In Tune - 17/09/2008

Presented by Sean Rafferty. Artistic director and oboist Nicholas Daniel talks about the 2008 Leicester International Music Festival, and performs in the studio along with pianists Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen. Also tenor Gregory Kunde and pianist Simon Lepper perform music from their forthcoming Rosenblatt Recital at London's St John's Smith Square. 17:02 ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Simon Rattle (conductor) EMI 215014-2 CD 1 Track 6 4’12 17:08 LULLY Isis (Scene du froid) Sophie Daneman (soprano) Paul Agnew (tenor) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (conductor) ERATO 0927-44655-2 Track 10 4’02 17:13 LIVE STRAVINSKY Suite Italienne (Gavotte & Variations) Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Katya Apekisheva (piano) 3’27 17:23 LIVE FAURE Nocturne No.3 in A flat major Op.3, No.3 Charles Owen (piano) 4’50 17:35 LIVE POULENC Sonata for piano duet Charles Owen & Katya Apekisheva (piano) 5’44 17:42 MARTIN Y SOLER (arr. Wendt) Una Cosa rara (Act 1, selection) Moonwinds Joan Enric Lluna (conductor) HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902010 Tracks 1–5 11’55 17:55 PURCELL Fantazia 5 in B flat major in 4 parts (Z.736) Fretwork VIRGIN 3951642 CD 5 Track 2 4’05 18:03 J.S. BACH Cantata 137 (opening chorus ‘Lobe den Herren…’) Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki (director) BIS SACD-1671 Track 1 3’04 18:07 V. HOROWITZ (arr. Carpenter) Variations on a theme from Bizet's “Carmen” Cameron Carpenter (organ of Trinity Church, New York City) TELARC CD-80711 Track 10 4’36 18:12 LIVE ROSSINI Tirana alla Spagnola (Rossinizzata) Gregory Kunde (tenor) Simon Lepper (piano) 3’58 18:22 LIVE BEACH Ah Love, But a Day; I Send My Heart up to Thee Gregory Kunde (tenor) Simon Lepper (piano) 5’55 18:33 BERLIOZ Benvenuto Cellini (Act 1: Une heure encore) Gregory Kunde (tenor) London Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis (conductor) LSO LIVE LSO0623 CD 1 Track 11 5’57 18:41 DRING Festival Scherzo Martin Roscoe (piano) Guildhall Strings Robert Salter (director) HYPERION CDA67316 Track 17 4’40 18:46 HANDEL Concerto grosso in B flat major Op.6, No.7 Arte dei Suonatori Martin Gester (conductor) BIS SACD-1705/06 CD 2 Tracks 6–10 13’35