16 May 2006
Tuesday 16 May 2006 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) and Christopher Alden (director) drop in to talk about the English National Opera's new production of Janacek's The Makropulos Case; The Wihan Quartet perform live in the studio; and Leila Josepfowicz (violin) joins Petroc Trelawny to talk about her forthcoming performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:03
Strauss
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan
Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
CD: CDM 7 64629 2 Track 1
17:17
Janacek
Makropulos (extract from Act 2)
Krista (Anna Czakova)
Janek (Zdenek Svehla)
Emilia Marty (Elisabeth Soderstrom)
Prus (Vaclav Zitek)
Gregor (Peter Dvorsky)
Vitek (Vladimir Krejcik)
VPO/Sir Charles Mackerras
CD: Decca 430 372-2 Disc 1 Track 9
17:31
Janacek
Makropulos end of opera
Emilia Marty (Elisabeth Soderstrom)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras
CD: Decca 430 372-2 Disc 2
Track 4
17:39
CPE Bach
4th of the Hamburg Harpsichord Concertos
Wq 43 No 5 in G
Melante Amsterdam
Bob van Asperen (harpsichord and direction)
CD: Virgin 5 61913 2 Disc 1
Tracks 5-7
17:53
Elgar
Triumphal March from Caractacus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult
CD: EMI CDZ 5 75295 2
Track 18
18:04
Bartok
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner
Hungarian Sketches
An Evening in the Village
Bear Dance
Melody
Slightly Tipsy
Swineherd's Dance
CD: RCA 09026 61504 2 Tracks 10-14
Live:
18:16
Haydn
Wihan Quartet
Leos Cepicky-violin
Jan Schulmeister-violin
Jiri Zigmund-viola
Ales Kasprik-'cello
Op64/5 'The Lark' 2nd Movt: Adagio Cantabile
Live
18:26
Smetana
Quartet No 2
4th Movt: Presto-Allegro
Wihan Quartet
Live
18:33
Wihan Quartet
Schubert
D804 'Rosamunde'
2nd Movt: Andante
18:40
Wagner
Overture to Rienzi
The London Classical Players
Sir Roger Norrington
CD: EMI 5 55479 2
Track 1
18:46
Dabri
N'Ta Goudami
Cheikha Rimitti
Label: Because 3109862
Track 2
19:04
Shostakovich
City of Birmingham SO
Sakari Oramo
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
Scherzo from Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor
CD: Warners 2564 62997-2 Track 2
19:17
Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo
Orchestra Symphonique de Montreal
Charles Dutoit
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
CD: Philips 464 059-2
Track 4
19:24
Henry Balfour Gardiner
Evening Hymn
The Choir of St Georges Chapel Windsor
T. Byram-Wigfield (cond)
Roger Judd (organ)
CD: Delphian DCD 34048
Track 4
