22 November 2005
Tuesday 22 November 2005 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean's guests tonight are: conductor Howard Williams and tenor Justin Lavender, talking about Chelsea Opera Group's performance of Beethoven's opera 'Leonore' this coming Saturday at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London; conductor Christian Curnyn and director John Fulljames talk about Opera North's new semi-staged production of Handel's oratorio 'Saul', being performed in Leeds on Wednesday and Friday this week; and actress Julia McKenzie, singer Julian Ovenden and music critic David Benedict are in the studio ahead of a concert celebrating 'Sondheim at 75' with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Hackney Empire this coming Friday.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:02
BACH arr. HOLST
Fugue a la gigue
RNCM Wind Orchestra
Timothy Reynish (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9697
Track 8
17:06
GRAINGER
Random Round
Penelope Thwaites, Wayne Marshall, John Lavender, Anthony Gray & Barry Peter Ould (pianos)
CHANDOS CHAN 9702
Track 11
17:12
BEETHOVEN
"Um in der Ehe froh zu leben" (from 'Leonore', Act II)
Christiane Oelze (Marzelline)
Hillevi Martinpelto (Leonore)
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
ARCHIV 453 461-2
Disc 1 track 20
17:23
LIVE
BEETHOVEN
"In des Lebens Fruhlingstagen" (from 'Fidelio', Act II)
Justin Lavender (Florestan)
Benjamin Frost (piano)
17:28
LIVE
BEETHOVEN
"In des Lebens Fruhlingstagen" (from 'Leonore', Act III)
Justin Lavender (Florestan)
Benjamin Frost (piano)
17:39
BEETHOVEN
"Ich kann mich noch nicht fassen" - "O namelose Freude!" (from 'Leonore', Act III)
Kim Begley (Florestan)
Hillevi Martinpelto (Leonore)
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
ARCHIV 453 461-2
Disc 2 track 14
17:48
CHOPIN
Three Mazurkas, Op.59
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
DECCA 470 608-2
Tracks 9-11
17:58
SONDHEIM
'Side by Side by Side' (from 'Company')
from Original London Cast Recording of 'Side by Side by Sondheim'
Millicent Martin, Julia McKenzie, David Kernan
(with Tim Higgs, Stuart Pedlar, Ned Sherrin)
RCA CD 81851
Disc 2 track 13
18:00 News
18:03
DEBUSSY
Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)
MUSICA MUNDI 311159
Track 7
18:11
BRITTEN
Hymn to St Cecilia
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)
COLLINS CLASSICS 12862
Track 13
18:22
HANDEL
Symphony (from the oratorio 'Saul')
Vienna Concentus Musicus
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
TELDEC 4509 97504-2
Disc 1 track 1
18:32
HANDEL
"Oh Lord, whose mercies numberless" (from the oratorio 'Saul', Act I)
Paul Esswood (David)
Vienna Concentus Musicus
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
TELDEC 4509 97504-2
Disc 1 track 19
18:39
HANDEL
"Gird on thy sword" (from the oratorio 'Saul', Act III)
Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus
Vienna Concentus Musicus
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
TELDEC 4509 97504-2
Disc 2 track 26
18:45
SCHUMANN
Fantasiestucke, Op.73
Yo Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)
CBS MK 42663
Tracks 4-6
18:57
RAVEL
Une barque sur l'ocean
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SM3K 45842
Disc 3 track 11
19:05
LIVE
SONDHEIM
'Anyone Can Whistle' (from 'Anyone Can Whistle')
Julian Ovenden (piano & vocals)
19:11
SONDHEIM
'Losing My Mind' (from 'Follies')
Julia McKenzie (vocals)
[pianist uncredited]
RCA GD 81851
Disc 2 track 10
19:18
SONDHEIM
'In Buddy's Eyes' (from 'Follies')
Julia McKenzie (vocals)
(from Original London Cast Recording)
FIRST NIGHT RECORDS OCR CD 6019
Track 6
19:22
WALDTEUFEL
Les Patineurs - Valse, Op.183
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI CDM 7 69465-2
Track 15
