23 May 2007
Wednesday 23 May 2007 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty is joined by the Royal String Quartet ahead of their performance at LSO St Luke's on Thursday. Composer Rodion Shchedrin and cellist Raphael Wallfisch join conductor Simon Over to talk about their new arrangement of Prokofiev's Cinq Melodies, and we hear from artistic director Ann Sholem and singer Marie McLaughlin from WNO's new production of Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:02'46
WEILL
Mack the Knife from The Threepenny Opera
Lotte Lenya
Orchestra conducted by Roger Bean
Sony Classcial MHK 63222
Track 10
3'02
17:06'10
CHOPIN
Barcarolle Op 60
Maurizio Pollini [piano]
DG 431 623-2
Track 6
8'31
17:19'01
LIVE
BEETHOVEN
Quartet op 74 (Harp); 3rd movement: Presto
Royal String Quartet
05'30
17:29'12
LIVE
HAYDN
Quartet Op 76 No 4 (Sunrise); 1st movement: Allegro con spirito
Royal String Quartet
08'24
17:39'38
SIBELIUS
Karelia Suite Op 11
Halle Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli
EMI 7243 5 67299 2 6
CD 1 Tracks 2-4
15'37
17:56'08
SIBELIUS
Norden op.90/1
Karita Matilla (soprano)/Ilmo Ranta (piano)
ONDINE ODE 856-2
Track 19
02'51
18:03'24
MONTI
Czardas No 1
Maxim Vengerov [violin]
Virtuosi
EMI 7243 5 57164 2 2
Track 15
5'45
18:09'35
STANFORD
The Blue Bird Op 119 No 3
The Cambridge Singers
John Rutter
Collegium CSCD 505
Track 1
3'55
18:14'11
LIVE
PROKOFIEV (Trans for cello by R Wallfisch)
Cinq Melodie 1 & 2
Raphael Wallfisch [cello]
Simon Over [piano]
02'04 and 02'50
18:25'48
LIVE
SHCHEDRIN
Ancient melodies of Russian folk songs.
Raphael Wallfisch [cello]
Rodion Shchedrin [piano]
04'56
18:35'55
SHCHEDRIN
Finale from Carmen Suite
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev
DG 471 136-2
Track 13
6'16
18:44'19
AMARGO
Ha Festa na Mouraria (There's a festival in town)
Mariza [vocals]
World Connection 43028
Track 7
3'11
18:49'09
HANDEL
Water Music Suite No 2 HWV 349
Linde Consort
Hans-Martin Linde [direction]
Virgin 7243 5 61656 2 5
Tracks 11-15
10'09
18:59'52
STRAUSS
Morgen! Op 27 No 4
Marie McLaughlin [soprano]
Graham Johnson [piano]
Hyperion CDA 6659
Track 20
3'36
19:08'35
WEILL
Anger from The Seven Deadly Sins
Lotte Lenya [Anna I & II]
Katona [tenor]/Gollnitz [tenor]/Poettgen [Baritone]/Roth [Bass]
Orchestra [un-named] conducted by Wilhelm Bruckner-Ruggeberg
Sony Classical MHK 63222
Track 4
4'14
19:17'11
WEILL
Envy and Epilogue from The Seven Deadly Sins
Lotte Lenya [Anna]
Orchestra [un-named] conducted by Wilhelm Bruckner-Ruggeberg
Sony Classical MHK 63222
Track 1
6'25
19:24'29
KABALEVSKY
Colas Breugnon Suite
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev
Deutsche Grammaphon DG 439 892-2
Track 5
05'31
