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In Tune - 21/08/2009 Simon O'Neill, Huw Watkins and the Zephirus Quartet

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Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Artistic director George Vass joins Petroc in the studio to talk about the Presteigne Festival, with performances from composer and pianist Huw Watkins, and the Zephirus Saxophone Quartet. Plus tenor Simon O'Neill talking about his forthcoming Prom - Beethoven's Fidelio, conducted by Daniel Barenboim. 17:02 VERDI La Forza del destino (overture) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor) WARNER 2564 62190 5 Track 5 7’57* 17:11 PUCCINI TURANDOT (nessun dorma) Simon O’Neill (tenor) Aukland Philharmonia Julian Reynolds (conductor) EMI 557976 2 Track 11 3’00 17:15 HANDEL Suite no.8 in F minor (Gigue) Angela Hewitt (piano) HYPERION CDA 67736 Track 10 2’19* 17:19 BEETHOVEN Fidelio (Act 1:Komm, Huffnung, lass den letzten Stern -Come hope, let your last star) Waltraud Meier (soprano) Berlin Staatskapelle Daniel Barenboim (conductor) TELDEC 3984 25249 2 CD 1, track 11 5’04* 17:31 WAGNER Parsifal (Act 2: Parsifal! Weile! - Parsifal, Stay!) Waltraud Meier (soprano) Orchestra of Vienna State Opera Christian Thielemann (conductor) DG 477 6006 CD 3, track 6 2’30 17:42 BEETHOVEN Fidelio (Act 2: In dens Lebens Fruhlingstagen) Placido Domingo (tenor) Berlin Staatskapelle Daniel Barenboim (conductor) TELDEC 3984 25249 2 CD 2, track 2 4’58* 17:48 SCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703 Jerusalem Quartet HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901990 Track 1 8’48” 17:57 SCHUMANN Dichterliebe op.48 (Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen) Christoph Pregardien (tenor) Andreas Staier (fortepiano) DHM 05472 77319 2 Track 12 2’13 18:03 BACH (transc. Godowsky Siciliana & Presto) Violin sonata no.1 in G minor Alessio Bax (piano) SIGNUM SIGCD 156 Tracks 3-4 6’58* 18:11 GLUCK Orfeo-ed Euridice (Che faro senze Euridice) Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard (conductor) PHILIPS 465253 2 Track 3 3’44* 18:15 LIVE FRANÇAIX Serenade Comique (3rd mvt : Petit Quatuor) Zephirus Saxophone Quartet: 2’03 18:24 LIVE HUW WATKINS 4 Spenser Pieces: 4th piece, plus Postlude Huw Watkins (piano) 3’51 18:33 LIVE RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT Saxophone Quartet (Andante Lento) Zephirus Saxophone Quartet 5’31 18:39 SAINT-SAENS La muse et la poete, op.132 Joshua Bell (violin) Steven Isserlis (cello) NDR Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) RCA 09026 63518 2 Track 3 15’42* 18:57 BACH The Well-tempered Clavier Book 2 Prelude and Fugue No.3 in C sharp (fugue) Daniel Barenboim (piano) WARNER 2564619402 Track 6 2’23