30 May 2007
Wednesday 30 May 2007 17:00-19:00 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty talks to Artistic Director Thomas Guthrie and Soprano Susan Gilmour-Bailey about the Armonico Conort's new production of Purcell's King Arthur at the Bath International Music Festival tomorrow evening; plus Artistic Director Wasfi Kani joins Sean along with Tenor Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts and mezzo Katherine Rohrer starring in Prokofiev's The Gambler at Grange Park Opera.
Playlist
17:03
Mendelssohn
Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Ozawa
DG 439 897-2
Track 1
17:16
Purcell
Fairy Queen -Dance for Chinese man and Woman & They shall be as happy
Armonico Consort
Orchestra of the Baroque
Christopher Monks
Deux-Elles DXL 1120
Tracks 23-24
17:25
LIVE
King Arthur -What power art though
Thomas Guthrie (Baritone)
Susan Gilmore-Bailey (Soprano)
Robin Bigwood (Harpsichord)
17:34
LIVE
King Arthur -Fairest Isle
Thomas Guthrie (Baritone)
Susan Gilmore-Bailey (Soprano)
Robin Bigwood (Harpsichord)
17:40
Arnold
Phantasy Op. 47 (excerpt)
Thomas Gould (Violin)
John Reid (Piano)
17:55
Handel
Where'er you walk -from the Opera Semele
John Aler (Jupiter)
English Chamber Orchestra/Nelson
DG 435 783-2
CD2 Track 16
18:04
Dukas
Fanfare to La Peri
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Lopez-Cobos
Telarc CD 80515
Track 1
18:06
Elgar
O Salutaris Hostia
The Choir of Westminster Abbey
Robert Quinney (Organ)
James O'Donnell (Conductor)
Hyperion CDA 67593
Track 8
18:09
Elgar
In Smyrna
David Owen Norris (piano)
Elgar Editions EECD002
Track 14
18:14
Prokofiev
The Gambler -Act IV Entr'acte 2
Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, St Petersburgh
Valery Gergiev
Philip 454 559-2
CD 2 Track 10
18:22
LIVE
Prokofiev
The Gambler -The challenge of Paulinas to Alexey, End of Act 1
Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts (Tenor)
Katherine Rohrer (Mezzo)
Jeremy Cook (Piano)
18:35
LIVE
Prokofiev
The Gambler -Act four scene one; The discovery of Paulina in Alexeyes bedroom
Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts (Tenor)
Katherine Rohrer (Mezzo)
Jeremy Cook (Piano)
18:38
Legrand
Novembre 1957: Davant le garage
Catherine Deneuve [Genevieve Emery]
Nino Castelnuovo [Guy Foucher]
Sony SM2K 62678
CD1 Track 11
18:47
Puccini
Madama Butterfly -The Humming Chorus (Performed 2nd May 1957)
Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Covent Garden Orchestra/Rudolf Kempe
Royal Opera House Heritage Series ROHS006
CD 2 Track 14
18:51
Dvorak
Prague Waltzes
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Dorati
Decca 460 293-2
CD 1 Track 14
