Radio 3 Requests - Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington introduces Radio 3 listeners' requests, including a guest request from saxophonist Jan Garbarek. The line-up features music by Ravel, Lauridsen, Wagner, Reger, Mozart and Billy Mayerl. Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre) The MET Orchestra, James Levine (conductor) Deutsche Grammophon 447 764-2 track 2 Morten Lauridsen Lux Aeterna (excerpt) Veni, Sancte Spiritus; Agnus Dei – Lux aeterna Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor) Hyperion CDA 67449 tracks 4 + 5 Jimmy Webb The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress Radka Toneff (voice) with Steve Dobrogosz (piano) Universal 066650 2 track 12 Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar Concerto no.1 in D Major John Williams (guitar) Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (conductor) St Michael M2002215 S2 T1-3 Harald Saeverud arr. Garbarek Rondo Amoroso Jan Garbarek (saxophone) ECM 2709572 CD 1 track 5 Ravel Le Tombeau De Couperin Orchestre De Paris, Herbert von Karajan (conductor) EMI Classics 4 76860 tracks 6-9 Mozart Cosi Fan Tutte Act II, Scene I: “Una Donna A Quindici Anni”’ Recitative: “Well, I declare, you are a funny pair of young ladies” Aria: “At fifteen a girl already must be wise” Despina – Lesley Garrett (soprano), Fiordilegi – Janice Watson (soprano), Dorabella – Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) Chandos CHAN31523 CD2 tracks 5+6 Irish Trad Johnny, I Hardly Knew You Tommy Makem (singer) SHANACHIE 52023 track 3 Reger Symphonic Prologue to a Tragedy Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor) BIS CD 771 track 11 Billy Mayerl Jill All Alone Eric Parkin (piano) Chandos CHAN 103243 CD 2 track 13