Radio 3 Requests - 31/08/2008

Chi-chi Nwanoku presents Radio 3 listeners' requests, which include Haydn's Symphony No 39 in G minor and John Ireland's Decorations for piano. The art of clarinettist Giora Feidman is also shared in Klezmer music requested by Hungarian conductor Ivan Fischer. Including: Sablon: Ferme Jusqu'a Lundi Mireille and Jean Sablon A Table in Montmartre CDP 7 991032 Brahms: Ihr Habt nun Traurigkeit (German Requiem) Dorothea Roschmann (soprano) The Rundfunkchor Berlin Berlin Philharmonic Simon Rattle (conductor) EMI 0946 3 653932 - Tr 5 Trad: Humoresque Halaka Dance Giora Feidman (clarinet) Jeff Israel (guitar) Richard Sarpola (double bass) Manny Katz (guitar) Rick Cutler (percussion) Peter Weitzner (double bass) Ali Hafid (darbuka/tambourine) Delos D/CD 4005 - Tr 13 Haydn: Symphony No 39 in G minor The English Concert Trevor Pinnock (director) Archiv 427 661-2 - Trs 9-12 Edgar Meyer: Duet for cello and bass Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Edgar Meyer (bass) Appalachian Journey SK 66782 - Tr 8 Ireland: Decorations John Lenehan (piano) Naxos 8.553889 - Trs 6-8.