In Tune - 29/07/2009 John Wilson, Valery Gergiev and Mali Latino

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Conductor John WIlson talks about his MGM Musicals Prom and Sean joins Maestro Valery Gergiev with bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin at the Royal Opera House as the Mariinsky Opera production of Wagner's Ring Cycle opens in London. Plus performance in the studio from Afro-Jazz ensemble Mali Latino. 17:02 IRELAND arr. Mackerras Scherzo: The Brumbies (from The Overlanders Suite) Halle Orchestra John Wilson (conductor) HALLE CDHLL 7523 Track 7 4’14 17:07 HAYDN Piano Sonata No. 41 in B flat major, Hob. XVI.41 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Hyperion CDA67554 Tracks 9-10 9’42 17.17 Singin in the Rain: The Broadway Melody Ballet (excerpt) Gene Kelly and the MGM Studio Orchestra Turner 8522262 Track 23 4’16 17.25 Meet me in St. Louis: The Trolley Song Judy Garland and the MGM Studio Orchestra and Chorus Turner 8360212 Track 10 3’58 17.34 Brigadoon: Heather on the Hill Gene Kelly and the MGM Studio Orchestra Turner 8527652 Track 8 6’31 17.42 SCHUBERT Sonatensatz in B flat Major David Trio ALTARA ALT1038 CD 1 Track 5 10’21 17.54 GRIEG Den blonde Pige (The Fair-haired Maid) [first version], EG130 Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) BIS-CD-1757 Track 5 4’15 18.00 NEWS 18.03 PURCELL Welcome, welcome glorious morn Rogers Covey Crump (tenor) The King’s Consort Robert King (conductor) Hyperion KING2 Track 1 3’57 18.07 BRUCKNER Rondo in C major Fine Arts Quartet Naxos 8.570788 Track 10 5’52 18.15 WAGNER Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries (Act 3 opening) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Warner 2564 620912 CD6 Track 1 4’49 18.26 WAGNER Das Rheingold: Rheingold! Rheingold! (end) John Tomlinson (Wotan) Graham Clark (Loge) Hilde Leidland, Annette Kuttenbaum, Jane Turner (Rheinmaidens) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Warner 2564 62091-2 CD 2 Track 23 3’25 18.34 MUSSORGSKY Boris Godunov (1872 version): Act 3 Scene 1 (Ah it’s you my father / Captivate the pretender with your beauty / Your eyes have started to sparkle with a hellish flame) Evgeny Nikitin (Rangoni) Olga Borodina (Marina) Mariinsky Valery Gergiev (conductor) PHILIPS 462 2302 CD 4 Tracks 17-19 8’47 18.45 FASCH Concerto in D Giuliano Sommerhalder (trumpet) Kammerorchester Basel DHM 88697446412 Tracks 7-9 5’47 18.52 LIVE MUSIC Voyage Alex Wilson (piano) Ahmed Fofana (balafon) Madou Sidiki Diabaté (kora) 5’11 19.02 LIVE MUSIC Solo Kora Madou Sidiki Diabaté (kora) 1’53 19.09 LIVE MUSIC Mali Gundo Alex Wilson (piano) Ahmed Fofana (balafon) Madou Sidiki Diabaté (kora) 4’43 19.15 MOZART Rondo in C major Francois Leleux (oboe) Camerata Salzburg SONY 88697365482 Track 1 5’42 19.22 TCHAIKOVSKY Valse de fleurs from The Nutcracker Op. 71 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko (conductor) AVIE AV2139 Track 20 7’08