In Tune - 26/03/2009 Christopher Hogwood and Jiri Belohlavek

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Conductor Christopher Hogwood and soprano Danielle De Niese join Petroc in the studio to talk about the Royal Opera House's double-bill of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, and Handel's Acis and Galatea. Conductor Jiri Belohlavek and tenor William Burdon also discuss their production of Martinu's Julietta at the Barbican. 17.02 MARTINU Overture for orchestra Czech Philharmonic Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) SUPRAPHON SU3743 2031 Track 1 6’28 17.10 BRAHMS Fantasien, Op.116: 3 (Capriccio – Allegro passionate) Imogen Cooper (piano) OTTAVO OTR C39027 Track 22 2’50 17.13 HANDEL arr. MOZART Acis und Galatea (Duet and Chorus “Wohl uns!”) Barbara Bonney (Galatea) Jamie MacDougall (Acis) Handel and Haydn Society Christopher Hogwood(conductor) OISEAU LYRE CD 1 Track 12-13 3’35 17.23 HANDEL Semele: Myself I shall adore Danielle De Niese (soprano) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (director) DECCA 475 8746 Track 10 7’34 17. 39 PURCELL Dido & Aeneas Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me – When I am laid to earth (Dido’s lament) Sarah Connolly (Dido) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Stephen Devine and Elizabeth Kenny (directors) CHANDOS CHAN 0757 Track 30 5’04 17.45 STRAVINSKY Scherzo Fantastique. Op.3 New York Philharmonic Pierre Boulez (conductor) SONY SMK45843 Track18 11’49 17.58 BUTTERWORTH Lads in their Hundreds Christopher Maltman (baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) HYPERION CDA67378 Track 30 2’15 18.03’ ELGAR arr David Owen Norris Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D major David Owen Norris (piano) ELGAR EDITIONS EECD009 Track 1 6’34 New Release 18.11 MARTINU Julietta: Act I, Scene 2 (Co se děje -What’s up?) Jaroslava Procházková (bird-seller) Ludmila Hanzalíková (fishmonger) Ivana Mixová (Little Arab) Václav Bednář (man in the window) Orchestra of the National Theatre Prague Jaroslav Krombholc (conductor) SUPRAPHON SPR3626 CD 1 Track 2 2’04 18.17 MARTINU Julietta: Act I, Scene 6 (Moje láska v dálce se ztratila - My love is lost far away) Maria Tauberova (Julieta) Ivo Židek (Michel) Orchestra of the National Theatre Prague Jaroslav Krombholc (conductor) SUPRAPHON SPR3626 CD 1 Track 6 4’15 18.29 MARTINU Julietta: Act III, Scene VII (Michel, michel, michel – Volas me? Jsi zde?) (Michel, michel, michel – Are you calling me, are you here?) Maria Tauberova (Julieta) Ivo Židek (Michel) Orchestra of the National Theatre Prague Jaroslav Krombholc (conductor) SUPRAPHON SPR3626 CD 3 Track 5 6’50 18.37 BACH English Suite No. 3, G minor Glenn Gould (piano) CBS MASTERWORKS SM2K 52606 Track 18 13’11 18.54 SHOSTAKOVICH The Bolt: Suite from the Ballet, Op 27a (overture) Russian State Symphony Orchestra Dmitry Yablonsky NAXOS 8555949 Track 1 5’05