In Tune - 21/04/2009 Helene Grimaud and Mischa Maisky

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including two major international stars. Ahead of her concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London, pianist Helene Grimaud talks about performing Brahms with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Cellist Mischa Maisky plays Bach in the studio, before the UK premiere of Yusupov's Cello Concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Maisky discusses the work - composed for, and dedicated to him by the Israeli composer - which fuses both Western and Eastern musical traditions. Plus news of the nominations for the 2009 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards. 17:02 BEETHOVEN Coriolan Op.62 (Overture) Chamber Orchestra of Europe Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) TELDEC 0630 13140-2 Track 1 8’06 17:11 BACH, arr. RACHMANINOV Prelude in E major (Violin Partita No.3, BWV.1006) Helene Grimaud (piano) DG 477 7978 Track 16 3’34 17:20 BRAHMS Intermezzo in C-sharp minor, Op.117 No.3 Helene Grimaud (piano) WCJ 2564 69148-9 CD1 Track 6 6:03 17:31 RAVEL Piano concerto in G major (Presto) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra David Zinman (conductor) WCJ 2564 69148-9 CD2 Track 9 4’02 17:35 BACH Wo soll ich fliehen hin BWV.5 (Wo soll ich fliehen hin) The Monteverdi Choir The English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) SDG 110 CD 1 Track 8 4’08 17:44 MARTLAND Tiger Dancing Britten Sinfonia 001 SIGNUM SIGCD149 Track 1 4’43 17:54 SCHUMANN, arr. JOACHIM Abendlied, Op.85 No.12 Steven Isserlis (cello) Denes Varjon (piano) HYPERION CDA 67661 Track 10 3’01 18:03 TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker Op. 71 (Ouverture miniature) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko (conductor) AVIE AV2139 Track 14 3’15 18:07 MOZART Don Giovanni (Madamina, il catalogo e questo) Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass-baritone) Vienna Symphony Orchestra Ion Marin (conductor) SONY SK 47192 Track 9 5’32 18:13 LIVE BACH Suite for cello No 1 BWV 1007 (Prelude) Mischa Maisky (cello) 2’11 18:21 ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85 (Adagio) Mischa Maisky (cello) Philharmonia Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) DG 431 685-2 Track 3 5’04 18:31 LIVE BACH Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV.1011 (Sarabande, Gavotte 1 & 2, Gigue) Mischa Maisky (cello) 10’28 18:47 STEVE REICH Daniel Variations, 2006 (I sure hope Gabriel likes my music, when the day is done) Los Angeles Master Chorale Grant Gershon (conductor) NONESUCH 79949-4 Track 4 3’20 18:51 BEETHOVEN Sonata No.24 in F-sharp major, Op.78 Daniel Barenboim (piano) EMI 57912-2 CD 8 Tracks 1-2 7’39