In Tune - 24/08/2009 Philippe Pierlot, Michael Nyman and Anu Komsi

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. With Ricercar Consort conductor Philippe Pierlot discussing the group's Edinburgh International Festival appearance, which involves a collaboration with William Kentridge in a performance of Il Ritorno d'Ulisse using puppetry. Deborah Meaden, more commonly associated with Dragon's Den, discusses her involvement with the Play the Field Festival. Plus composer Michael Nyman and soprano Anu Komsi in the studio ahead of their late-night Prom. 17:02 NYMAN Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds from The Draftsman’s Contract The Michael Nyman Band DVEBN 55 Track 1 2’34 17:06 HANDEL Overture: Music for the Royal Fireworks Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet (director) Glossa GCD 921606 Tracks 19-20 7’18 17:14 MONTEVERDI Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria: Prologue Sven Olof Eliasson (Human frailty) Walker Wyatt (time) Margaret Baker-Genovesi (Fortune) Concentus Musicus Wien Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) Teldec 2292 42496-2 CD 1 Track 1 4’41 17:24 LOUIS DECAIX D’HERVELOIS La Guitare from Suite Philippe Pierlot [Bass Viol] Rauber Zipperking / Sophie Watillon [bass viols] Robert Kohnen [harpsichord] RIC 129121 Track 20 2’02 17:32 BACH “Israel hoffe auf den Herrn” from Aus der Tieffn ruffe ich, Herr, zu dir (Out of the depths I call until thee, I Lord) BWV 131 Katherine Fuge (soprano) Carlos Mena (counter tenor) Hans Jörg Mammel (tenor) Stephan MacLeod (bass) Ricercar Consort Philippe Pierlot (director) Mirare MIR 057 Track 5 3’36 17:37 BEETHOVEN Scherzo from Symphony No 3 in E flat major Op 55 ‘Eroica’ Philharmonia Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor) Signum SIGCD169 Track 3 5’41 17:45 STEPHEN HOUGH Valse Enigmatique Nos. 1 & 2 Stephen Hough (piano) Hyperion CDA67267 Track 7-8 4’40 17:51 PERCY GRAINGER From Lincolnshire Posy Dublin Bay Harkstow Grange The Brisk Young Sailor The Lost Lady Found Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra Timothy Reynish (conductor). CHAN 9549 Tracks 12, 13, 15, 17 8’19 18:03 MUSSORGSKY ORCH LYADOV Gopak from Sorochintsy Fair Vienna Philharmonic Valery Gergiev (conductor) Philips 468 526-2 Track 18 1’38 18:05 HAYDN Symphony No 6 ‘le Matin’ 1st mvt Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Harmonia Mundi HMC 901767 Track 1 6’05 18:16 JOHN ADAMS Short ride in a fast machine CBSO Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) HMV 5 74315 2 Track 12 4’12 18:21 MORTEN LAURIDSEN Sure on this shining night Polyphony Morten Lauridsen (piano) Stephen Layton (conductor) Hyperion CDA 67580 Track 16 4’51 18:28 BACH Brandenburg Concerto No 2 BWV 1047 Munich Bach Orchestra Karl Richter (conductor) Archiv 463 657-2 CD 1 Tracks 5-7 11’05 18:40 NYMAN Musique à Grand Vitesse – 5th Region Michael Nyman Band and Orchestra MNRDC115 Track 5 4’47 18:53 LIVE NYMAN From Six Celan Songs Anu Komsi (soprano) Michael Nyman (piano) 2’41 19:05 HANDEL Concerto Grosso in G – 1st mvt The English Concert Trevor Pinnock (conductor) Archiv 410 897-2 Tracks 1-2 3’44 19:10 CHOPIN Prelude in C sharp minor op 45 Maurizio Pollini (piano) DG 459 683-2 Track 5 4’29 19:15 PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro Ana María Martínez (soprano) Prague Philharmonia Steven Mercurio (conductor) 8.557827 Track 3 2’39 19:18 BOCCHERINI ARR. STAIER AND SCHORNSHEIM Fandango from Quintet G448 Andreas Staier and Christiner Schornsheim (harpsichords) Andela Gonzáles Cámpa (castanets) Teldec 3984 21468 2 Track 14 10’56