In Tune - 05/03/2009

Presented by Sean Rafferty. Percussionist Richard Benjafield and pianist Rolf Hind join Sean in the studio to talk about Total Immersion: Xenakis, a day where the Barbican celebrates Xenakis and his works with discussion, music and film events. Performers including soprano Lucy Crowe, tenor Nathan Vale, baritone William Berger, as well as conductor David Bates and director Laurence Cummings join Sean in the studio to talk about the London Handel Festival. They also perform in the studio ahead of their upcoming recital of Acis and Galatea. Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00 E-mail: [email protected] 17.40 DEBUSSY orch. RAVEL Danse Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Riccardo Chailly, conductor DECCA 417 611 2 TR.3 5’08 17.08 HANDEL Ahi, nelle sorte umane; Ma le speranze vane Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, sopranos Le Concert d’Astree Emmanuel Haim, director VIRGIN5 45524 2 T.1+2 6’58 17.16 XENAKIS Evryali (first section) Aki Takahashi, piano MODE 80 T.1 2’40” 17..25 XENAKIS LIVE Mists (opening) Rolf Hind (piano) 3’21 17.38 XENAKIS Psappha Gert Mortensen, percussion BIS CD 256 T.5 4’23 (extract only) 17.43 BEETHOVEN Sonata in e minor, op.90 Stephen Kovacevich, piano EMI CDC7 54599 2 T.1-2 12’25” 17:56 SCHUMANN Dichterliebe Op.48 (Im wunderschonen Monat Mai) Kevin Kyle (tenor) Carl Herring (guitar) JCL 513 T1 1:37 1803 JOHANN STRAUSS II Overture, Die Fledermaus Bavarian State Opera Orchestra Carlos Kleiber, conductor DG 457 765 2 CD.1 T.1 7’40” 1811 LIVE HANDEL Acis and Galatea (Love sounds the alarm) Nathan Vale (tenor) Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) 4’42 1822 HANDEL Acis and Galatea (Trio) Lucy Crowe (soprano) Nathan Vale (tenor) William Berger (baritone) Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) 3’57 1833 HANDEL Acis and Galatea (Heart, the seat of soft delight) Lucy Crowe (soprano) Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) 4’50 1840 MOZART Trio K.498 “Kegelstatt” Sabine Meyer, clarinet Tabea Zimmermann, viola Hartmut Holl, piano EMI CDC 7 49736 2 TR.1-3 19’45”