Sunday Morning - 16/03/2008

As St Patrick's Day approaches, Iain presents an Irish-themed programme, with works by Harty, Berlioz, Handel and Stanford, plus Irish musicians including Barry Douglas and John McCormack. H Hughes: I will walk with my love Ailish Tynan (soprano) Iain Burnside (piano) SIGNUM SIGCD106 Harty: On the shores of Lough Neagh (An Irish Syphony) The Ulster Orchestra Bryden Thomson (conductor) Chandos CHAN8314 Field: Nocturne No 10 in E minor John O'Conor (piano) Telarc CD-80199 Campbell: Music from the Reed Bed (1st mvt) Concorde Ensemble Dermot Healy (speaker) CMC CD 05 Stanford: Irish Symphony (3rd mvt) Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor) Chandos CHAN8545 WB Yeats: The Lake Isle of Innisfree NSA CD13 Barber: Nuvoletta Cheryl Studer (voice) John Browning (piano) DG 4358672 Trad: The lark in the clear air Ann Murray (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) Helios CDH55210 Moeran: Cello Concerto (2nd mvt) Rafael Wallfisch (cello) Bournemouth Sinfonietta Norman del Mar (conductor) Chandos CHAN8456 Trad: Believe me if all those endearing young charms John McCormack (voice) Edwin Schneider (piano) EMI CDH7697882 Carolan's Concerto Chieftains Belfast Harp Orchestra RCA 09026639172 Warlock: The Curlew Adrian Thompson (tenor) Philippa Davies (flute) Christine Pendrill (cor anglais) Duke Quartet Collins Classics 15002 Sullivan: Finale (Symphony in E) BBC Concert Orchestra Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor) CPO 9991712 De Dannan: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba in Gaway Sugar Hill SH-CD 1130.