10/07/2009 Barbirolli and Australian String Quartets

Synopsis

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the music world.

The Australian and Barbirolli String Quartets perform in the studio and join forces to play the final movement of Mendelssohn's Octet. They also talk to Sean about their forthcoming 'Ashes' concert at the 2009 Cheltenham Music Festival, celebrating Haydn's anniversary.

Plus mezzo-soprano Wendy Dawn Thompson performing with Chamber Domaine and talking about their forthcoming programme of Brahms and Bridge at Wigmore Hall.

17:03
SCARLATTI
Sonata in b minor (K.27)
Mikhail Pletnev
VIRGIN 7243 5 45123 2 2
CD 1, track 5
3’41

17:03
SAINT-SAENS
Danse Macabre
Luben Yordanoff (violin)
Orchestre de Paris
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON DG 474 612 2
Track 6
6’51

17:15
LIVE
HAYDN
String Quartet in d minor, op.76 No.2 (4th movement)
Australian String Quartet
4’26

17:24
LIVE
BRITTEN
String Quartet no.2 in C, op.36 (1st movement)
Barbirolli String Quartet
8’44

17:34
LIVE
MENDELSSOHN
Octet (final movement)
Australian String Quartet
Barbirolli String Quartet
8’08

17:44
DEBUSSY orch. Busser
Petite Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon, conductor
CALA CACD1001
Tracks 9-12
12’45

17:58
PALESTRINA
Missa Veni Sponsa Christi (Kyrie)
Musica Secreta
Celestial Sirens
DIVINE ARTS DDA 25077
Track 6
2:48

18:03
PURCELL
Trumpet Overture
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
WCJ 2564 69240
CD.2 Track 6
3’02

segue

PURCELL
Hornpipe in e minor
Olivier Baumont, harpsichord
WCJ 2564 69240
CD.2 Tracks 7
0’52

Segue

PURCELL
Ground in D minor
Olivier Baumont, harpsichord
WCJ 2564 69240
CD.2 Track 8
1’56

18:10
ADAMS
Dr.Atomic Symphony (Trinity: final movement)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson,(conductor)
CD PRO 400095
Track 3
7’07

18:17
LIVE
BRAHMS
Piano Quintet in F minor Op.34 (andante)
Magnus Johnston (violin)
Tom Dunn (viola)
Adrian Bradbury (cello)
Stephen de Pledge (piano)
6’18

18:29
LIVE
BRIDGE
Music when soft voices die
Wendy Dawn Thompson (mezzo soprano)
Chamber Domaine
2’05

18::37
LIVE
BRAHMS
“Gestillte Sehnsucht” op.91 no.1
Wendy Dawn-Thompson (mezzo soprano)
Tom Dunn (viola)
Stephen de Pledge (piano)
5.44

18:44
TCHAIKOVSKY
Suite No.4 in G, Op.61 “Mozartiana” (Theme and Variations)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Antal Dorati (conductor)
DECCA 478 1708
CD.2, track 8
14’40

Broadcast

1. Fri 10 Jul 2009
   17:00
   BBC Radio 3