10th September
Show Playlist
Introduction by Peter GardnerBenjamin Britten (1913-1976) – The Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra, Op 34, (1946) – Themes 1-6
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard HickoxHenry Purcell (1659-1695) – Incidental music for The Libertine Z600 –Nymphs and shepherds [1:51]
Judith Nelson (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Martyn Hill (tenor), James Bowman (counter-tenor)
Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Recorded: 1978-02, All Saints' Church, Petersham, SurreyHenry Purcell – March for the Funeral of Queen Mary Z. 860A
Laurence Cummings (organ), Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly, conductorMozart: Don Giovanni K527 - Là ci darem la mano
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Don Giovanni), Mojca Erdmann (Zerlina), Joyce DiDonato (Donna Elvira)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-SéguinMozart: Don Giovanni K527
Don Giovanni, a cenar teco (Andante: Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Leporello) [4:13]
Or che tutti, o mio tesoro... Resti dunque quel birbon (Larghetto: Don Ottavio, Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Masetto, Leporello)
Questo è il fin (Presto: Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Masetto, Leporello, Zerlina) [4:47]Edward German - Tom Jones – Act III Set in Ranelagh Gardens, home of Squire Weston and his daughter Sophia.
Act III: Trio: Says a well-worn saw (Honour, Partridge, Gregory)[2:07]
(Honour, Partridge, Gregory)
Act III: Melos [0:57]
Act III: Finale: Hark, the merry marriage bells! (Sophia, Honour, Tom, Chorus) [1:40]
(Sophia, Honour, Tom, Chorus)
Sophia, Squire Western’s daughter, Marianne Hellgren Staykov, Soprano
Tom Jones, a foundling, Richard Morrison, Baritone
Honour, maid to Sophia, Heather Shipp, Mezzo-soprano
Squire Western, “A Fine Old English Gentleman”, Donald Maxwell, Baritone
Gregory, his servant, Simon Butteriss, Baritone
Benjamin Partridge, a village barber, Richard Suart, Baritone
Lady Bellaston, a lady of quality, Gaynor Keeble, Mezzo-soprano
An Officer, Giles Davies, Baritone
Mr Allworthy, a Somerset magistrate, Paul Carey Jones, Baritone
Blifil, his nephew, Ashley Bremner, Baritone
Hostess of the inn at Upton, Catrine Kirkman, Soprano
Betty, a waiting maid Rachel Harland, Soprano
Peggy, a waiting maid Elizabeth Menezes, Soprano
Grizzle, a servant to Squire Western, Iestyn Morris, Tenor
Dobbin, a servant to Squire Western, Paul Carey Jones, Baritone
National Festival Orchestra and Chorus, David Russell Hulme, cond.Kurt Weill (1900-50) - Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny) (1930) - Denn wie man sich bettet (As You Make Your Bed) [2:59]Kurt Weill (1900-50)- Die Sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins) (1933) – Habsucht (Allegro giusto) Greed, (Melbourne/Boston)
libretto by Bertolt Brecht
Lotte Lenya (vocal), Sigmund Roth (vocal), Ernst Poettgen (vocal), Fritz Göllnitz (vocal), Julius Katona (vocal), Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, conductor.Friedrich Hollaender - Jonny (1920)
Marlene Dietrich, the Peter Kreuder Orchestra
Recorded 11 March 1931Alban Berg - Lulu (1935) - Lied Der Lulu:Wenn sich die Menschen um meinetwillen umgebracht haben
Teresa Stratas (Lulu), Yvonne Minton (Gräfin Geschwitz), Franz Mazura (Dr Schön), Kenneth Riegel (Alwa), Toni Blankenheim (Schigolch/Der Medizinalrat/Ein Polizeikommissär), Robert Tear (Der Maler/Der Neger)
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, Pierre BoulezCarl Orff (1895-1982) - Carmina Burana (cantiones profanae, 3 scenes, medieval Lat.) (1936)
Ecce Gratum (excerpt [1:13])
Chramer, gip die varwe mir (Shopkeeper, give me colour) (Semi-Chorus)
In taberna quando sumus (When we are in the tavern
Yeree Suh (soprano), Yves Saelens (tenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone), Anima Eterna Brugge, Collegium vocale gent & Cantate Domino, Jos van Immerseel, conductor. Recorded: 19-20 February 2014 at the Concertgebouw Brugge, BelgiumIgor Stravinsky (1882-1971): Rite Of Spring (1913)- La Sacrifice Danse Sacrale
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Eliahu InbalGiocomo Puccini – Il tritico - Gianni Schicchi (1918) (Libretto: Giovacchino Forzano)
O mio babbino caro
Ladro! Ladro!
