Sunday Morning - 1809

With Suzy Klein. An exploration of some of the musical and cultural events of the year 1809, with guest Marshall Marcus, head of music at the South Bank Centre, London. Featuring works by Haydn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Spohr and Paganini. Paganini: Caprice in E, Op 1 No 1 Michael Rabin (violin) EMI 67998, Tr 1 Duration: 1m43s Reicha: Wind Quintet in E flat major, Op 88 No 2 Academia Wind Quintet of Prague Hyperion CDA 66268, Tr 5 Duration: 5m10s Britten: Nocturne (Serenade, Op 31) Philip Langridge (tenor) Frank Lloyd (horn) English Chamber Orchestra Stueart Bedford (conductor) Naxos 8.557199, Tr 3 Duration: 3m35s Mendelssohn: String Symphony No 5 in B flat Concerto Koln Warner Classics 2564 69270-9, Trs 12-14 Duration: 10m25s Moondog: Up Broadway No artists credited on CD CDJZD 006, Tr 17 Duration: 4m45s Vincenzo Galilei: Passamezzo Ugo Nastrucci (lute) Agora AG 137, Tr 21 Duration: 2m05s Field: Midi in E (Allegretto) John O'Conor (piano) Telarc CD-80199, Tr 15 Duration: 4m10s Shostakovich: Gallop (The Nose) Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor) Melodiya 74321-60319-2 CD1, Tr 6 Duration: 1m55s Elgar: (from The Dream of Gerontius) Part II: But hark! Upon my sense comes a fierce hubbub (Demons' Chorus) Gerontius ...... Richard Lewis (tenor) Angel ...... Janet Baker (mezzo) Halle Chorus Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus Ambrosian Singers Halle Orchestra John Barbirolli (conductor) EMI 5 03603 2 CD14, Trs 5-6 Duration: 5m15s Rossini: String Sonata No 6 in D (Finale - Allegro tempesta) Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Marshall Marcus (violin) Richard Tunnicliffe (cello) Chi Chi Nwanoku (bass) Helios CDH 55200, Tr 18 Duration: 8m00s Beethoven: Piano Sonata no 26, Op 81a (Les Adieux) - 1st mvt Melvyn Tan (fortepiano) Virgin Classics 562 682 CD5, Tr 1 Duration: 6m35s Paganini: Violin Concerto No 1 (Rondo - finale) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Orchestre Symphonique de Paris Pierre Monteux (conductor) EMI 565 959 2, Tr 2 Duration: 9m10s Spohr: String Sextet, Op 140 (Slow movement) New Haydn Quartet Naxos 8.555968, Tr 11 Duration: 4m40s Rachmaninov: Prelude in E minor, Op 32 No 4 (Allegro con brio) Steven Osborne (piano) Hyperion CDA 67700, Tr 15 Duration: 5m07s Purcell: Fairest Isle (King Arthur) Venus ...... Veronique Gens (soprano) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (conductor) ERATO 0630 11833 2, Tr 1 Duration: 04m40s Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1 (1st mvt) Emerson Quartet DG 471327 CD 2, Tr 9 Duration: 7m12s Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat (Emperor), Op 73 (finale with a bit of slow movement beforehand) Artur Pizarro (piano) Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) LINN CKD 336 CD 2, Tr 2 (part) and tr 3 Duration: 10m05s.