
18.39
Rimsky-Korsakov
The Flight of the Bumblebee
Mark Yu (piano)
BBC Recording (Shanghai March 2008)
1'23
18.41
Verdi
La forza del destino (Overture)
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenbom (conductor)
WARNER 2564621905
CD 1 Track 5
7'58
18.50
Guastavino
La tarde en Rincon
Martin Jones (piano)
NIMBUS NI5818/20
CD 1 Track 19
2'50
18.53
Grieg
Wedding day at Troldhaugen, Op.65
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)
NAXOS 8550864
Track 11
5'53