Lauretta mia, staremo sempre qui
Orchestra Sinfonica Donizetti of Bergamo, directed by Fabrizio Maria Carminati
Servile, Roberto – baritone
Rizzone, Cinzia – soprano
Piccoli, Francesco – tenor
Gemmabella, Anna Rita – contralto
Josipovic, Milena – mezzo-soprano
Boldrini, Giancarlo – bass
Barbacini, Paolo – tenor
Pellegrini, Simone – vocals
Savoia, Rosanna – soprano
Porta, Andrea – bass
Guerini, Giovanni – baritone
Battiato, Alessandro – baritone
Matteo, Enzo Di – bass
Azzarro, Sebastiano – vocals
Vezzosi, Paolo – vocals
Moussorgsky - Night on Bare Mountain
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
Rarely performed original score. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) – Histoire du Soldat (1918)
VII. The Devil's Dance
IX. Triumphal March of the Devil
Rolf Schulte, Violin, John Feeney, Double Bass, Frank Morelli, Bassoon, William Blount, Clarinet, Chris Gekker, Trumpet, Michael Powell, Trombone, Gordon Gottlieb, Percussion, Robert Craft, ConductorHector Berlioz (1803-1869) – La Damnation de Faust Op 24 (1846)
39. Dans mon cœur retentit sa voix désespérée" (Faust, Chorus, Méphistophélès); "The Ride to the Abyss" (Faust)
40. Ha ! Irimiru Karabrao ! (Chorus of the Damned and the Demons, Méphistophélès)
41. Tradioun Marexil fir trudinxé burrudixé ! (Chorus)
44. Remonte au ciel, âme naïve, "Margarita's Glorification" (Chorus)
45. Viens, les vierges divines (Chorus, Une voix)
Faust Michael Spyres ténor
Méphistophélès Nicolas Courjal basse
Une voix céleste Verónica Silva soprano
Gulbenkian Choir, Male Chorus of the National Opera of the Rhine, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, conducted by John Nelson
Recorded live April 2019 at the Salle Érasme, StrasbourgGustav Mahler (1860-1911) – Symphony No 8 in E flat (1908) - Part 2 – Faust part II, Chorus Mysticus finale
Sopranos: Angela Meade, Erin Wall, Lisette Oropesa
Contraltos :Elizabeth Bishop, Mihoko Fujimura,
Tenor: Anthony Dean Griffey,
Baritone: Markus Werba,
Bass: John Relyea
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller, director
The Choral Arts Society of Washington, Scott Tucker, artistic director
The American Boychoir, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, music director
Michael Stairs, organ, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, cond.
3rd September
Show Playlist
Rodgers, Richard:
Carousel waltz.
Original soundtrack version.Rodgers, Richard:
Oklahoma!.
Gloria Graham, voc., Gordon MacRae, voc., Shirley Jones, voc.Rodgers, Richard:
Oklahoma!: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'.
Movie SoundtrackRodgers, Richard:
Oklahoma!. The Surrey With the Fringe on Top, People Will Say We're in Love.
Gloria Graham, voc., Gordon MacRae, voc., Shirley Jones, voc.Rodgers, Richard:
Carousel; If I Loved You, Soliloquy.
Gordon MacRae, voc., Shirley Jones, voc. Unnamed Orch/Alfred Newman.Rodgers, Richard:
State Fair: It Might as Well be Spring.
Sarah Vaughan.Rodgers, Richard:
Come Home. Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone Chorus of Opera North, English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel.Rodgers, Richard (arr. Bennett, Robert Russell):South Pacific:
Twin Soliloquies, Younger Than Springtime, You've Got to Be Carefully Taught, This Nearly Was Mine, Finale.
Original 1949 Broadway cast.Rodgers, Richard:
The King and I:
Something Wonderful. Dorothy Sarnoff, voc. Unnamed Orch/Frederick Dvonch.Rodgers, Richard:
The King and I:
I Have Dreamed. Doretta Morrow, voc., Larry Douglas, voc. Unnamed Orch/Frederick Dvonch.Rodgers, Richard:
The King and I:
Shall we dance?. Gertrude Lawrence, voc., Yul Brynner, voc. Unnamed Orch/Frederick Dvonch.Rodgers, Richard:
Cinderella:
In My own Little Corner. Julie Andrews, voc./Alfred Antonini.Rodgers, Richard:
Cinderella:
Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?. Jon Cypher, voc., Julie Andrews, voc./Alfred Antonini.Rodgers, Richard:
Flower Drum Song - I Enjoy Being a Girl (Pat Suzuki), Love, Look Away (Arabella Hong), Original Broadway castRodgers, Richard:
The Sound of Music. Mary Martin, voc. Unnamed Orch/Frederick Dvonch.Rodgers, Richard:
The Sound of Music:
My favorite things. Mary Martin, voc. Unnamed Orch/Frederick Dvonch.Rodgers, Richard:
The Sound of Music:
Edelweiss. Mary Martin, voc., Theodore Bikel, voc. Unnamed Orch/Frederick Dvonch.Rodgers, Richard:
The Sound of Music:
Climb Every Mountain. Patricia Neway, sop. Unnamed Orch/Frederick Dvonch.Rodgers, Richard:
Carousel: If I Loved You, You'll Never Walk Alone.
Gordon MacRae, voc., Shirley Jones, voc. Unnamed Orch/Alfred Newman.
