In Tune - 06/08/2008

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the music world. Conductor Kristjan Jarvi talks to Petroc about his forthcoming Prom with BBC NOW, and director Graham Vick and tenor Paul Nilon discuss Birmingham Opera's new production of Mozart's Idomeneo, being staged this month in a former rubber factory. Also, composer Stephen Montague talks about his new late night theatre event 'Apparitions', being performed at Dartington Hall next week. Playlist: Trad. Wedding Medley Itzhak Perlman (violin) The Klezmer Conservatory Band EMI 2070942 CD 1 Track 4 5’01 J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in F sharp major (BWV.882) (from The Well-Tempered Klavier Book II) Daniel Barenboim (piano) WARNER 2564619402 CD 2 Tracks 9-10 6’36 John Adams Roadrunner (3rd movement) from Chamber Symphony Absolute Ensemble Kristjan Jarvi (conductor) CCn’C 00492 Track 3 5’50 Ellington Harlem (excerpt) Ellington Band Duke Ellington (director) Paris Symphony Orchestra Gerard Calvi (conductor) RHINO 8121736582 CD 3 Track 11 4’39 Schmidt Prologue: Nun sah ich, und siehe, mitten vor dem Throne (from Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln) Johannes Chum (tenor - St John) Sandra Trattnigg (soprano) Michelle Breedt (mezzo-soprano) Nikolai Schukoff (tenor) Manfred Hemm (bass) Wiener Singverein Tonkunstler-Orchester Niederosterreich Kristjan Jarvi (conductor) CHANDOS CHSA5061 CD 1 Track 8 6’31 Tchaikovsky Melodie (Op.42 No.3) Tasmin Little (violin) John Lenehan (piano) BBC Recording from the 2008 Mananan Festival Handel Behold, I tell you a mystery… The Trumpet shall sound (from Messiah) Christopher Purves (bass) Robert Farley (trumpet) The Sixteen Orchestra Harry Christophers (conductor) CORO COR16062 CD 3 Tracks 24 & 25 9’06 Ustinov Mock Mozart Peter Ustinov EMI 3532631 CD 2 Track 3 2’43 Lutoslawski Variations on a Theme of Paganini Martha Argerich & Mauricio Vallina (pianos) EMI 5183332 CD 3 Track 8 5’27* Mozart Aria: “Saved from storms…” (Idomeneo, Act 2) Bruce Ford (Idomeneo) Orchestra of Opera North David Parry (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN3103 CD 1 Track 20 6’01 Mozart Aria: “The storm winds are blowing…” (Idomeneo, Act 2) Bruce Ford (Idomeneo) Chorus & Orchestra of Opera North David Parry (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN3103 CD 2 Tracks 4–7 5’09 Mozart Quartet: “Alone the earth I wander…” (Idomeneo, Act 3) Diana Montague (Idamante) Rebecca Evans (Ilia) Bruce Ford (Idomeneo) Susan Patterson (Elettra) Orchestra of Opera North David Parry (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN3103 CD 2 Track 13 5’27 Wolf Italian Serenade Saito Kinen Orchestra Seiji Ozawa (conductor) PHILIPS 4625942 Track 6 7’17 Stravinsky Pastorale Israel Baker (violin) Columbia Chamber Ensemble Igor Stravinsky (conductor) SONY 0641362000 CD 7 Track 2 2’49 Heinichen Concerto in F major (S.234) Musica Antiqua Koln Reinhard Goebel (conductor) ARCHIV 4375492 CD 1 Tracks 1–4 8’25 Stephen Montague The Headless Horseman Philip Mead (piano) NMC NMCD118 Track 5 1’52 Stephen Montague Something's in Grandma's Attic Stephen Montague (piano) NMC NMCD118 Track 13 1’55 Stephen Montague For Merce C. at the Barbican Stephen Montague (prepared piano) NMC NMCD118 Track 14 3’00 Monteverdi Beatus vir La Capella Ducale Musica Fiata Koln Roland Wilson (conductor) SONY SK53363 Track 5 7’43