In Tune - Sean Rafferty
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With BBC Singers conductor David Hill before their appearance at the Proms. Nicola Benedetti (violin) performs in the studio ahead of her appearance at Proms in the Park. The Director of the Scottish Opera, Alex Reedjik, discusses their new 2009/2010 season. 17:03 SCHUBERT Marche militaire in D, D733 No 1 Ykeda Duo WCJ 2564 69074 4 TR 2 4’31 17:08 SAINT-SAENS Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Nicola Benedetti (violin) RLPO Vasily Petrenko (conductor) DG WHITE LABEL TR 3 9’09 17:18 CARL RUTTI Requiem: Sanctus Olivia Robinson (soprano) Edward Price (baritone) Bach Choir Southern Sinfonia Jane Watts (organ) David Hill (conductor) NAXOS WHITE LABEL Tr 4 6’00 17:30 MAXWELL DAVIES A Hoy Calendar BBC Singers Simon Joly (conductor) Collins Classics 14632 TR 7 4’27 17:38 HANDEL Let the bright Seraphim; Let their celestial concerts all unite (Samson) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Bach Choir The English Concert Conductor David Hill BIS-SACD-1736 TR 6-7 5’55 17:45 MENDELSSOHN String Symphony No 8 in D (4th movement: Allegro molto) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Kurt Masur (conductor) Berlin BC 2107-2 TR 4 10’18 17:56 PUCCINI La Rodine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Nina Raultio (soprano) Johan Botha (tenor) Anythony Michaels-Moore (baritone) Royal Opera House Orchestra Royal Opera House Chorus Sir Edward Downes (conductor) Conifer 75605 55013 2 TR 12 3’00 18:03 LIVE RAVEL Tzigane Nicola Benedetti (violin) Alexei Grynyuk (piano) 9’24 18:19 LIVE MASSENET Meditation (Thais) Nicola Benedetti (violin) Alexei Grynyuk (piano) 5’01 18:30 SARASATE Zigeunerweisen, Op 20 Nicola Benedetti (violin) RLPO Vasily Petrenko (conductor) DG WHITE LABEL TR 1 8’46 18:41 ARNOLD The Padstow Lifeboat Grimethorpe Colliery Band Malcolm Arnold (conductor) Conifer CDCF 222 TR 24 4’40 18:48 ROSSINI Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! (L’Italiana in Algeri, Act I) Agnes Baltsa (Isabella) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor) DG 427 331 2 CD 1 TR 7 4’47 18:58 DONIZETTI Una furtive lagrima (Act II, L’Elisir d’Amore) Roberto Alagna (Nemorino) English Chamber Orchestra Marcello Viotti (conductor) Erato 4509 91701 2 CD 2 TR 11 4’56 19:09 JANACEK Katya Kabanova (end of Act III) Elisabeth Soderstrom (Katya) Nadezda Kniplova (Kabanicha) Vienna State Opera Chorus Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Mackerras (conductor) Decca 421 852 2 CD 2 TR 8 3’09 19:13 SCHUMANN Arabeske in C Op. 18 Jonathan Biss (piano) EMI Classics 50999 2 28537 2 1 TR 12 6’07 19:20 HANDEL Water Music: Suite in D Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Nicholas McGegan (conductor) HMG 507010 TR 16-20 9’21