In Tune - 02/04/2009 Leon McCawley and Radovan Vlatkovic
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Leon McCawley, widely regarded as one of England's finest young pianists, is in the studio to perform ahead of a recital at London's Wigmore Hall. Croatian-born horn player Radovan Vlatkovic, who has forged a successful solo career since leaving the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, talks to Sean from Edinburgh ahead of upcoming performances with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. And English National Opera artistic director John Berry discusses the launch of ENO's 2009/10 season. 17:02 WOLF-FERRARI Il segreto di Susanna (Overture) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN10511 Track 11 2:43 17:06 LIVE MOZART Sonata in B flat major, K.570 (1st movement) Leon McCawley (piano) 5:55 17:19 LIVE BRAHMS Intermezzo in A major, Op.118 (No.2) Leon McCawley (piano) 5:03 17:28 LIVE SCHUMANN Faschingsschwank aus Wien (finale) Leon McCawley (piano) 5:13 17:35 TOUCHEMOULIN Symphony in F major, Op.1 No.5 Les Inventions Patrick Ayrton (director) RAMÉE RAM0807 Track 1-3 10:10 17:46 JANACEK Katya kabanova (Act 1 Scene 2) Jane Henschel (Marfa Kabanova (Kabanicha)) Peter Hoare (Tichon Kabanov) Cheryl Barker (Katya Kabanova) Orchestra of Welsh National Orchestra Carlo Ritzi (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN3145(2) CD1 Track 12 3:48 17:53 LIGETI Le Grand Macabre (Act 2, Scene 3) Herbert Prikopa (Wiesser Minister) Leopold Strachwitz (Schwarzer Minister) ORF Choir Arnold Schoenberg Choir ORF Symphony Orchestra Elgar Howarth (conductor) WERGO WER6170-2 CD2 Track 2 3:06 17:58 BACH Inventionen BWV 772 (No.1) Till Fellner (piano) ECM 2043 Track 1 1’17 18:03 PERCY GRAINGER Handel in the Strand (Clog Dance) Christopher Herrick (organ - Vasteras Cathedral Sweden) HYPERION CDA 67734 Track 19 3:48 18:07 MOZART Konzertsatz (Rondo) in E-flat major, K.371 Radovan Vlatkovic (horn) English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate (director) EMI CDC 747453-2 Track 12 4:36 18:17 BRAHMS Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op.40 (Adagio mesto) Hans Maile (violin) Radovan Vlatkovic (horn) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) DECCA 433 850-2 Track 3 7:58 18:30 STRAUSS Horn Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, Op.11 (Allegretto-Rondo: Allegro) Radovan Vlatkovic (horn) English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate (director) EMI CDC 749867-2 Track 3 5:04 18:36 SWEELINCK Fantasia Crommatica a 4 d1, SwWV.258/L 1 Robert Woolley (harpsichord) CHANDOS CHAN0758 Track 14 7:59 18:46 RESPIGHI I pini della Via Appia London Philharmonic Orchestra Carlo Rizzi (conductor) TELDEC 9031 76263-2 Track 4 5:37 18.52 VERDELOT Pur troppo, donna Alamire David Skinner (director) OBSIDIAN CD703 Track 11 2’12 18:55:30 MARCELLO Canzona: Se morto mi brami perche non m’uccidi Albrecht Mayer (oboe) New Seasons Ensemble DG478 0313 Track 11 3:50*