In Tune - 25/08/2009 Nicholas McGegan and Hopkinson Smith

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Ahead of their Edinburgh Festival performances Petroc talks to Nicholas McGegan, who conducts Handel's Acis and Galatea and Admeto Rei Di Tessaglia, and Hopkinson Smith, giving a recital at the Queen's Hall. 17.02 SMETANA Polka: To Our Lasses (Nasim devam) Prague Symphony Orchestra Vaclav Smetacek (conductor) SUPRAPHON 10 1429 Track 1 3’56 17.07 FRANCISCO GUERAU Canarios Hopkinson Smith, baroque guitar NAÏVE E8908 Track 18 2’24 17.10 HANDEL Overture; O the pleasure of the plains! (Acis & Galatea) NDR Choir Gottingen Festival Orchestra Nicholas McGegan (director) CARUS 83.420 Tracks 1-2 8’54 17.26 HANDEL Cangio d’aspetto (Admeto, Act 1 Sc.6) René Jacobs, counter-tenor (Admeto) Il Complesso Barocco Alan Curtis (conductor) VIRGIN VMT561369 2 CD1 Track 16 5’07 17.38 HANDEL Hallelujah chorus (Messiah) U.C. Berkeley Chamber Chorus Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Nicholas McGegan, director Harmonia Mundi 907050.52 CD 2 Track 12 3’19 17.42 MICHAEL NYMAN Out of the Ruins The Holy Echmiadzin Chorus Khoren Meykhanejian, conductor SILVA SCREEN FILMCD 063 Track 1 11’30 17.57 KAPSPERGER Gagliarda Hopkinson Smith (lute) Naïve E8908 Track 14 1’58 18.03 ROSSINI The Thieving Magpie (Overture) London Classical Players Roger Norrington (conductor) VIRGIN 7243 5 61900 2 3 Track 5 9’37 18.14 BACH Prelude, Partita no.3 in E major, BWV.1006 Hopkinson Smith, 13 course (24 string) lute NAÏVE E8908 Track 21 4’47 18.25 BERNARD JOACHIM HAGEN Largo (Lute Concerto in A) Hopkinson Smith (lute) Chiara Banchini, David Plantier (violins) Daivd Courviosier (viola) Roel Dieltens (cello) NAÏVE E8908 Track 12 4’27 18.34 GASPAR SANZ Marizapalo; La Tarantela Hopkinson Smith (baroque guitar) NAÏVE E8908 Tracks 8-9 6’22 18.43 WALTON arr Mathieson Suite from Henry V Royal Philharmonic Orchestra André Previn (conductor) CARL 30367 01862 Tracks 10-14 15’40