In Tune - 05/11/2009 Sting, Mark Elder
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Composer, singer, actor and activist Sting joins Sean in studio to talk about his new album If on a Winter's Night, an exploration of the themes and emotions of winter. Sean is also joined by conductor Mark Elder ahead of Opera Rara's Maria di Rohan by Donizetti. 17:02 AVISON Concerto No 6 (Con furia) Café Zimmermann Alpha 031 Track 2 4:48 17:08 JOHANN STRAUSS Explosions Polka Op 43 Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Telarc CD 80098 Track 1 2:19 17:10 BACH Partita II in D minor BWV 1004 (Allemande) Viktoria Mullova (violin) Onyx 4040 CD 2 Track 1 4:18 17:16 PURCELL Fairy Queen (Cold Song) Sing [vocals] Dominic Miller [guitar] Svetlana Tsovena [violin] Vincent Ségal [cello] Daphne Mor [recorder] John Ellis [bass clarinet] Robert Sadin [percussion] DG 06025 270 1743 Track 7 3:13 17:24 TRADITIONAL The snow it melts the soonest Sting [vocals] Dominic Miller [guitar] Ira Coleman [bass] DG 06025 270 1743 Track 4 3:42 17:33 STING AND DOMINIC MILLER Lullaby for an anxious child Sting [vocals] Dominic Miller [guitar] Kathryn Tickell [violin] Vincent Ségal [cello] Julian Sutton [melodeon] Mary Macmaster [harp] Ira Coleman [bass] Cyro Baptista [percussion] DG 06025 270 1743 Track 13 2:48 17:38 MOZART Piano Concerto No 22 in E flat major K482 (Final movement – Allegro) David Greilsammer [piano and Conductor] Suedama Ensemble Naïve V5184 Track 6 11:05 17:50 FRANCISCO GUERRO Trahe me post te Stile Antico HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 807489 Track 17 5’08 17:56 BRIDGE Cherry Ripe The Bridge Quartet SOMM SOMMCD 087 Track 9 3:14 18:03 BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Op 33a (Storm) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Libor Pesek (conductor) EMI 2 17527 2 Track 8 4:15 18:08 BRAHMS Sonata FAE: Scherzo in C minor Renaud Capuçon [violin] Nicholas Angelich [piano] VIRGIN 7243 5 45731 2 5 Track 11 5:28 18:18 DONIZETTI Maria Di Rohan (Act III: Maria’s Prayer) Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano) Orchestra Age of Enlightement Mark Elder (conductor) Private tapes 3:12 18:24 DONIZETTI Maria Di Rohan (Act I: Finale) Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano) Orchestra Age of Enlightement Geoffrey Mitchell Choir Mark Elder (conductor) Private tapes 1:05 18:28 ELGAR Dream of Gerontius Part 2 (Praise to the holiest) Hallé Choir and Orchestra Sir Mark Elder (conductor) CD HLD 7520 CD 2 Track 10 6:54 18:37 MICHAEL TORKE Javelin Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Yoel Levi (conductor) ARGO 452 101-2 Track 1 8:27 18:48 RACHMANINOV Etude-tableau, Op.39 No.9 in d major Vladimir Horowitz [piano] RCA 82876 50754 2 CD 2, track 11 3:39 18:52 VIVALDI Lauda Jerusalem - motet for soloists, 2 choirs and orchestra (RV.609) Susan Gritton (soprano) Lisa Milne Choristers and Choir of the King’s Consort The King’s Consort Robert King (director) HYPERION CDAS44171 CD 1, track 10 7:10