Presented by Petroc Trelawny. A special edition live from the heart of the 2009 Edinburgh Festival, featuring music and interviews from the very best of music and theatre from the festival. Including an interview with conductor Philippe Herreweghe. 17:03 THOMAS ERSKINE, 6TH Earl of Kellie Allegro, Overture in C op.1 no.2 Concerto Caldeonia David McGuinness (conductor) LINN CKD 240 Track 1 3’22†17:17 VERDI Macbeth (Pieta, rispetto, amore) Sherill Milnes (baritone) New Philharmonia Orchestra Riccardo Muti (conductor) DG 415 688 2 CD.3, tracks 8-9 5’19†17:30 BACH Cantata No 106 God’s Time Is The Best of All (Actus Tragicus) Michael Chance (counter tenor) Stephen Varcoe (bass) Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) ARCHIV 463 581 2 Tracks 3-4 5’43†17:36 MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo) Orchesta of the Champs Elysees Philippe Herreweghe (director) HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901502 Track 2 4’55†17:48 MENDELSSOHN Elijah (Ja Es sollen wohl Berge weichen) Petteri Salomaa (bass) Orchestre des Champs Elyssees Philippe Herreweghe (director) HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90146364 CD 2, track 13 2’20†17:55 MENDELSSOHN Elijah (Final Chorus: Alsdann wird euer Licht…) La Chapelle Royale Collegium Vocale Orchestra des Champs Elyssess Philippe Herreweghe (director) HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90146364 CD 2, track 13 2’47†18:04 LIVE JACQUES BREL Ay Marieke! Camille O’Sullivan 4’24†18:12 LIVE NICK CAVE The Water Song Camille O’Sullivan Feargal Murray (keyboard) 5’49†18:19 CHOPIN Polonaise in A flat, op.53 Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) TELDEC 4509 96532 2 Track 6 7’25†18:35 BERNSTEIN The Best of All Possible Worlds John Lankston (Pangloss) David Eisler (Candide) Erie Mills (Cunegonde) Maris Clement (Paquette) Scott Reeve (Maximilian) New York City Opera Orchestra John Mauceri (conductor) NEW WORLD NW 340 CD 1, track 3 2’47†18:44 D:REAM Things Can Only Get Better EMI 5099923532328 CD3, track 3 0’19 18:48 LIVE MOZART Flute Quartet (final movement) Laura Lucas (flute) Jamie Campbell (violin) Megan Cassidy (viola) Gregor Ridell (cello) 4’13†18:56 MORVEN Psalm 103: 13-14 (extract) Lewis Psalm Singers RIDGE RR031 Track 12 0’30 18:57 MONTROSE Psalm 9: 10-11 (extract) Lewis Psalm Singers 0’53 19:00 EVAN Psalm 86: 15-16 Lewis Psalm Singers RIDGE RR031 Track 9 2’47 19:03 BACH St Matthew Passion (opening chorus) Dunedin Consort and Players John Butt (director) LINN CKD Track 1 6’33 19:25 THOMAS ERSKINE, 6TH Earl of Kellie Quartet in A (last movement) Concerto Caldeonia David McGuinness (conductor) LINN CKD 240 Track 14 4’06