In Tune - 02/03/2009
Presented by Sean Rafferty. Violinist Jack Liebeck, having just been signed to a leading record label, performs live in the studio with pianist Katrya Apekisheva ahead of a recital in Edinburgh. Students from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London are tackling Aulis Sallinen's opera The King Goes Forth to France. Cast members perform extracts and the conductor Clive Timms explains this unique Finnish take on a fictitious English history. 17:03 LIVE RACHMANINOV Danse hongroise, from Morceaux de salon, op.6, no.2 Jack Liebeck (piano) Katya Apekisheva (piano) 4’36 17:08 MASSENET Scene Finale: Macbeth, from 3rd Orchestral Suite Orchestre National de l’opera de Monte Carlo John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) ERATO 2292458582 T.3 8’24 17:17 LIVE BRAHMS Adagio from Sonata No.3 in D minor, op.108 Jack Liebeck (violin) Katya Apekisheva (piano) 4’40 17:28 LIVE STRAVINSKY Danses Suisses from Divertimento Jack Liebeck (violin) Katrya Apekisheva (piano) 4’45 17:37 DVORAK Finale from Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53 Jack Liebeck (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra Garry Walker (conductor) 10’32 17:49 CHAUSSON Le colibri from 7 songs, op.2 Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Jérôme Ducros (piano) VIRGIN CLASSICS 2166212 T.5 2’54 17:52 BYRD Browning (The Leaves be Green) Capriccio Stravagante Astree E8611 T.10 3’48 17:56 TCHAIKOVSKY To bilo ranneyu vesnoy (It was in early spring) op38, no.2 Joan Rodgers (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) Helios CDH55331 T.4 2’01 18:03 WEBER Der Beherrscher der Geister (Ruler of the Spirits) Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan (conductor) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4190702 T.6 5’02 18:09 BEETHOVEN (arr. Isserlis) Andante con Variazioni Steven Isserlis (cello) Maggie Cole (harpsichord) RCA 09026689282 T.1 8’51 18:19 SALLINEN The King Goes Forth to France, Act I, scene 2 [The Prince and Prime Minister discussing war] Derek Welton (Prince) Jonathan Sells (Prime Minister) Wencheng Qin (repetiteur) 18:31 SALLINEN The King Goes Forth to France, Act II, scene 8 [The English Archer] Andrew Finden (Archer) Eunjung Lee (repetiteur) 4’57 18:40 SALLINEN The King Goes Forth to France, Act III, Scene 11 [The Nice Caroline] Rebecca van der Berg (Caroline) Eunjung Lee (repetiteur) 3’04 18:45 TCHAIKOVSKY Humoresque, op.10, no.2 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Jose Serebrier (conductor) NAXOS 8.557645 T.15 2’11 18:49 CHOPIN Scherzo no.4 in E major, op.54 Maurizio Pollini (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4316232 T.4 10’29