In Tune - 19/06/2009 Calefax Reed Quintet and Lost in the Stars

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including Calefax Reed Quintet, who perform in the studio and talk about their latest Nancarrow CD release and Wigmore Hall recital. And Charles Hazlewood and cast members of the BBC Concert Orchestra's production of Kurt Weill's Lost in the Stars join Sean in the studio. West End regulars Clive Rowe and Josie Benson take the lead in the show and give listeners a preview. 17:03 SCARLATTI Sonata in B flat, Kk545 Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) BIS-CD-1508 TR 1 3.00 17:06 TCHAIKOVSKY Polonaise (Eugene Onegin, Act II) Sofia Festival Orchestra Emil Tchakarov (conductor) Sony 88697448192 CD 2 TR 7 4.28 17:11 LIVE BACH, arr Raaf Hekkema Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (selection) Calefax Reed Quintet 4.54 17:21 LIVE RAVEL, arr Raaf Hekkema Rapsodie Espagnole(Habanera; Malaguena) Calefax Reed Quintet 5’04 17:28 LIVE NANCARROW, arr Raaf Hekkema Study for PlayerPiano No 2 Calefax Reed Quintet 2’56 17:34 GRIEG Holberg Suite, Op 40 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DG 423 060 2 TR 1-5 19.49 17:54 SCHUBERT Nacht und Traume D827 Elizabeth Watts (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) RCA88697329322 TR11 3.54 18:03 POULENC Capriccio (d’apres le Bal Masque) Katia & Marielle Labeque (pianos) Philips 426 284 2 TR 7 4.49 18:08 WEILL Lost in the Stars (title song from Act I) Todd Duncan (Stephen) Orchestra & Chorus Conductor Maurice Levine MCA MCAD10302 TR 7 3.32 18:16 LIVE WEILL Who’ll Buy (Lost in the Stars, Act I) Josie Benson (Linda) Chorus Caroline Jaya Ratnam (piano) 3’03 18:26 LIVE WEILL O Tixo, Tixo, Help Me! (Lost in the Stars, Act II) Rowe (Stephen) Caroline Jaya Ratnam (piano) 4’13 18:31 GRAINGER Shepherd’s hey English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) Decca 425 159 2 TR 1 2.13 18:34 SCHEIDT Battle Suite Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Decca 467 746 2 TR 8-10 8.07 18:42 TALLIS O Sacrum Convivium Oxford Camerata Jeremy Summerly (director) Naxos 8.556842 Tr.1 4’41 18:48 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music London Philharmonic Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor) CHAN 8330 TR 2 10.35