In Tune - 20/02/2009

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. The Belcea Quartet, one of the leading young string quartets, join Sean for a performance of works by Haydn and Schubert. And as John Adams's new opera Doctor Atomic opens at ENO in London, Sean talks to director Penny Woolcock and conductor Lawrence Renes about the American composer's achievement in bringing the work to life. 17:02 CHOPIN Waltz in A flat major, op.34, no.1 Stephen Hough (piano) HYPERION CDA67686 Track 6 5’38 17:09 JOHN ADAMS Two Fanfares for Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Edo de Waart (conductor) NONESUCH 7559-79453-2 Track1-2 8’31 17:18 SCHUBERT LIVE Scherzo from String Quartet no.14 (Death and the Maiden) Belcea String Quartet 3’48 17:29 LIVE HAYDN String Quartet in F minor, Op.50, no.4 (Andante) Belcea String Quartet 8’06 17:39 ROUSSEL Evocations for orchestra, op.15 (La ville rose) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Zdenek Svehla (conductor) SUPRAPHON 1119852 Track 2 10’03 17:49 ANON Elergy to the lark Bryn Terfel London Symphony Orchestra DEUTSCHE GRAMMAPHON 477 7865 Track 11 2’15 Segue 17:52 ANON The Last of the Queenes Masks Elizabeth Kenny (lute) HELIOS CHD55249 Track 2 1’10 17:54 FRANCES CILEA L’Arelsiana (Ela solita storia del pastore…) Roberto Alagna (tenor) The London Philharmonic Richard Armstrong (conductor) EMI CDC5555402 Track 4 4’45 18:03 DEBUSSY Clair de Lune Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) UCJ 4766195 Track 15 4’40 18:08 PROKOFIEV The Tale of the Stone Flower, op.118 (Act II, scene 4: waltz) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN 100582 Track 21 4’07 18:14 JOHN ADAMS Dr Atomic Symphony BBC Symphony Orchestra John Adams (conductor) BBC Proms premiere, 21st August 2007 3’50 18:26 JOHN ADAMS Dr Atomic, Act 1, Scene 2 Jessica Rivera (Kitty Oppenheimer) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Lawrence Renes (conductor) 4’59 18:36 ADAMS Dr Atomic, Act I, Scene 3 Gerald Finley (J.Robert Oppenheimer) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Lawrence Renes (conductor) 4’46 18:42 HAYDN Keyboard Concerto in C major (Hob.XVIII:5) Kettil Haugsand (harpsichord) Cologne Chamber Orchestra Helmut Müller-Brühl (conductor) NAXOS 8.506019 CD5, Track 4-6 11’29 18:56 FRANCISCO GUERRERO Song of Songs: Ego floss campi The Sixteen Harry Christophers (director) CORO COR160067 Track 5 3’18