In Tune - 15/01/2009

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including choreographer Xavier Le Roy in the studio discussing his Sadler's Wells debut. Plus a look at the new Handel the Philanthropist exhibition at the Foundling Museum, and vocalist Martha Wainwright performing in the studio and talking about Weill's Seven Deadly Sins at the Royal Opera House. 1702 Bach Gigue from French Suite no. 5 in G Andrew Rangell piano Bridge 9281 Disc A Track 13 3’19” 1706 HANDEL Blessed are they (from Foundling Hospital Anthem) Choir of Winchester Cathedral Conducted by David Hill Decca 455 043-2 CD 2 Track 2 2’53” 1716 HANDEL Birthday Ode for Queen Anne (Eternal Source of Light Divine) James Bowman counter-tenor, Crispin Steele-Perkins trumpet The King’s Consort Directed by Robert King Hyperion CDA 66315 Track 1 3’20” 1720 MOZART arr. Busoni Piano Concerto no 9 in E flat (Andantino) Hamish Milne piano Hyperion CDA 67677 Track 4 9’35” 1730 Stravinsky Rite of Spring (extract) Berlin Philharmonic Conducted by Herebert von Karajan DG 4636132 Tracks 9 – 12 (ends) 4’03” 1744 Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (Danse sacrale) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Simon Rattle EMI CDC 7496362 Track 17 4’57” 17.52 VERDI Triumphal March from Aida Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Leonard Slatkin RCA RD 87716 Track 10 6’20” 1803 HANS CHRISTIAN LUMBYE Copenhagen Steam Railway Galóp South West German Radio Orchestra Conducted by Jiri Starek Hänssler CD 93.187 Track 1 4’12” 1808 SIBELIUS The Return of Lemminkainen Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Paavo Berglund EMI 7243 5 69775 2 CD 2 of set Track 3 6’07” 1814 LIVE WEILL Seven Deadly Sins (Pride) Martha Wainwright (vocal) Kate Shipway (piano) 2’01 1822 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Songs of Travel (Whither Must I wander?) Martha Wainwright singer Tom Mennier (piano) Erin Hill (harp) Drowned in Sound DIS 0011 Track 13 2’47” 1828 WEILL Seven Deadly Sins (Lust) Martha Wainwright (vocal) Kate Shipway (piano) 4’17 1834 BEETHOVEN Sextet in B flat Dennis Brain & Alan Civil, horns English String Quartet BBC Legends 4066 – 2 Tracks 1 – 3 14’17” 1849 COUPERIN keyboard pieces (Le chinois, Saille) Angela Hewitt piano Hyperion CDA 67480 CD2 Tracls 20+21 5’21 1855 MOZART songs (yearning for spring + Spring) Ruth Ziesak (soprano) Lothar Odinius (tenor) Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) Naxos 8.55 790 Tracks 1+2 5’36