In Tune - 10/04/2009 Chiaroscuro Quartet, Vienna Piano Trio

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. The Chiaroscuro Quartet perform music from their Aldeburgh on Tour concerts, and the Vienna Piano Trio play Haydn and Mendelssohn in the studio ahead of three concerts in London. 17:02 HAYDN Piano Trio in C, H.15.27 (Presto) Vienna Piano Trio MDG 342 1556-2 Track 6 4’56 17:08 HANDEL Ariodante (Dopo notte atra e funesta) Rolando Villazon (tenor) Gabrieli Players Paul McCreesh (director) DG 477 805 7 Track 9 6’36 17:17 SZYMANOWSKi Three Paganini Caprices, Op 40 (Number 1) Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cedric Tiberghien (piano) Hyperion CDA67703 Track 10 3’00 17:25 LIVE Mozart String Quartet in G, K387 (Allegro vivace assai) Chiaroscuro Quartet 7’33 17:39 LIVE BOCCHERINI String Quartet in E minor, Op 33 No 5 (Allegro Brillante) Chiaroscuro Quartet 4’03 17:43 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Festival Overture Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Spano (conductor) Telarc CD80568 Track 5 15.13 18:03 IVES Easter Carol Margaret Feaviour (soprano) Jacqueline Fox (mezzo) Neil Mackenzie (tenor) Brindley Sherratt (bass) BBC Singers Conductor Stephen Cleobury Collins Classics 14792 Track 3 5.55 18:09 HANDEL Concerto grosso in B flat, Op 3 No 1 Academy of Ancient Music Andrew Manze (director) HMX 2908292.95 CD 3 Tracks 1-3 8’14 18:21 LIVE MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49 (Andante con moto tranquillo) Vienna Piano Trio 5’26 18:34 LIVE HAYDN Piano Trio in E minor, H.15.12 (Rondo – presto) Vienna Piano Trio 4’28 18:40 AMBROISE THOMAS Mignon (Overture) Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor Seiji Ozawa DG 423 698 2 Track 9 8’01 18:47 LISZT Sonetto 104 del Petrarca Wu Qian (piano) DSPRCD 041 Track 10 7’00 18:56 PUCCINI Turandot (Signore, ascolta!) Lesley Garrett (soprano) London Session Orchestra Paul Daniel (conductor) EMI 50999 2 17620 2 4 CD 2 Track 14 2’39