12 September 2006
Tuesday 12 September 2006 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty talks to Harry Christophers about the Handel in Oxford Festival, and to David Alden, who is directing a new production of Monteverdi's The Return of Ulysees. Plus, a live performance from Passacaglia.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:04'35
CD
William Lloyd Webber: Waltz in E minor
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
conductor Gavin Sutherland
NAXOS 8 557753 Tr. 15
DUR: 4’28
17:09'34
CD
Bach: Mass in B minor: Sanctus
The Sixteen
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
director Harry Christophers
CORO COR 16044 CD 2 Tr. 10
DUR: 4’47
17:19'11
CD
Handel: Alexander’s Feast: Thus long ago; At last divine Cecilia came; Let old Timotheus yield the Prize
Ian Partridge (tenor)
The Sixteen
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
director Harry Christophers
CORO COR 16028 CD 2 Tr. 6-9
DUR: 8’36
17:28'54
CD
Henry Cooke: O Lord, thou hast searched me out
The Sixteen
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
director Harry Christophers
CORO COR 16041 Tr. 8
DUR 10:26
17:40'42
CD
Schubert: Sonatina in G minor, D.408 (Op.137 no.3)
Pieter Wispelwey (cello)
Paolo Giacometti (piano)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS 9696 Tr. 11-14
DUR: 13’39
18:04:00
CD
Vardepet Komitas: Ten Armenian Folk Songs and Dances
I Musici de Montreal
Yuli Turovsky (cello/director)
CHANDOS CHAN 10094 Track 50
CD
Strauss: Emperor Waltz Op. 437
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
conductor Alexander Schneider
COE RECORDS CD COE 810 Tr. 14
DUR: 7'55
18:12'41
CD
Schumann: Du Ring an meinem Finger; (Frauenliebe und –leben)
Anne Sofie von Otter (soprano)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
DG 445 881 2 Tr. 4
DUR: 2’42*
18:16'10
CD
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op.33a
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor Rudolf Kempe
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4188 2 Tr. 5-8
DUR: 14’56 + appl >
18:31:52
CD
Monteverdi: Il ritorno di Ulisse in patrio: Sinfonias (Act 1 Sc 6 & Act 2 Sc 12)
Concerto Italiano
director Rinaldo Alessandrini
OPUS OPS 30 173 Tr. 1 & 7
DUR: 1'42
18:40'08
CD
Monteverdi: Dormo ancora....(Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria)
Ulysees...Christopher Pregardien
Concerto Vocale
director Rene Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901427292 Tr. 8
DUR: 4'07
18:52'10
CD
Janacek Jenufa – end of Act 2
Jenufa………Janice Watson
Kostelnicka…Josephine Barstow
Laca…………Nigel Robson
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
CHANDOS CHAN 3106 CD 2 Tr. 4
DUR: 6’01
18:59'41 - 01'49 & 19:01'52 - 03'33
Live music in the studio:
Couperin: Le Paix du Parnasse from Apothéose de Lulli (Trio Sonata)
Passacaglia:
Annabel Knight (recorder/flute)
Reiko Ichise (viola da gamba)
Robin Bigwood (harpsichord)
DUR: 2'08 & 1'41
19:09'41 - 15'32
Live music in the studio:
Marais, arr Laurin: Les Folies D'Espagne
Dan Laurin (recorder)
DUR: 5'51
19:20'32 - 24'36
Live music in the studio:
Dornel: Quatuor in B minor (1709) - 2 movements
Dan Laurin (recorder)
Passacaglia:
Annabel Knight (recorder/flute)
Louise Bradbury (recorder)
Reiko Ichise (viola da gamba)
Robin Bigwood (harpsichord)
DUR: 4'04
CD
Elgar: O hearken thou
London Symphony Chorus
Northern Sinfonia
conductor Richard Hickox
EMI 585148 2 Tr. 10
DUR: 4’05*
