In Tune - 02/06/2009 Roby Lakatos and Musica Contexta

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Gypsy violinist Roby Lakatos performs in the studio with his quintet and talks to Sean about his upcoming concert with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican. Plus choral group Musica Contexta and their director Simon Ravens performing in the studio. Simon discusses their 'All the King's Men' concert programme, featuring tudor music for men's voices without falsetto countertenors. 1702 LISZT 19 Hungarian rhapsodies for piano (Preludio) Mark Andre Hamelin (piano) HYPERION CDA66874 Tr 4 5:09 1708 PALESTRINA Sicut Cervus Musica Contexta CHANDOS 0679 Tr 11 5’08 1713 LIVE TRADITIONAL Deux Guitares Roby Lakatos & Quintet 7’13 1726 LIVE János BIHARY (°1764-†1827)): Hejre Kati Roby Lakatos & Quintet 9’56 1741 LIVE Vladimir COSMA (°1940): Le Grand Blond Roby Lakatos & Quintet 5’44 1747 BACH Oboe Concerto in D minor BWV 1059 Tim Garland (soprano saxophone) Northern Sinfonia Bradley Creswick (director) ABCD5025 Tr 1-3 12’09 1803 BRAHMS Scherzo-Allegro WoO 2 Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Lars Vogt (piano) EMI 557525 Tr 11 5’02 1811 ELGAR, Edward Concerto for cello and orchestra (Op.85) in E minor (Allegro) Julian Lloyd Webber - cello Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - British symphony orchestra Yehudi MENUHIN - Conductor PHILIPS 416 3542 Tr 4 11:14 1823 LIVE CORNYSH Ave Maria Musica Contexta 2:57 1832 LIVE TAVERNER Dum Transisset a 4 Musica Contexta 3’15 1841 LIVE TALLIS Hear the Voice and Prayer Musica Contexta 3’03 1845 SAINT SAENS Samson and Delila, op.47 (Bacchanale) Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy (conductor) SONY 88697529872 Tr 8 7’09 1854 DEBUSSY arr Colin Matthews Preludes (Feux d’artifice) Halle Mark Elder (conductor) CD HLL 7518 Tr 12 5’00