14 March 2006
Tuesday 14 March 2006 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean's first guests today are conductor Philippe Jordan and soprano Amanda Roocroft from the Royal Opera's new production of Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin'.
William Shimell and Joyce DiDonato sing in Handel's rarely performed opera Hercules at London's Barbican, they join Sean after 6 o'clock.
The programme is wrapped up by the youthful piano trio Dimension performing Russian works live in the studio.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17'03
Vivaldi
Concerto in F, RV.99
L'Astree
Naïve OP30394
tr.1-3
17'11
Strauss
Befreit
Amanda Roocroft
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most
EMI CDC 5550902
tr.9
17'25
Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin: Letter scene (Act I, Scene 2)
Mirella Freni (Tatjana), Staatskapelle Dresden, James Levine
DG 427 681-2
tr 5
17'41
Mendelssohn
Songs without words Op. 13 no. 4
Murray Perahia (piano)
Sony SK66511
tr. 7
17'44
Ibert
Escales ('Ports of Call')
Boston SO, Charles Munch
RCA 74321 98715-2
CD.1 tr.5-7
18'03
Handel
Hercules: Overture
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
DVD : Bel Air BAC 013
ch.1
18'16
Handel
Hercules: Begone, my fears
Joyce DiDonato (Dejanira); Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
DVD : Bel Air BAC 013
ch. 14
18'26
Handel
Hercules: Now farewell, arms!....The god of battle quits the field
William Shimell (Hercules); Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
DVD : Bel Air BAC 013
ch.21-22
18'32
Mozart
Horn Concerto no.3, K.447
David Pyatt; ASMF, Neville Marriner
Warner 2564 62333-2
CD, tr.6-8
18'48
Sydney Baynes
Destiny
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth
Warner Classics 2564 62020-2
tr. 14
18'55
LIVE
Shostakovich arr. Joo
Jazz Suite no.2: Waltz
Dimension
(Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne, Thomas Carroll, Richard Hyung-Ki Joo)
19'04
LIVE
Tchaikovsky
Trio: ii) Theme & (first six) Variations
Dimension
(Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne, Thomas Carroll, Richard Hyung-Ki Joo)
19'16
LIVE
Shostakovich
Trio no.2: ii) Allegro con brio
Dimension
(Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne, Thomas Carroll, Richard Hyung-Ki Joo)
19'20
Quique Sinesi
Sonidos de aquel dia
Victor Villadangos (gt)
Naxos 8.557658
tr.1
