Sean Rafferty
Featuring Auber's opera Fra Diavalo, the 2009 Aldeburgh International Festival and the Chelsea Arts Festival. Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Stars from Auber's Fra Diavolo, at Stanley Hall Opera, perform live in the studio. Sean also talks to Jonathan Reekie about the 2009 Aldeburgh International Festival's exciting line-up.
Plus Chelsea Arts Festival director Stewart Collins and Indian poet and novelist Vikram Seth, whose Confluences project has reached its fourth year.
A preview of Seven Elements is performed in the studio by violinist Philippe Honore and pianist Rustem Hayroudinoff.
1702
AUBER
Fra Diavolo (Overture)
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Marc Soustrot, conductor
EMI CDS7 54810 2
CD.1 T.1
8â€Äô00
1711
PURCELL
Three Parts on a Ground
Taverner Players
Andrew Parrott, director
EMI CDM7698532
T.5
5â€Äô04
1717
LIVE
AUBER
Fra Diavolo (Voyez sur cette roche)
Gillian Ramm (Zerline)
Adrian Dwyer (Diavolo)
Michael White, piano
4â€Äô08
1727
LIVE
AUBER
Fra Diavolo (Pour toujours, disait elle)
Rhys Meirion (Lorenzo)
Michael White, piano
2â€Äô49
1732
LIVE
AUBER
Fra Diavolo (Ne Craignez rien Milord)
Gillian Ramm (Zerline)
Michael White, piano
3â€Äô50
1737
BRITTEN
Nocturnal after John Dowland, op.70
(1st mvt ‘Musingly’)
Craig Ogden, guitar
HYPERION CDA67648
T.9
2â€Äô10
1739
DOWLAND
Come, heavy Sleep
Mark Padmore, tenor
Elizabeth Kenny, lute
HYPERION CDA67648
T.8
4â€Äô28
1746
BIRTWISTLE
Secret Theatre (extract)
London Sinfonietta
Elgar Howarth, conductor
NMC NMCD148
T.21
2â€Äô22
1750
BACH
St. Matthew’s Passion (Kommt, ihr Tochter)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, director
BIS SACD 1500
T.1
8â€Äô02
1803
WEBER
Andante e Rondo Ungarese, op.35
Bernard Garfield, bassoon
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
sony sbk 62652
T.11
8â€Äô56
1813
VIVALDI
Largo �Manchester Sonata� no.1
Philippe Honoré, violin
Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano
DECCA 466 944 2
CD.2 T.7
3â€Äô50
1825
ALEC ROTH
Earth
Philippe Honoré, violin
Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano
2â€Äô44
1829
ALEC ROTH
Fire
Philippe Honoré, violin
Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano
2â€Äô47
1837
LIVE
SCHUBERT
Sonata in A, op.162
Philippe Honoré, violin
Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano
6â€Äô00
1842:10
MAHLER
Blumine
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
VIRGIN 50999 2165762
T.3
7â€Äô22
1754
WEILL (ARR. HARTWIG VON PLATEN)
Die Dreigroschenoper (Foxtrot Pot-pourri)
Das Palast Orchester
H. K. Gruber (musical director)
BMG RCA 09026 63513 2
T.12
4â€Äô44
