19 June 2006
Monday 19 June 2006 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Today the Szymanowski Quartet with clarinettist Joy Farrall and pianist Charles Owen perform live in the studio; pianist Kathron Sturrock talks to Sean about the Fibonacci Sequence's forthcoming concerts; Fiona Healey-Hutchinson from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home talks about 'Hound Dogs Go To The Opera' (a performance of Madam Butterfly presented by the European Chamber Opera this Thursday); plus conductor Robert Purvis is interviewed, along with students from Trinity College of Music in London who perform arias from Kurt Weill's 'The Threepenny Opera' live in the studio.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
5.02
SHOSTAKOVICH
Waltz from Golden Mountains Suite
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Michail Jurowski (conductor)
CD: Capriccio 10 561 Track 2
5.11
HAYDN
Adagio from Quartet in C major, Op 54 no.2
Szymanowski Quartet
CD: Avie 2092 Track 2
5.20
LIVE:
PROKOFIEV
Overture on Hebrew Themes
Szymanowski Quartet/Joy Farrall (clarinet)/Charles Owen (piano)
5.30
DVORAK
Scherzo capriccioso Op.66
Dresden Staatskapelle/Paavo Berglund (conductor)
CD: EMI 5 68649 2 Disc 2 Track 1
5.43
TRAD. Arr. GRAINGER
I am 17 Come Sunday;
Brigg Fair
Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
CD: Philips 446 657-2 Tracks 1 & 2
5.50
GERSHWIN
Cuban Overture
Chicago SO/James Levine (conductor)
CD: DG 431 625-2 Track 2
6.03
BRAHMS (orch. Fischer)
Hungarian Dance No.7 in A
Budapest Festival Orchestra/Ivan Fischer (conductor)
CD: Philips 462 589-2 Track 7
6.06
ROREM
Mazurka from End of Summer
The Fibonacci Sequence:
Julian Farrell (clarinet), Jonathan Carney (violin), Kathron Sturrock (piano)
CD: Naxos 8.559128 Track 3
6.16
WEBER (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Rondo Ungarese
The Fibonacci Sequence:
Richard Skinner (bassoon), Charles Stewart (violin), Yuko Inoue (viola), Andrew Fuller (cello)
CD: Deux-Elles DXL 1104 Track 2
6.26
GLINKA
Der Zweifel 04.33
The Fibonacci Sequence:
Gillian Tingay (harp), Christine Sohn (violin), Michael Stirling (cello)
CD: Deux-Elles DXL 1090 Track 6
6.31
HANDEL
Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.3 in E minor HWV.321
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
CD: DG 447 733-2 Disc 1 Tracks 10-14
6.47
PUCCINI
'Un bel di' from "Madam Butterfly"
Mirella Freni (soprano)/Philharmonia Orchestra/Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
CD: DG 469 175-2 Disc 2 Track 3
6.52
CHABRIER
Larghetto for Horn and Orchestra
Hermann Baumann (horn)/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Masur (conductor)
CD: Philips 416 380-2 Track 6
7.01
LIVE:
KURT WEILL
Barber Song from 'The Threepenny Opera'
Emma Sewell (Polly)/Joseph Hood (Piano)
7.10
LIVE:
KURT WEILL
Tango from 'The Threepenny Opera'
Jana Skene (Jenny)/Christopher Ruscoe (Macheath)/Joseph Hood (Piano)
7.20
LIVE:
KURT WEILL
Mack the Knife from 'The Threepenny Opera'
Michael Webborn/Mark Tannett/Ben Frances
7.24
BRAHMS
Scherzo in C minor
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)/Lambert Orkis (piano)
CD: DG 445 826-2 Track 1
