In Tune - 31/03/2009 Mitsuko Uchida and Sondheim's Saturday Night

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Pianist Mitsuko Uchida talks to Sean ahead of concerts in Bristol, Gateshead, and London. She also discusses her tour to the USA which includes concerts with the Cleveland Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. And members of the production of Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night, currently playing at London's Arts Theatre, talk to Sean and perform numbers from the musical. Originally written in 1954 when Sondheim was just 24, Saturday Night would have been the composer's first Broadway musical but was scrapped when finances for it ran out. It didn't receive an official premiere until 1997. 17:02 DEBUSSY Douze Etudes (Pour les Octaves) Mitsuko Uchida (piano) PHILIPS 464 698-2 Track 5 3’04 17:06 MARTINU Songs on Two Pages (A Girl from Maravia / Our Neighbour’s Stable / Hope) Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 6665 Tracks 26-28 4’36 17:11 HAYDN Il Mondo della luna (Overture) Chamber Orchestra of Europe Claudio Abbado (conductor) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8117 CD3 Track 1 3’58 17:16 LIVE SONDHEIM Saturday Night (Class) David Ricardo-Pearce (Gene) David Osmond (piano) David Botham (saxophone) 3’14 17:25 LIVE SONDHEIM Saturday Night (Isn’t It & So Many People) Helena Blackman (Helen) David Ricardo-Pearce (Gene) David Osmond (piano) David Botham (flute) 5’40 17:36 LIVE SONDHEIM Saturday Night (What More Do I Need?) David Ricardo-Pearce (Gene) Helena Blackman (Helen) David Osmond (piano) David Botham (flute) 2’40 17:39 HANDEL Organ Concerto Op.4, No.5 in F major, HWV 293 Ottavio Dantone (organ / director) Accademia Bizantina L’OISEAU-LYRE 478 1465 Tracks 13-16 9’28 17:50 SCHUMANN Der Spielmann, Op.40, No.4 Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Gerold Huber (piano) RCA 88697168172, Track 17 3’08 17:54 MELDELSSOHN Lieder Ohne Worte, Op 19 No 3 (Molto Allegro) Daniel Barenboim (piano) Deutsche Grammophon 453 061 2 Track 3 2’07 17:57 TAVERNER O Christe Jesu pastor bone Alamire David Skinner (director) OBSIDIAN CD 705 Track 1 2’49 18:04 SCHUBERT Scherzo. Allegro vivace con delicatezza. Mitsuko Uchida (piano) PHILIPS 4565722 Track 3 3’55 18:13 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.29 in B flat major, Op.106 (Scherzo) Mitsuko Uchida (piano) PHILIPS 475 8662 Track 5 2’40 18:19 MOZART Rondo in A minor, KV 511 Mitsuko Uchida (piano) PHILIPS 4329892 CD1 Track 5 10’10