In Tune - 18/06/2009 City of London Festival and William Christie

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Including 2009 City of London Festival director Ian Ritchie with mezzo-soprano Daniela Lehner and pianist Jose Luis Gayo previewing the event. Plus leading conductor and director William Christie and Jonathan Kent talking from Glyndebourne Opera about the new production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen - the first time the work has been staged at Glyndebourne. 5.02 PURCELL First and Second Musick (from The Fairy Queen) Les Arts Florissants William Christie Harmonia Mundi HMC901308.09 CD 1Tracks 1-5 6’32 5.09 MORALES Parce mihi domine (from Officium defunctorum) Hilliard Ensemble Jan Garbarek (saxophone) ECM 445 369-2 Track 1 6’32 5.21 LIVE MUSIC: SCHUMANN An die Konigin Elisabeth Op. 135 No. 3 ROBERT FRANZ O sah ich auf der Heide sort Op. 1 No. 5 3’26 5.31 LIVE MUSIC GRIEG Zur Rosenzeit Op. 48 No. 5 FEDERICO CHUECA Scottisch (from La Gran Via) 5’18 5.40 MOZART Piano Concerto in E flat No. 9 KV. 271 (3rd movement) Mitsuko Uchida (piano) English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate (conducter) Philips 432 086-2 Track 3 9’25 5.51 STRAVINSKY Birth of Apollo (from Apollo) CBSO Simon Rattle (conductor) EMI CDC7496362 Track 1 5’12 5.57 DUKE ELLINGTON Dancers in Love Duke Ellington (piano) Duke Ellington Orchestra Nimbus 2719/20 CD 2 Track 7 2’23 6.00 News 6.03 COPLAND Danzon cubano Dallas Symphony Orchestra Eduardo Mata (conductor) EMI 69522123 Track 5 7’48 6:12 PURCELL Entrance of Night ‘See, even Night herself is here’ (The Fairy Queen, Act 2) Nancy Argenta (Night – Soprano) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (conductor) Harmonia Mundi HMC901308.09 CD 1 Track 13 4’48 6.22 PURCELL Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa (The Fairy Queen Act 3) Bernard Deletre (Coridon – Bass) Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Mopsa – tenor) Les Arts Florissants William Christie Harmonia Mundi HMC901308.09 CD1 Track 24 3’27 6.31 PURCELL The Fairy Queen (“They shall be happy as they are fair”; Chaconne; “They shall be happy as they are fair”) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (conductor) Harmonia Mundi HMC901308.09 CD 2 Tracks 25-27 4’17 6.38 ETIENNE MEHUL La chasse du jeune Henri New Philharmonia Orchestra Raymond Leppard (conductor) Philips 446 569-2 Track 13 11’07 6.49 DEBUSSY L’Isle Joyeuse Simon Trpceski (piano) EMI 50027224 Track 16 5'38 6.55 BILLY STRAYHORN (arr. BEN WEBSTER) Lush Life Calefax Reed Quintet MDG 61910432 Track 11 3’42