In Tune - 14/09/2009 Vladimir Jurowski and Emma Kirkby

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. With conductor Vladimir Jurowski and baritone Christopher Purves talking about Glyndebourne's production of Verdi's Falstaff. Christopher also performs in the studio. Plus soprano Emma Kirkby discussing her concert at the 2009 Lufthansa festival, in which she performs with lutenist Jakob Lindberg and harpsichordist Steven Devine. She talks to Petroc about her chosen repetoire - a personal journey through 150 years of English song. 17:02 TCHAIKOVSKY Cossack Dance (Mazeppa) London Symphony Orchestra Charles Mackerras (conductor) MERCURY 434 352-2 T8 4:14 17:07 SIGISMONDO D’INDIA Da l’onde del mio Pianto Emma Kirkby (soprano) Jakob Lindberg (lute) BIS CD 1734/35 CD4 T9 3:22 17:11 LIVE VERDI Falstaff, Act 1(Ehi! Paggio!) Christopher Purves (baritone) Susanna Stranders (piano) 4’18 17:22 Falstaff, Act 2 (Alfin t’ho colto, raggiante fior) Bryn Terfel (Falstaff) Adrianne Pieczonka (Mrs Alice Ford) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor) DG 471 194-2 CD2 T3 3:17 17:29 Falstaff, Act 3 (Tutto nel mondo e burla) Giuseppe Valdengo (Falstaff) Herva Nelli (soprano) Entire cast NBC Symphony Orchestra Arturo Toscanini (conductor) RCA GD 60251 A CD2 T30 3:01 17:37 CHOPIN 3 Mazurkas, op.63 Maria Joao Pires (piano) DG 477 7483 CD2 T2-4 6:16 17:44 BACH Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV.1060 Julia Fischer (violin) Audrey Rubtsov (oboe) DECCA 478 0650 T10-12 14:06 18:03 HAYDN Sinfonia in D major, Hob.1a:6 (L’Incontro Improvviso) Haydn Sinfonietta Wien (period instruments) Manfred Huss (director) BIS CD 1818 CD1 T8 7:10 18:11 SCARLATTI Che sara? Chi’a me lo dice? . . . (Non so qual piu m’ingombra) Emma Kirkby (soprano) London Baroque Charles Medlam (cello & director) BIS CD 1734/35 CD3 T2 4:14 18:20 DOWLAND O Sweet Woods Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rooley (lute) BIS CD 1734/35 CD4 T1 6:25 18:33 HANDEL Ad plausus ad jubila (O Qualis de Coelo Sonus) Emma Kirkby (soprano) London Baroque: Charles Medlam (cello & director) BIS CD 1734/35 CD1 T14 3:27 18:37 WAGNER Good Friday Music (Parsifal, Act III) Halle Mark Elder (conductor) CD HLL 7517 T2 10:19 18:48 GABRIEL JACKSON Salve Regina Polyphony Stephen Layton (director) HYPERION CDA 67708 T10 5’15 18:54 MEDTNER Canzona matinata in G major, Op.38 No.4 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) HYPERION CDH 55315 T4 5:04