In Tune - 11/11/2008
Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of news and guests from the arts world. Composer Sally Beamish talks about her oratorio The Lion and the Deer, comissioned by Portsmouth Grammar School for Remembrance Day 2007, and recorded for release in 2008. Sally is joined by countertenor Michael Chance to perform sections from the work in the studio. Plus members of the London Sinfonietta discussing events taking place to mark the group's 40th anniversary. 17:03 GRAUN Sinfonia in E flat major Modern Times_1800 Challenge Classics 72193 CD 1 Tracks 4 – 6 6’55 17:11 Milton AGER/Jack YELLEN Happy Feet Original Rhythm Boys Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra Living Era CD AJS 283/1 CD 1 Track 13 3’05 17:15 Sally BEAMISH Four Songs from Hafez (Nightingale) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Sally Beamish (piano) 3'39 17:24 Sally BEAMISH Four Songs from Hafez (Hoopoe) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Sally Beamish (piano) 4'53 17:36 Sally BEAMISH The Lion and Deer (Hoopoe (2)) Michael Chance (countertenor) Portsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir London Mozart Players Nicolae Moldoveneau (conductor) Avie 2147 Track 9 6’13 17:43 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Tuba Concerto Øystein Baadsvick (tuba) Singapore Symphony Orchestra Anne Manson (conductor) BIS-CD-1515 Tracks 1 – 3 11’50 17:56 BAZZINI La Ronde des lutins (Scherzo fantastique) (Op.25) Jascha Heifetz (violin) Emmanuel Bay (piano) EMI 2 17312 2 CD 5 Track 2 4’22 18:04 MOZART Ch'io mi scordi di te? (K.505) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Mitsuko Uchida (piano) English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate (conductor) Philips 420 950-2 Track 4 9’45 LIVE 18:14 MESSIAEN Le Merle noir Karen Jones (flute) John Constable (piano) 5’37 LIVE 18:26 TAKEMITSU And then I knew 'twas wind (extract) Karen Jones (flute) Paul Silverthorne (viola) Helen Tunstall (harp) 5’10 LIVE 18:36 DEBUSSY Sonate en trio (Pastorale) Karen Jones (flute) Paul Silverthorne (viola) Helen Tunstall (harp) 7’00 18:44 Ernest FARRAR Heroic Elegy (Op.36) Philharmonia Orchestra Alasdair Mitchell (conductor) Chandos CHAN9586 Track 4 7’57 18:53 BACH Cantata No. 41 (BWV.41 (Jesu, nun sei gepreiset) Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) SDG 150 CD 1 Track 8 7’34