In Tune - 15/06/2009 Belcea Quartet, Renee Fleming and Joseph Calleja

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including the Belcea Quartet, who perform in the studio (joined by Valentin Erben, cellist from the Alban Berg Quartet). Plus star soprano Renée Fleming and tenor Joseph Calleja talking about appearing in La Traviata at The Royal Opera House Covent Garden and early music ensemble Alamire performing music by Henry VIII from their upcoming recital at the British Library to mark the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's coronation. 5.02 STRAUSS Cacilie Renee Fleming (soprano) Orchestra of St Luke’s Conductor Patrick Summers Decca 475 244 2 Track 11 2’18 5.07 LIVE MUSIC: HAYDN Quartet in F sharp minor, Op 50 No 4 (2nd movement: Andante) Belcea Quartet 8’13 5.21 LIVE MUSIC: SCHUBERT Quintet in C, D956 (3rd movement: Presto) Belcea Quartet Valentin Erben (cello) 8’36 5.30 STRAUSS Fruhling (Four Last Songs) Renee Fleming (soprano) Munich Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor Christian Thielemann Decca 478 064 7 Track 1 3’10 5.39 VERDI O mio rimorso! (La Traviata, Act II) Joseph Calleja (Alfredo) Milan Symphony Orchestra Conductor Riccardo Chailly Decca 475 250 2 Track 2 2’49 5.48 VERDI E strano … Ah, fors’e lui … Sempre libera (La Traviata, Act I) Renee Fleming (Violetta) Joseph Calleja (Alfredo) Orchestra of St Luke’s Conductor Patrick Summers Decca 475 244 2 Track 6 8’23 6.00 News 6.03 CHOPIN Nocturne in B, Op 9 No 3 Angela Hewitt (piano) Hyperion CDA67371 CD 1 Track 5 6’26 6:10 VINCENTE MARTIN Y SOLER (TRANS. WENDT) Una cosa rara (selection) Moonwinds Director Joan Enric Lluna (clarinet) HMC 902010 Tracks 1-3 8’05 6.19 TAVERNER O Christe Jesu, pastor bone Alamire Director David Skinner Obsidian CD705 Track 1 2’41 6.27 LIVE MUSIC: Henry VIII: O my heart; Though some saith that youth ruleth me; Adieu madame Alamire 5’19 6.38 VERDELOT Nil majus superi vident Alamire Director David Skinner Obsidian CD705 Track 17 3’27 6.43 HANDEL Oboe Concerto No 2 in B flat, HWV302a Leon Goossens (oboe) Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra Director Yehudi Menuhin Testament SBT 1130 Tracks 8-11 8'55 6.53 LISZT Die Loreley Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) Signum SIGCD155 Track 6 6'35