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Presented by Sean Rafferty. With tenor William Dazeley and director Caroline Gawn discussing Opera North's production of Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing, and ahead of their 2008 UK tour, conductor Alex Ingram, soprano Donna Bateman and tenor Richard Roberts from English Touring Opera performing excerpts from Dvorak's Rusalka.

Plus the launch of Radio 3's 2008 New Generation Artists Scheme.

PLAYLIST

17:03
GERSHWIN
Of thee I sing (Overture)
Orchestra of St Lukes
Michael Tilson Thomas
Sony CBS M2K 42522
CD 1
Track 1
4’29

17:08
HANDEL
Serse (Crude furie degl’ orridi abissi)
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo soprano)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (conductor)
Virgin 50999 519038 2 4
Track 1
3’37

17:13
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Sonata for clarinet and piano (Molto allegro)
Martin Fröst [clarinet]
Roland Pöntinen (piano)
BIS CD 693
Track 5
4’53

17:18
GERSHWIN
Of thee I sing
Larry Kert (Wintergreen)
Maureen McGovern (Mary)
New York Choral Artists
Orchestra of St Lukes
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
Sony CBS M2K 42522
CD 1
Track 9
2'05

17:24
GERSHWIN
Of thee I sing (Finale: Act I)
Larry Kert (Wintergreen)
Paige O’Hara (Diana)
New York Choral Artists
Orchestra of St Lukes
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
Sony CBS M2K 42522
CD 1
Track 11
2’23

17:31
GERSHWIN
Trumpeter Blow your Golden Horn
New York Choral Artists
Orchestra of St Lukes
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
Sony CBS M2K 42522
CD 1
Track 20
4’00

17:36
BRAHMS
Hungarian Dances WoO1
Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 902015
Tracks 1, 4 & 10
9’16

17:50
LIVE
DVORAK
Terzetto (Scherzo)
Jennifer Pike (violin)
Tai Murray (violin)
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
5’00

17:56
JEROME KERN
The way you look tonight (extract)
Gwilym Simcock (piano)
Phil Donkin (double bass)
Martin France (drums)
Basho Records SRCD 24-2
Track 9
3’30

18:03
BACH orch. Elgar
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537/Op 86
Hallé Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)
CD HLL 7509
Track 10-11
8’43

18:12
STANFORD
The Blue Bird Op 119 No 3
The Cambridge Singers
John Rutter (conductor)
Collegium CSCD 505
Track 1
3’57

18:17
LIVE
DVORAK
Song to the Moon from Rusalka
Donna Bateman (Rusalka)
Alex Ingram (piano)
5’23

18:28
BIZET
Carmen (Flower song)
David Curry (Don José)
Alex Ingram (piano)
3’44

18:35’00
LIVE
DVORAK
Rusalka (Duet: Act 3)
Donna Bateman (Rusalka)
Richard Roberts (Prince)
Alex Ingram (piano)
7’21

18:44
BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major BWV1048
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini (director)
Warner 0927 48174-2
Tracks 5-7
10’39

18:55
WEISSENBERG
Six arrangements of songs sung by Charles Trenet
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67656
Tracks 14, 18 & 16
4’12

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