11 July 2006
Tuesday 11 July 2006 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean talks to composer Michael Nyman about his new opera "Love Counts", live music is provided by pianist Freddy Kempf and Indian classical singers, brothers Rajan and Sajan Misra, preview their concert at the Royal Festival Hall.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17.02.56
Verdi
Soldiers’ Chorus from Il Trovatore
Chorus and Orch of WNO/Sir Richard Armstrong
EMI 5 87035 2 Track 5
17.06.22
Mozart
Flute Quartet in A Major K.285a
Irena Grafenauer (flute)/Gidon Kremer (violin)
Veronika Hagen (viola)/Clemens Hagen (cello)
Sony SK 66 240 Tracks 6-7
17.20.28
Michael Nyman
Es war Erde in Ihnen from 6 Celan Songs
Hilary Summers (mezzo)/Michael Nyman Band
Promo copy Track 2
17.32.36
Michael Nyman
I’m highly adept at the tango from Man & Boy: Dada
John Graham-Hall (Kurt Schwitters)/Vivian Tierney (Mother)
William Sheldon (Michael)/Michael Nyman Band/Paul McGrath
Nyman Records MNRCD 101/2 Disc 2 Track 3
17.41.07
JS Bach
Concerto for 2 Keyboards in C Minor BWV 1060
Güher and Süher Pekinel/Zurich Chamber Orchestra/Howard Griffiths
Warner Classics 2564 61950 2 Tracks 10-12
17.54.35
Tchaikovsky
Final Waltz and Apotheosis from The Nutcracker
Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Sony 517482 2 Track 13
18.03.42
Bellini
Ah, non credea mirarti…Ah! Non giunge from La Sonnambula
Eva Mei (soprano)/Munich Radio Orchestra/Janos Kovacs
BMG 09026 68525 2 Track 8
18.19.35
LIVE
Musorgsky
The Old Castle
Freddy Kempf (piano)
18.26.25
LIVE
Chopin
Ballade No 1 in G Minor
Freddy Kempf (piano)
18.38.17
Wagner
Overture and Venusberg Music (Paris Version) from Tannhäuser
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Karajan
EMI 4 76896 2 Track 1
19.02.35
LIVE
Raag Sohni
Rajan Misra (singer)/Sajan Misra (singer)/Hanif Khan (tabla)
19.13.15
LIVE
Raag Jhinjoti
Rajan Misra (singer)/Sajan Misra (singer)/Hanif Khan (tabla)
19.20.35
Gottschalk
Home, Sweet Home
Philip Martin (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67536 Track 1
19.28.00
Schumann
Der Abendstern from Album for the Young
Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo), Graham Johnson (piano)
Hyperion CDJ 33109 Track 3
