In Tune - 16/04/2009 Lang Lang/Smith String Quartet

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Chinese virtuoso pianist Lang Lang joins Sean for a performance and to talk about his residency with the London Symphony Orchestra, which includes two concertos, a masterclass, education work and a solo recital. And the Smith String Quartet play in the studio and talk about their appearance at the first Greenwich International String Quartet Festival, a programme that includes works from the modern period including Steve Reich's Different Trains and George Crumb's Black Angels. 17:03 MOZART Cosi fan Tutte (Overture) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) APEX 2564 61498-2 Track 1 4:11 17:07 PHILIP GLASS String Quartet No.3: Mishima (‘1957: Award Montage’) The Smith Quartet SIGNUM SIGCD117 CD1 Track 1 4:06 17:13 LIVE DEBUSSY Prelude – Book 1 no. 10 La Cathedral engloutie Lang Lang (piano) 5:03 17:27 LIVE DEBUSSY Prelude – Book 2 no.5 Bruyeres Lang Lang (piano) 3’28 17:36 CHOPIN Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21 (Allegro vivace) Lang Lang (piano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta (conductor) DG 477 7449 Track 3 8:48 17:46 HANDEL Concerto grosso ‘Alexander’s Feast’ The English Concert Trevor Pinnock (director) ARCHIV 415 291-2 Tracks 1-4 12:46 18:03 GABRIELI Canzon X (1615) London Symphony Orchestra Brass Eric Crees (director) NAXOS 8.554129 Track 9 4:43 18:13 LIVE ANDREW POPPY Hatch The Smith Quartet 8’39 18:28 LIVE MICHAEL NYMAN Tango The Smith Quartet 3’24 18:32 BACH Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV.852 (The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1 No.7) Angela Hewitt (piano) HYPERION CDA 67741/4 CD1 Tracks13-14 5:19 New Release 18:38 WOLF-FERRARI La dama boba (overture) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) CHAN 10511 Track 17 8:15 18:48 GIACHES DE WERT Vox in Rama (Matthew 2:18 from Jeremiah, 31:15) Collegium Regale Stephen Cleobury (director) SIGNUM SIGCD131 Track 13 4:34 18:53:29 CHOPIN 2 Nocturnes Op27 (No.2 in D flat major: Lento sostenuto) Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) APEX 256464374-2 Track 8 6’01