10 December 2004
Friday 10 December 2004 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty talks to James Bowman and London Octave, Brazilian pianist Marcelo Bratke plays live and Irish soprano Majella Cullagh sings live in the studio.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:02
Buxtehude
Chaconne in E minor
John Scott [organ of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich]
Regent REGCD 105
Track 3
17:07
Kenneth Leighton
Carol, Lulla lulla thou little tiny child
Finzi Singers
conductor Paul Spicer
Chandos CHAN 9485
Track 8
17:11
Elgar
'The Blue-Eyes Fairy' from Act 2 of the Incidental Music to The Starlight Express
Bryn Terfel [baritone]
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
CD Decca 452 324-2
Track 2
17:16
LIVE
Trad arr. Peter Medhurst (words William Ballett)
Sweet was the Song the Virgin sang
James Bowman
London Octave
17:25
LIVE
Pachelbel
Canon in D
London Octave
17:32
LIVE
Anon
Coventry Carol
James Bowman
London Octave
17:37
Rimsky-Korsakov
Spanish Caprice opus 34
New York Philharmonic
Conductor Kurt Masur
Warner Apex 256 60374-2
Tracks 6 - 10
17:53
Charpentier
Salve Regina for 3 Choirs
Ex Cathedra
Conductor Jeffery Skidmore
Hyperion CDA 67435
Track 1
18:00
News
18:03
Joseph Boismortier
Overture & Chaconne, from First Serenade opus 39
Le Concert Spirituel
directed by Hervé Niquet
Naxos 8.334295
Tracks 6 & 23
18:12
Chopin
Preludes 22, 23, 24 from 24 Preludes opus 28 (1839)
Marcelo Bratke
18:21
John Cage
In a Landscape (1948)
Marcelo Bratke
18:30
Villa-Lobos
A Boneca de Louça & O Polichinello (from A Prole do Bebê)
Marcelo Bratke
18:40
Sir Malcolm Arnold
Commonwealth Christmas Overture, op. 64
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Sir Malcolm Arnold
Reference Recordings RR48
Track 5
19:00
LIVE
Puccini
Quando m'en vo
Act 2 of La Bohème
Majella Cullagh
Richard Shaw (piano)
19:14
Donizetti
Duet for Pia and Ghino,
Pia de' Tolomei, Part 2
Majella Cullagh [= Pia], mezzo
Bruce Ford [ = Ghino], tenor
London Philharmonic
Conductor David Parry
Private Tapes
19:20
LIVE
Lehar
Long live love forever!
From Paganini
Majella Cullagh
Richard Shaw (piano)
19:24
Trad - The Angel Gabriel
Carter - The Mistletoe Carol
Finchley Children's Music Group
Naxos 8.557581
Tracks 21 + 22
