24 July 2008
Thursday 24 July 2008 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Ahead of his Prom this Thursday, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier discusses his approach to the programme of Bax, Rachmaninov and Vaughan Williams. Barry Douglas and Alison Balsom look to their Barbican concert, which includes Shostakovitch's Piano Concerto No 1 and a new trumpet arrangement of Queen of the Night.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:03
Glazunov
Alla Spagnuola (5 Novelettes, Op 15)
Vertavo Quartet
SIMAX PSC1178
Track 11
5'43
17:09
Offenbach
Overture: La Belle Helene
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9765
Track 10
8'36
17:25
LIVE
Harold Arlen
If I Only Had A Heart (The Wizard of Oz)
Adam Cooper (Tin Man)
Verity Bentham, Kiara Jay & Moyo Omoniyi (trees)
Danny Whitby (piano)
1'32
Segue
Harold Arlen
Off to see the Wizard (The Wizard of Oz)
Gary Wilmot (Cowardly Lion)
Hilton McRae (Scarecrow)
Adam Cooper (Tin Man)
Sian Brooke (Dorothy)
Danny Whitby (piano)
1'28
17:34
LIVE
Harold Arlen
King of the Forest (The Wizard of Oz)
Gary Wilmot (Cowardly Lion)
Hilton McRae (Scarecrow)
Adam Cooper (Tin Man)
Sian Brooke (Dorothy)
Danny Whitby (piano)
1'46
17:36
Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
DG 4197482
Track 1
13'29
17:51
Scriabin
Valse Op.38
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
BIS SACD-1568
Track 13
5'11
17:57
Shirin
Dance
Cadence
SIGNUM SIGCD129
Track 5
2'18
18:03
LIVE
Ibert
Trois Pieces Breves
Linos Wind Quintet
7'17
18:17
LIVE
Martin Butler
Down-Hollow Winds (No 4: Energico; No 5: Piacevole)
Linos Wind Quintet
6'48
18:25
LIVE
Andrew McCormack
Modern Innocence (extract)
Linos Wind Quintet
3'24
18:32
Handel
Keyboard Suite in E, HWV430
Murray Perahia (piano)
SONY SK62785
Track 1-4
8'48
18:43
Schubert Overture: Die Zauberharfe
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 4236562
Track 5
10'08
18:55
LIVE
Britten
At day-close in November; The Choirmaster's Burial(Winter Words)
Daniel Norman (tenor)
Christopher Gould (piano)
5'47
19:06
LIVE
Britten
A Laddie's Sang; Nightmare (Who Are These Children)
Tradition
The Children and Sir Nameless
Daniel Norman (tenor)
Christopher Gould (piano)
7'25
19:17
Mozart
Serenata notturna, K239
Emanuel Hurwitz & Raymond Keenlyside (violins)
Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
Adrian Beers (double bass)
English Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (conductor)
DECCA 4304952
Track 5-7
12'35
