In Tune - 15/09/2009 Baldur Bronnimann, Valentina Carrasco, Nicholas Daniel

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Conductor Baldur Bronnimann and director Valentina Carrasco talk about the new production of Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, opening at English National Opera, and oboist Nicholas Daniel performs in the studio and talks about the 2009 Leicester International Music Festival. 1702 LIGETI Le grand Macabre – Car Horn Prelude London Sinfonietta Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) Sony S2K 62312 CD 1 Track 1 0’51 17:03 BUSONI Comedy Overture BBC Philharmonic Neeme Järvi (conductor) Chandos CHAN 10302 Track 1 6’19 17.10 LIGETI Le grand Macabre – “Here tonight as midnight strikes…” Willard White (bass) Graham Clark (tenor) London Sinfonietta London Sinfonietta Voices Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) Sony S2K 62312 CD1 Track 4 2’19 17.20 LIGETI Le grand Macabre – “Where is my scythe? Pavlo Hunka (bass) London Sinfonietta London Sinfonietta Voices Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) Sony S2K 62312 CD2 Track 12 2’45 17.29 LIGETI Le grand Macabre - Final Passacaglia Cast, Chorus, Orchestra Sony S2K 62312 CD 2 Track 16 4’44 17.35 SCHUMANN Arabesque in C Op. 18 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Decca 4144742 Track 1 6'23 17.42 KHACHATURIAN Russian Dance, Dance of the Kurds, Lezhinka, & Sabre Dance, from the ballet Gayaneh USSR Symphony Orchestra Conducted by The Composer BMG Melodiya 74321 590562 CD 2 Tracks 4 – 8 10’36 17.54 FINZI Fear No More the Heat of the Sun Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) EMI 5 58050 Track 20 5’28 18.03 BRUCKNER (attrib.) Symphonic Prelude in C minor Royal Scottish National Orch. Neeme Järvi (conductor) Chandos CHAN 9207 Track 5 6’40 1811 WAGNER Selig wie die Sonne (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Elisabeth Schumann (Eva), Friedrich Schorr (Sachs), Lauritz Melchior (Walther), Gladys Parr (Magdalene), Ben Williams (David) LSO John Barbirolli (conductor) EMI CDM 764009 – 2 CD 1 Track 10 4’43 18.17 LIVE MUSIC MADELEINE DRING Italian Dance for oboe & piano Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Katya Apekisheva (piano) 3'19 18.26 LIVE MUSIC TANSY DAVIES Forgotten Game Nicholas Daniel (oboe) 5’01 18.34 HAYDN String Quartet in B flat Op. 76 No. 4 (Finale) Amadeus String Quartet Deutsche Grammophon Track 4 4’07 18.40 HANDEL Suite No. 5 in E Murray Perahia (piano) Sony SK62785 Tracks 1-4 8‘48 1850 VERDI Per me giunto è il dì supremo (Don Carlo, Act 3) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Ulf Schirmer (conductor) Sony SNYC 13067 Track 4 8’14