In Tune - 10/09/2008
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. With conductor John Lubbock, previewing this year's Orchestra of St John's Festival at Dorchester Abbey. Plus, stars appearing in Puccini's La fanciulla del West, soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and Jose Cura discuss their forthcoming production at the Royal Opera House. Playlist 17:03’02 BACH Chorus: Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn und Schild (from Cantata No. 79) Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki BIS-SACD-1671 tr. 12 dur: 4’34 17:09’13 GRIEG Symphonic Dance No. 3: Allegro giocoso (from 4 Symphonic Dances) Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley Chandos CHAN 8524 tr. 11 dur: 6’08 17:16’05 PURCELL Sweeter than roses (from Pausanias, the betrayer of his country) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo) Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol) BIS-SACD-1536 tr. 1 dur: 3’18 17:20’17 STRAVINSKY Coda (from Apollo) Orchestra of St John’s, Smith Square/John Lubbock ASV CD DCA 618 tr. 9 dur: 3’23 17:28’54 STANFORD Justorum animae Cambridge Singers/John Rutter Collegium COLCD113 tr. 12 dur: 3’30 17:37’47 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A major (Op.90) "Italian" 4th mvt: Saltarello Orchestra of St John’s, Smith Square/John Lubbock ASV CD QS 6004 tr. 8 dur: 5’49 17:44.37 BYRD Teach me, O Lord Peter Dyke (organ Hereford Cathedral) Hereford Cathedral Choir/Geraint Bowen Griffin GCCD 4048 tr. 10 dur: 3’30* 17:52’50 BAX Epilogue (from Symphony No. 3 in C major) BBC Philharmonic/Vernon Handley Chandos CHAN 10122(5) CD 1, tr. 6* dur: 6’40 18:03’31 PUCCINI La Fanciulla del West Act 1: Introduction (beginning) Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala Milan/Lorin Maazel Sony S2K 47189 CD 1, tr. 1* dur: 1’18* 18:10’59 PUCCINI La Fanciulla del West Act 3: Ch'ella mi creda libero (Johnson's aria) José Cura (tenor) Dick Johnson Philharmonia Orchestra/Plácido Domingo Erato 0630-18838-2 tr. 9* dur: 2’15* 18:26’07 PUCCINI La Fanciulla del West Act 3 (conclusion) Renata Tebaldi (soprano) Minnie Mario del Monaco (tenor) Dick Johnson Giorgio Giorgetti (baritone) Sonora Chorus & Orchestra of the Rome Accademia di Santa Cecilia/Franco Capuana Decca 421 595-2 trs. 22* & 23 dur: 6’16 18:26’07 ELGAR Nimrod (from Enigma Variations, Op.36) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley EMI Eminence CD-EMX 9503 tr. 3* dur: 3’31* Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00 E-mail: [email protected]