In Tune - 08/04/2009 Stephen Layton and James O' Donnell

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Two major works for Passiontide feature on the show, with conductor Stephen Layton talking about his work with numerous choirs, including the Holst Singers and the choir of Trinity College, Cambridge ahead of his performance of Bach's St John Passion with Polyphony at St John's, Smith Square, London. James O' Donnell, Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey, discusses his forthcoming performance of Handel's Messiah. And Roger Wright, director of the BBC Proms, launches the 2009 season. 17:03 ELGAR, compl Payne Pomp & Circumstance march no.6 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) CHANDOS CHSA 5057 Track 6 7’44 17:11 BACH St John Passion (Wer hat dich so geschlagen; Und Hannas sandte ihn gebunden; Ach, mein Sinn) James Gilchrist (Evangelist) Matthew Beale (tenor) Choir of New College, Oxford Collegium Novum Edward Higginbottom (conductor) NAXOS 8 557296-97 CD 1 Track 11-13 6’56 17:24 LUKASZEWSKI Via Crucis (Station X: Jesus is stripped of his clothes…Milites ergo cum crucifixissent eum) Polyphony Britten Sinfonia Stephen Layton (conductor) HYPERION CDA 67724 Track 20-21 2’30 17:31 HANDEL Chandos Anthem no.9 (O praise the Lord with one consent) Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge Academy of Ancient Music Stephen Layton (conductor) HYPERION CDA 67737 Track 1 5’16 17:38 STRAVINSKY Fireworks Vienna Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) RCA 74321 57127 2 Track 9 3’58 17:47 HOLST Planets (Mercury) BBCSO Andrew Davis (conductor) TELDEC 4509 94541 2 Track 3 3’40 17:54 POULENC Concerto for 2 pianos (Finale) Pascal Roge / Syvliane Deferne (pianos) Philharmonia Charles Dutoit (conductor) DECCA 436 5462 Track 6 5’14 18:04 TCHAIKOVSKY (transc. Wild) Swan Lake (Pas de quatre) Stephen Hough (piano) HYPERION HOUGH 1 Track 9 1’30 18:06 DEBUSSY Premiere rapsodie Kari Kriikku (clarinet) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) ONDINE ODE 778 2 Track 1 8’07 18:15 HANDEL Messiah (Every valley shall be exalted) Maldwyn Davies (tenor) The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra Harry Christophers (conductor) HYPERION CDA CDD 22109 CD 1 Track 3 3’22 18:24 BYRD O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth Choir of Westminster Abbey James O’Donnell (conductor) HYPERION CDA 67704 Track 9 2’40 18:33 HANDEL Messiah (Hallelujah) The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra Harry Christophers (conductor) HYPERION CDA CDD 22109 CD 2 Track 21 3’39 18:50 HUGHES The Spanish Lady Ailish Tynan (soprano) Iain Burnside (piano) SIGCD 106 Track 24 2’19 18:53 NIELSEN Two fantasy pieces Albrecht Mayer (oboe) Markus Becker (piano) EMI 268161 2 CD 3 Tracks 7-8 6’03