Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the music world, including members of the Brook Street Band performing with soprano Nicki Kennedy ahead of their recital at the Wigmore Hall. And ahead of the Early Opera Company's forthcoming performance of the Coronation of Poppea by Monteverdi at the Iford Opera Festival, director Christian Curnyn joins Petroc in the studio, with a performance by soprano Katherine Manley, mezzo-soprano Doreen Curran and tenor Nicholas Sharratt. And artistic director Meurig Bowen talks to Petroc about the Cheltenham Festival and we hear from Sarah Walker about this year's Pianothon. 17:04 KEISER Le Ridicule Prince Jodelet Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901852 Track 18 4:11 17:11 MOZART 1st movement from Sonata No.16 in C major, K.545 Han Zhao (piano) PRIVATE TAPE Dur: 3:22 17:15 WEILL, arr. PREVIN Bilbao Song Andre Previn (piano) J. J. Johnson (trombone) Red Mitchell (bass) Frank Capp (drums) RCA 88697 47250-2 Track 8 4:04 17:20 HANDEL See, See my dearest Damon (To Lonely Shades) Nicki Kennedy (soprano) The Brook Street Band AVIE AV2153 CD2, track3 3:16 17:28 LIVE HANDEL Love’s but the frailty of the mind Nicki Kennedy (soprano) Carolyn Gilby (harpsichord) 4’30 17:37 LIVE HANDEL Cello Sonata in C major Tatty Theo (cello) Carolyn Gilby (harpsichord) DUR: 7’36 17:45 MOZART Rondo in A major, K.386 Pascal Roge (piano) Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Raymond Leppard (conductor) ONYX 4013 Track 7 9:01 17:55 BEETHOVEN Selbstgesprach John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) SIGNUM SIGCD145 Track 8 3’50 18:03:50 GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN Embraceable You John Wilson Orchestra John Wilson (conductor) VOCALION CDSA 6803 Track 10 3:40 18:07 HAYDN Fantasia (Capriccio) in C major, Hob.XVII:4 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) HYPERION CDA 67710 CD1, track 15 5:36 18:20 REICH After the war (Different Trains) The Smith Quartet SIGNUM SIGCD064 Track 7 4:45 18:27 LIVE MONTEVERDI L'Incoronazione di Poppea (Act 3: Addio Roma) Dorren Curran (Ottavia) Christian Curnyn (director) 3:17 18:39 LIVE MONTEVERDI L'Incoronazione di Poppea (Act 1: Poppea & Nero) Katherine Manley (Poppea) Nicholas Sharratt (Nero) Christian Curnyn (director) DUR: c.7:30 18:48 MARTUCCI Novelletta, Op.82 No.2 Orchestra sinfonica di Roma Francesco La Vecchia (director) NAXOS 8.570932 Track 5 5:58 18:55 LEO WEINER Wedding Dance(Lakodalmas) Op.21 Hagai Shaham (violin) Arnam Erez (piano) HYPERION CDA67735 Track 10 3’36