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20/04/2011 Margaret Leng Tan, Alexander McCall Smith, Tamara Rojo

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Last broadcast on Wed, 20 Apr 2011, 17:00 on BBC Radio 3.

Synopsis

Margaret Leng Tan takes time out from her UK tour to perform live in the In Tune studio on toy pianos and toy instruments. The John Cage interpreter and toy piano specialist tours from the 13th to the 30th April and has recently performed at the De La Warr Pavilion to compliment the first major John Cage exhibition in the UK.

Sean Rafferty interviews writer Alexander McCall Smith who, with composer Tom Cunningham, has written a new opera called The Okavanago Macbeth which will be performed by the Edinburgh Studio Opera at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh.

Sean also talks to Tamara Rojo, the principal dancer at the Royal Ballet, who is about to perform the title role in Jules Massenet's 'Manon' at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.
With a selection of music and guests from the music world.
Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00
E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.

Music played

Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.

  1. 00:02

    Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach — Valse Des Rayons from Le Papillon

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    DECCA 452 942-2, Tr.12
  2. 00:07

    Tom Cunningham — Treason (excerpt) (libretto by Alexander McCall Smith)

    Performer: Edinburgh Studio Opera Chorus Performer: Mr McFall’s Chamber Performer: Michael Bawtree (conductor)

    Recording of rehearsal, Edinburgh Studio Opera
  3. 00:12

    Tom Cunningham — Duncan is Dead (libretto by Alexander McCall Smith)

    Performer: Edinburgh Studio Opera Chorus Performer: Beth Mackay (Lady Macbeth) Performer: Mr McFall’s Chamber Performer: Michael Bawtree (conductor)

    Recording of rehearsal, Edinburgh Studio Opera
  4. 00:15

    George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel — Water Music – Suite in D major HWV.349

    Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble Performer: Marc Minkowski (conductor)

    NAÏVE V5234, Tr.18-22

  5. LIVE

    1. 00:27

      John Lennon & Paul McCartney — Eleanor Rigby (arr. for toy piano by Toby Twining)

      Performer: Margaret Leng Tan (toy upright piano)

    2. 00:29

      Stephen Montague Stephen Montague — Mirabella – a tarantella for toy piano

      Performer: Margaret Leng Tan (toy grand piano)

    3. 00:38

      Philip Glass Philip Glass — Modern Love Waltz (arr. for 2 toy pianos by Margaret Leng Tan)

      Performer: Margaret Leng Tan (toy grand piano and toy upright piano – simultaneously)

    4. 00:46

      Phyllis CHEN — Carousel

      Performer: Margaret Leng Tan (toy upright piano + hand-cranked music box)

    5. 00:50

      Erik Griswold — Bicycle Lee Hooker from Old MacDonald’s Yellow Submarine

      Performer: Margaret Leng Tan (toy upright piano / bicycle bell / bicycle horn / train whistle)

  6. 00:53

    Robert Schumann Robert Schumann — Piano Trio No 3 in G minor Op 110, III: Rasch

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Performer: Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff (cello)

    EMI Classics 418028, CD 2 T 3
  7. 01:01

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben from Zaide

    Performer: Dame Felicity Lott (soprano – Zaide) Performer: London Mozart Players Performer: Jane Glover (conductor)

    ASV CD DCA 683, Tr.7
  8. 01:10

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev — Cinderella Dreams of the Ball; Gavotte (Cinderella Act I)

    Performer: Russian National Orchestra Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)

    DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 445 830-2, CD1 Tr.14-15
  9. 01:20

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev — The Last Farewell from Romeo & Juliet Act III

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)

    LSO LIVE LSO0682, CD2 Tr.15
  10. 01:33

    Jules Massenet — Closing scene (Act III scene 3) – A swamp in Louisiana, from Manon, ballet (arranged and orchestrated by Leighton Lucas)

    Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    DECCA 414 585-2, CD2 Tr.5
  11. 01:45

    Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Fauré — Les Djinns, Op.12

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir Performer: Sabine Vatin (piano) Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    PHILIPS 438 149-2, Tr.18
  12. 01:51

    Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms — F.A.E. Sonata - Scherzo

    Performer: Jaime Laredo (violin) Performer: Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano)

    VIRGIN CLASSICS 0 96365 2, CD1 Tr.1

Broadcast

  1. Wed 20 Apr 2011
    17:00
    BBC Radio 3

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A programme from

  1. In Tune

Duration

120 minutes

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