In Tune - 07/05/2009 Wu Man and Libor Pesek

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. With Wu Man performing on the pipa (a Chinese lute-like instrument) and talking about her forthcoming concert, part of the Barbican's Beyond the Wall series. Celebrated Czech conductor Libor Pesek is in the studio ahead of his performance in Birmingham with the Prague Symphony Orchestra and cellist Nina Kotova. It features music by Dvorak, Smetana and others. Plus Sean talks to Marilyn Jeffcoat, Chairman of Mendlessohn on Mull Festival, about a newly discovered portrait purportedly of Mendlessohn during his 1829 tour of Scotland. 17:02 SMETANA The Bartered Bride (overture) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Libor Pešek (conductor) VC 7 59285 2 Track 1 6.46 17:09 CHOPIN Nocturne in D flat, Op 27 No 2 Lang Lang (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMAPHON DG 474 820 2 CD 1 Track 18 6.07 17:16 TAN DUN Concerto for String Orchestra & Pipa (1st movement: Andante molto) Wu Man (pipa) Moscow Soloists Yuri Bashmet (director) ONYX 4027 Track 1 3.54 17:26 LIVE WU MAN Night Thoughts Wu Man (pipa) 3’43 17:35 LIVE TRADITIONAL White Snow in Spring Wu Man (pipa) 3.27 17:40 DEBUSSY Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Berlin Philharmonic Claudio Abbado (conductor) DEUTSCHE GRAMMAPHON DG 471 332 2 Track 1 9.15 17:50 FASCH Overture suite in G minor (Gavotte & Air) Giuliano Sommerhalder (trumpet) Julia Schröder (conductor & solo violin) Kammerorchester Basel DHM 88697446412 Tracks 12, 13 4.11 17.55 TCHAIKOVSKY The Queen of Spades (Act I: Odnazhdy v Versalye) Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Festival Chorus Seiji Ozawa (conductor) RCA 09026 60992 Track 10 3’52 18:03 DVOŘAK Czech Suite (5th movement: Furiant) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Libor Pešek (conductor) VC 5 61853 2 CD 5 Tack 5 5.24 18:12 JANÁČEK Sinfonietta (2nd movement: Andante) Philharmonia Libor Pešek (conductor) VC 7 91506-2 Track 3 5.37 18:22 DVORAK Symphony No 9 “From the New World”(Finale: Allegro con fuoco) Prague Symphony Orchestra Libor Pešek (conductor) Classic 75605 57043 2 Track 4 10.40 18:34 BACH, after Vivaldi Concerto in G major BWV973 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) HMC 901871 Tracks 16-18 2.27 18:45 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No 3 in A minor (2nd movement: Vivace non troppo) Scottish Chamber Orchestra Joseph Swensen (conductor) Linn CKD 216 Track 6 4.11 18:50 RACHMANINOV Twilight (Op.21 no.3) Mischa Maisky (cello) Sergio Tiempo (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMAPHONE 477 7235 Track 3 3’03 18:54 STRAUSS Four Last Songs (Beim Schlafengehen, Going to Sleep) Elisabeth Soderstrom (soprano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Antal Dorati (conductor) BBCL 4153-2 Track 3 5.02