In Tune - 17/09/2009 Jonathan Miller, Katherine Whyte

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. With director Jonathan Miller and soprano Katherine Whyte in the studio ahead of the ENO performance of Rigoletto, and conductor Marin Alsop talks about her involvement as artistic director in the Leonard Bernstein Project at the Southbank Centre. 17:02 HAYDN Overture in D major, Hob.1a:7 Haydn Sinfonietta Wien Manfred Huss (director) BIS CD 1818 CD2 T1 4’12 17:07 RAVEL Habanera (Sites auriculaires) Vladimir & Volva Ashkenazy (pianos) DECCA 478 1090 T9 2’33 17:10 VERDI La donna e mobile (Rigoletto, Act 3) Giuseppe di Stefano (Il Duca di Mantua) Nicola Zaccaria (Sparafucile) Tito Gobbi (Rigoletto) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano Tullio Serafin (conductor) EMI 747469-8 CD2 T11 3’12 17:21 VERDI ‘Gualtier Malde! – caro nome (Rigoletto, Act 1) Helen Field (Gilda) English National Operas Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) CHAN 3030(2) CD1 T14 6’19 17:32 VERDI Bella figlia dell’amore (Rigoletto, Act 3) Arthur Davies (The ‘Duke’) Jean Rigby (Maddalena) Helen Field (Gilda) John Rawnsley (Rigoletto) English National Operas Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) CHAN 3030(2) CD2 T14 4’20 17:38 SCHUBERT Allegro vivace (Sonata (Sonatina) in D major, D.384 (Op.137 No.1) Julia Fischer (violin) Martin Helmchen (piano) PTC 5186 347 T3 3’55 17:42 VIVALDI Oboe concerto in C major, RV.447 Albrecht Mayer (oboe & director) New Seasons Ensemble DECCA 478 0313 T2-4 13’09 17:57 HANDEL Let God Arise: Chorus Choir of Trinity College Cambridge Academy of Ancient Music Stephen Layton (conductor) HYPERION CDA 67737 T10 2’47 18:03 COUPERIN Le Toc-Toc-Choc our les Maillotins (18th Order, pieces de clavecin) Olivier Baumont (harpsichord) WCJ 68966-3 T4 2’37 18:06 BERNSTEIN Candide: Overture New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein (conductor) CBS MK 42263 T1 4’09 18:16 BERNSTEIN Agnus Dei (Mass, XV) Jubliant Sykes (celebrant [baritone]) Peabody Children’s Chorus Morgan State University Choir (Street Chorus & Choir) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop (conductor) NAXOS 8.559622-23 CD2 T4 6’38 18:27 DVORAK Moto vivace (3rd movement, Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 ‘From the New World’) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop (conductor) NAXOS 8.570714 T4 7’01 18:36 BACH Andante (Sonata No.2 in A minor, BWV.1003) Alina Ibragimova (violin) HYPERION CDA 67691/2 CD1 T15 5’33 18:43 MARTUCCI Novelletta, Op.82 No.2 Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma Francesco La Vecchia (conductor) NAXOS 8.570932 T5 5’55 18:51 BRAHMS Von ewiger Liebe Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) SONY 88697566892 T9 4’35 18:56 BRAHMS Abenddaemmerung, Op.49 No.5 Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) SONY 88697566892 T16 4’16