18th January
Show PlaylistChabrier, Emmanuel:
Ballad of the fat turkeys. Diane Andersen, pno., Ludovic de SanChabrier, Emmanuel: Pastoral of the pink pigs. Diane Andersen, pno., Ludovic de San, bar.Chabrier, Emmanuel:
The cicadas. Diane Andersen, pno., Ludovic de San,Chabrier, Emmanuel: Gwendoline:
Ne riez pas. Barbara Hendricks, sop. Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson.Chabrier, Emmanuel: Song for Jeanne. Barbara Hendricks, sop., Michel Dalberto, pno.Auber, Daniel: Le cheval de bronze:
Ah pour un jeune Coeur...O tourment du veuvage. Huguette Tourangeau, sop. Swiss Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge.Auber, Daniel: Le Domino noir:
Flamme vengeresse. Magdalena Kozena, m-sop. Mahler CO/Marc Minkowski.Auber, Daniel: Manon Lescaut:
This is the story. Amelia Farrugia, sop. BBC SO/Alexander Briger.Auber, Daniel: The Oath:
Du village voisin...Des l'enfance. Angela Denning, sop. Melbourne SO/Richard Bonynge.
11th January
Show PlaylistCavalli, Francesco: La Calisto:
D'aver un consorte. Dominique Visse, alto., Gilles Ragon, ten. Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs.Cimarosa, Domenico: La vergine del sole:
Tormented by so many woes. Cecilia Bartoli, m-sop., Corrado Giuffredi, cl. I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis.Halevy, Jacques: La Juive - Il va venir. Francoise Pollet, sop. Montpellier PO/Cyril Diedrich.Verdi, Giuseppe: Don Carlos:
Spuntato ecco il di. La Scala Chorus, Milan, La Scala Orch, Milan/Claudio Abbado.Wagner R: Kinderkatechismus. Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna PO/Sir Georg Solti.Puccini, Giacomo: Tosca: Recondita armonia. Fernando Corena, bass, Jussi Bjoerling, ten. Rome Opera House Orch/Erich Leinsdorf.Lehar, Franz (arr. Bonynge, Richard):The Merry Widow:
Love in my heart was dying. John Brecknock, ten. National PO/Richard Bonynge.Nicolai, Otto: The Merry Wives of Windsor:
Nun eilt herbei. Rita Streich, sop. Berlin RSO/Kurt Gaebel.
4th January
Show PlaylistLotti, Antonio (arr. Docker, Robert): Pur dicesti. David Hughes, ten. Unnamed Orch/Robert Docker.Pergolesi, Giovanni: La Serva Padrona; Stizzoso, mio Stizzoso. Teresa Berganza, m-sop. Royal Opera House Orch. Covent Garden/Sir Alexander Gibson.Tippett, Sir Michael:
The Weeping Babe. The Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer.Handel, George Frederic: Scipione:
Scoglio d'immota fronte. Lisa Saffer, sop. Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan.Meyerbeer, Giacomo: Margherita D'Anjou:
Oh Rabbia! Oh furore!. Alastair Miles, bass, Annick Massis, sop., Bruce Ford, ten., Daniela Barcellona, m-sop., Pauls Putnins, bass London PO/David Parry.Gounod, Charles: Mireille:
Mon coeur est plein d'un noir souci!. Rolando Villazon, ten. French Radio PO/Evelino Pido.Saint-Saens, Camille: Samson and Delilah:
Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse. Lauris Elms, contr. West Australian SO/Geoffrey Arnold.Puccini, Giacomo: The Girl of the Golden West:
Or son sei mesi. Mario del Monaco, ten., Renata Tebaldi, sop. St Cecilia Academy Orch/Franco Caracciolo.Berg, Alban: Wozzeck:
Dort links geht's in die Stadt…Du sollst da bleiben, Marie. Dorothea Roschmann, sop., Matthias Goerne, bass Swedish RSO/Manfred Honeck.
28th December
Show PlaylistHandel, George Frederic: Ariodante:
Volate, amori. Patricia Petibon, sop. Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon.Pacini, Giovanni: Annetta e Lucindo:
Fra l'orror di notte oscura. Eiddwen Harrhy, sop., Geoffrey Dolton, bass, John Cashmore, bass, Paul Nilon, ten. Philharmonia Orch/David Parry.Verdi, Giuseppe: Attila:
Mentre gonfiarsi l'anima. Jose Van Dam, bass-baritone Loire PO/Marc Soustrot.Schubert, Franz: Alfonso and Estrella:
Schon wenn es beginnt zu tagen. Jonas Kaufmann, ten. Mahler CO/Claudio Abbado.Manfredini, Francesco: Carlo Magno:
You believe me to be bound. Cecilia Bartoli, m-sop. I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis.Smetana, Bedrich:
Bartered Bride - Endlich allein. Sena Jurinac, sop. Philharmonia Orch/Warwick Braithwaite.Brahms; Die Mainacht Op 43 no 2.
