13 April 2005
Wednesday 13 April 2005 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Joining Sean Rafferty this evening are members of Oxford based Opera Anywhere, who perform live in the studio ahead of their tour of Walton's 'The Bear' and Lennox Berkeley's 'A Dinner Engagement'; and Professor Paul Robertson, violinist from the Medici Quartet who is pioneering a new musical approach to Alzheimer's, talks to Sean about 'Swansongs: A Musical Anatomy of Alzheimers'.
More details of 'Swansongs'
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
07:04
TELEMANN
Jubeloratorium für die Hamburger Admiralität
Overture
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
HM HMC 901654
tr. 1
17:11
GRAINGER
My Robin is to the greenwood gone
Members of the English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten
DECCA 425 159 2
tr. 6
17:18
LIVE
Lennox BERKELEY
A Dinner Engagement (Op.45)
"Pickled Walnuts"
Susan Sarah Haigh (soprano)
HRH Philipe Philip Fine (tenor)
Peter Cowdrey (piano)
17:27
LIVE
Lennox BERKELEY
A Dinner Engagement (Op.45)
"I Like To Imagine"
Susan Sarah Haigh (soprano)
HRH Philipe Philip Fine (tenor)
Peter Cowdrey (piano)
17:32
LIVE
WALTON
The Bear
"I was a constant faithful wife"
Popova Vanessa Woodward (contralto)
Peter Cowdrey (piano)
17:39
ROSETTI
Symphony in G minor (K.1.27) (Op.5, No.4)
Concerto Köln
TELDEC 4509 98420 2
trs. 1 - 4
17:56
STANFORD
8 Partsongs (Op.119)
No.3 : The Blue Bird
Choir of New College Oxford
Edward Higginbottom
DECCA 466 870 2
tr. 2
18:03
STRAVINSKY
Tango
Columbia Jazz Ensemble/Igor Stravinsky
SONY SM2K 46 297
CD 1, tr. 7
18:08
PIAZZOLLA
Concierto Para Quinteto
The New Tango Quintet
NONESUCH 7559 79469 2
tr. 3
18:18
LIVE
TRAD/ANON
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Paul Robertson (violin)
18:25
SMETANA
String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "From my life"
4th movement: Vivace
Medici String Quartet
NIMBUS NI 5131
tr. 4
18:30
SMETANA
String Quartet No. 2 in D minor
3rd movement: Allegro non più moderato
Medici String Quartet
NIMBUS NI 5131
tr. 7
18:42
FAURÉ
String Quartet in E minor (Op.121)
2nd movement: Andante
Medici String Quartet
NIMBUS NI 5114
tr. 5
18:51
CHABRIER
Joyeuse marche
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/John Eliot Gardiner
DG 447 751 2
tr. 10
18:53
MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godunov: Coronation Scene
Alexander Vedernikov (bass)
USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus and Orchestra/Vladimir Fedoseyev
PHILIPS 412 281 2
CD 1, trs. 5 & 6
19:05
LIVE
BACH (arr. Busoni)
Chorale-Prelude "Ich ruf zu dir, herr Jesu Christ", BWV639
Herbert Schuch (piano)
19:12
LIVE
RAVEL
Miroir
No. 4 Alborada
Herbert Schuch (piano)
19:18
HANDEL
Messiah (HWV.56)
He was despised
Andreas Scholl (alto)
Les Arts Florissants Orchestra/William Christie
HM HMC90 1498/9
CD 1, tr. 17
