20/02/2009
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With a performance by the Belcea Quartet, plus director Penny Woolcock on the new production of John Adams's opera Doctor Atomic.
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.
The Belcea Quartet, one of the leading young string quartets, join Sean for a performance of works by Haydn and Schubert.
And as John Adams's new opera Doctor Atomic opens at ENO in London, Sean talks to director Penny Woolcock and conductor Lawrence Renes about the American composer's achievement in bringing the work to life.
17:02
CHOPIN
Waltz in A flat major, op.34, no.1
Stephen Hough (piano)
HYPERION CDA67686
Track 6
5鈥�38
17:09
JOHN ADAMS
Two Fanfares for Orchestra
San Francisco Symphony
Edo de Waart (conductor)
NONESUCH 7559-79453-2
Track1-2
8鈥�31
17:18
SCHUBERT
LIVE
Scherzo from String Quartet no.14 (Death and the Maiden)
Belcea String Quartet
3鈥�48
17:29
LIVE
HAYDN
String Quartet in F minor, Op.50, no.4 (Andante)
Belcea String Quartet
8鈥�06
17:39
ROUSSEL
Evocations for orchestra, op.15 (La ville rose)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Zdenek Svehla (conductor)
SUPRAPHON 1119852
Track 2
10鈥�03
17:49
ANON
Elergy to the lark
Bryn Terfel
London Symphony Orchestra
DEUTSCHE GRAMMAPHON 477 7865
Track 11
2鈥�15
Segue
17:52
ANON
The Last of the Queenes Masks
Elizabeth Kenny (lute)
HELIOS CHD55249
Track 2
1鈥�10
17:54
FRANCES CILEA
L鈥橝relsiana (Ela solita storia del pastore鈥�)
Roberto Alagna (tenor)
The London Philharmonic
Richard Armstrong (conductor)
EMI CDC5555402
Track 4
4鈥�45
18:03
DEBUSSY
Clair de Lune
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
UCJ 4766195
Track 15
4鈥�40
18:08
PROKOFIEV
The Tale of the Stone Flower, op.118 (Act II, scene 4: waltz)
麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 100582
Track 21
4鈥�07
18:14
JOHN ADAMS
Dr Atomic Symphony
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
John Adams (conductor)
麻豆社 Proms premiere, 21st August 2007
3鈥�50
18:26
JOHN ADAMS
Dr Atomic, Act 1, Scene 2
Jessica Rivera (Kitty Oppenheimer)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Renes (conductor)
4鈥�59
18:36
ADAMS
Dr Atomic, Act I, Scene 3
Gerald Finley (J.Robert Oppenheimer)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawrence Renes (conductor)
4鈥�46
18:42
HAYDN
Keyboard Concerto in C major (Hob.XVIII:5)
Kettil Haugsand (harpsichord)
Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Helmut M眉ller-Br眉hl (conductor)
NAXOS 8.506019
CD5, Track 4-6
11鈥�29
18:56
FRANCISCO GUERRERO
Song of Songs: Ego floss campi
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (director)
CORO COR160067
Track 5
3鈥�18
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