Hermann Prey, Pianist Karl EngelHandel; Rinaldo; Suzie Leblanc and Daniel Taylor; Individual players conducted by Stephen Stubbs
21st December
Show PlaylistBach, Johann Sebastian: Christmas Cantata, BWV63:
Christen, alzet diesen Tag. Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.Locklair, Dan:
Angel Song. Gillian McNaughton, org. Trinity College Choir, Melbourne/Christopher Watson.Britten, Benjamin: A hymn to the Virgin. Michael Bloss, org. Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison. Ave Maria. Kathleen Battle, sop. Boys' Choir of Harlem, New York Choral Artists, Orch of St Luke's/Leonard Slatkin.Traditional (arr. Palmer, Alex):Coventry Carol. Madison Nonoa, sop. Australian Brandenburg Orch, Brandenburg Choir/Paul Dyer.Praetorius, Michael:
Joseph, lieber Joseph mein. Viva Voce .Handel, George Frederic: Messiah:
There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field/Glory to God. Gundula Janowitz, sop. Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orch/Karl Richter.Gounod, Charles: St. Cecilia Mass:
Sanctus. Jessye Norman, sop. Children's Choir of Maitrise of Paris, Ile de France Vittoria Regional Choir, Lyon Opera Orch/Lawrence Foster.Reger, Max: Maria Wiegenlied, Op.76/52. Anne Sofie von Otter, m-sop.Schubert, Franz:
Mille cherubini in coro. Roberto Alagna, ten. London Oratory Junior Choir, London SO, New London Children's Choir, St.John's Choir/Robin Smith.Traditional:
Day Full of Grace. Marianne Mellnas, sop.
14th December
Show PlaylistVivaldi, Antonio: La Fida Ninfa, RV714:
Cosi Sugl' Occhi Miei. Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contr., Philippe Jaroussky, alto., Sandrine Piau, sop., Veronica Cangemi, sop. Ensemble Matheus/Jean-Christophe Spinosi.Donizetti, Gaetano:La favorita:
O mio Fernando. Lauris Elms, contr. West Australian SO/Geoffrey Arnold.LTA - 1st aria by Cameron SiblyLTA - 2nd aria by Cameron SiblyINTERVIEW - Cameron SiblyBerlioz, Hector (arr. Hazell, Chris):Les Troyens:
O blonde Ceres. Juan Diego Florez, ten. Bologna Theatre Orch/Roberto Abbado.Verdi, Giuseppe:
La forza del destino:
In heileger Stunde. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar., Jess Thomas, ten. Berlin RSO/Hans Lowlein.Halevy, Jacques: La Juive - Il va venir. Francoise Pollet, sop. Montpellier PO/Cyril Diedrich.Gounod, Charles:La Reine de Saba:
Faiblesse de la race humaine!..Inspirez-moi, race divine. Roberto Alagna, ten. London Orch/Yvan Cassar.Puccini, Giacomo: La Rondine:
Parigi! e la citta dei desideri. Jose Cura, ten. Philharmonia Orch/Placido Domingo.
30th November
Show PlaylistMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:Il re pastore, K208:
Aer tranquillo e di sereni. Emma Kirkby, sop. Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood.Rossini, Gioachino: La Cenerentola:
Siete voi? ...Questo a un nodo avviluppato. Dora Carral, sop., Giuletta Simionato, m-sop., Miti Truccato Pace, m-sop., Paolo Montarsolo, bass, Sesto Bruscantini, bar., Ugo Benelli, ten. Florence May Festival Orch/Oliviero de Fabritiis.LTA - 1st Aria by Stephen MarshLTA - 2nd aria by Stephen MarshINTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN MARSHPuccini, Giacomo: Il Tabarro :
Come e difficile esser felice!. Cheryl Barker, sop., Peter Coleman-Wright, bar. Tasmanian SO/Martin Andre.Verdi, Giuseppe: Il trovatore:
Il balen ... Qual suono!. Robert Merrill, bar. New SO/Sir Edward Downes.Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich: Jeanne d'Arc:
Adieu, forets. Sally-Anne Russell, m-sop. Adelaide SO/Nicholas Milton.Gershwin, George: It Ain't Necessarily So fr. Porgy & Bess. Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish RSO/Paul Daniel.
