In Tune - 29/05/2009 Ivan Ilic and Grange Park Opera

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Including pianist Ivan Ilic, who performs in the studio, previewing his upcoming Wigmore Hall recital. He also talks to Sean about his latest disc release of Debussy preludes. Plus Grange Park Opera director Wasfi Kani talking about the summer 2009 season, which opens with Bellini's Norma. Its conductor Stephen Barlow talks to Sean, and stars Claire Rutter and Sara Fulgoni perform in the studio. 17:02 HAYDN La Fedelta Premiata, Hob.28:10 (Sinfonia) Il Complesso Barocco Alan Curtis (director) DHM 88697 32632-2 T1 3:52 17:11 LIVE CHOPIN, arr. GODOWSKY Etude in D-flat major Ivan Ilic (piano) 5’13 17:22 LIVE BACH, arr. BRAHMS Chaconne in D minor Ivan Ilic (piano) DUR: c.13:30 17:37 ELGAR Serenade for Strings Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Andrew David (conductor) SIGNUM SIGCD168 T17-19 11:53 17:49 ALBENIZ Asturias Xue Fei Yang (guitar) EMI 370714-2 T1 5:34 17:55 MONTEVERDI Il Quinto libro de Madrigali (1605) (Che dar piu vi poss’io?) I Fagolini Robert Hollingsworth (conductor) CHAN 0749 T9 2’51 18:03 GERSHWIN, arr. DAVID ARNOLD Summertime (Porgy and Bess) Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) Orchestra of Opera North Benjamin Wallfisch (conductor) CHAN 10477 T12 4:31 18:15 LIVE BELLINI Norma, Act 1 Scene 1(Casta Diva) Claire Rutter (Norma) Jeremy Cook (piano) 7’08 18:30 VERDI Rigoletto, Act 3 (‘Ah, soon, in Heaven’) John Rawnsley (Rigoletto) Helen Field (Gilda) ENO Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) CHAN 3030(2) CD2 T22 3:19 18:34 HANDEL Oboe Concerto in B-flat major, No.1 (HWV.301) David Reichenberg (oboe) The English Concert Trevor Pinnock (director) ARCHIV 415 291-2 T8-11 7:58 18:44 HAYDN String Quartet in F major, Op.17 No.2 (Adagio) The London Haydn Quartet HYPERION CDA 67722 CD1 T11 6:29 18:51 HENRY LAWES Orpheus’ Hymn to God Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rooley (theorbo lute) BIS CD 1734/35 CD4 T20 2’44 18:54 DEBUSSY La Cathedrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1) Ivan Ilic (piano) PARATY 108.105 T12 5:20