In Tune - 15/04/2009 Simon Halsey and Paul Daniel

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Chorusmaster and conductor Simon Halsey talks to Sean about his upcoming performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah with the Northern Sinfonia. And conductor Paul Daniel also talks about his upcoming concerts with the National Youth Orchestra, as well becoming principal conductor and artistic advisor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in Perth. 17:03 STRAUSS Perpetuum mobile, op.257 Hallé Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli (conductor) DUTTON LABORATORIES CDSJB 1024, T.4 3’07 17:06 MARAIS Pieces in D major From the Deuxieme & Troisieme Livres Jérôme Hantaï (bass viol) Alix Verzier (bass viol) Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord) VIRGIN VERITAS 6 93213 2, CD.2 / T.26-30 8’11 17:16 MENDELSSOHN Elijah (closing chorus) London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Roderick Elms (organ) Richard Hickox (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN87745, CD2/T.22 3’33 17:25 BALFOUR GARDINER Evening Hymn (Te lucis ante terminum) City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus Thomas Trotter (organ) Simon Halsey (conductor) CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 3614992, T.3 5’58 17:37 STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms (Exaudi orationem meam) Rundfunkchor Berlin (chorus master: Simon Halsey) Berliner Philharmoniker Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) EMI CLASSICS 2 07630 0, T.4 3’22 17:41 MOZART Serenata notturna, K.239 Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) DECCA 4177412, T.5-7 12’34 17:56 KORNGOLD Vier Abschiedslieder, op14 (Mond, so gehst duwieder auf) Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano) Iain Burnside (piano) SIGNUM SIGCD 160 T.4 3’55 18:04 MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture Scottish Chamber Orchestra Joseph Swensen (conductor) LINN RECORDS CKD 205, T.1 9’49 18:15 PUCCINI Tosca, Act II (Vissi d’arte) Montserrat Caballé (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) EMI CLASSICS 2 64856 2, CD4/T.1 3’34 18:24 REC. COPLAND Extract from Symphony no.3, 4th mvt National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Antonio Pappano (conductor) FROM BBC PROMS, 2008. REC. 23/08/08. 4’00 18:34 BAINTON Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanal BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Daniel (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN10460, T.4-6 9’08 18:45 BACH Duetto “O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort” Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Anders J Dahlin (tenor) Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 7467, T.11 3’57 18:50 LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody no.2 in C sharp minor Lang Lang (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4775976, Bonus CD 8’58