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In Tune - 27/10/2009 Xuefei Yang, Ian Page, Andrew Staples, Rebecca Bottone

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Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Chinese guitarist Xuefei Yang plays in the studio ahead of her appearance at the 2009 London Guitar Festival. Her concert includes music by Goss, Albeniz and Regondi. Conductor Ian Page, tenor Andrew Staples and soprano Rebecca Bottone discuss their upcoming performance of Arne's Artaxerxes at the Royal Opera House. The opera originally premiered at the Theatre Royal, the predecessor to the Opera House, in 1762. 17:02 ARNE Artaxerxes: Overture The Parley of Instruments Roy Goodman (conductor) HYPERION CDD22073 CD 1 Tr 1 4’55 17:08 SCHUBERT Der Kreuzug, D.932 Matthias Goerne (baritone) Ingo Metzmacher (piano) HARM MUNDI HMC902035 Tr 18 4’10 17:13 He ZHANHAO, Chen GANG [arranged by Xuefei Yang] Butterfly Lovers (first section) Xuefei Yang (guitar) LIVE 3’44 17:21 Steve GOSS Jasmine Flower, from The Chinese Garden written for Xuefei Yang Xuefei Yang (guitar) LIVE 3’52 17:30 TARREGA Variations on the Carnival of Venice Xuefei Yang (guitar) LIVE 7’18 17:38 RACHMANINOV Trio Elegiaque no.1 in G minor Lang Lang (piano) Vadim Repin (violin) Mischa Maisky (cello) DG 4778099 Tr 1 14’48 17:55 PURCELL Music for a While James Bowman (counter-tenor) Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood (director) DECCA 436 799-2 Tr 7 3’42 18:03 HAYDN Sinfonia in D, 1a.7 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons (conductor) BR KLASSIK 403571900102 Tr 1 4’30 18:10 ARNE Artaxerxes: Air, “If the river’s swelling waves” Act II Rebecca Bottone (Semira) Ian Page (piano) LIVE 2’24 18:17 ARNE Artaxerxes: Air, “Thou like the glorious sun” Act II Andrew Staples (Artabanes) Ian Page (piano) LIVE 5’02 18:28 ARNE Artaxerxes: Act III: Live to us, to Empire live. The Parley of Instruments Roy Goodman HYPERION CDD22073 CD 2 Tr 25 3’19 18:32 GRAINGER Molly on the Shore City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox (conductor) CHAN 10568(2) CD 1 Tr 8 3’57 18:37 BACH Trio Sonata no. 3 (BWV.1029) in G minor Camerata Köln CPO 777359-2 Tr 1-3 14’42 18:51 CHOPIN Polonaise No. 6 in A Flat Major Op. 53 Piotr Anderszewski (piano) VIRGIN CLASS 7243 5 45620 2 0 Tr 10 7’45