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Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Opera star Joyce DiDonato talks about singing in the new Royal Opera House production of Rossini's Barber of Seville, and sings in the studio. And superstar of the brass world multitalented Swedish trombonist Christian Lindberg also performs live.

5.02
HAYDN
Presto from Concerto in D major for Alto Trombone
Christian Lindberg (trombone)
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti (director)
BIS CD 1248
Track 3
3'09

5.06
ROSSINI
Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4198692
Track 1
7'18

5.14
LIVE MUSIC
ANONYMOUS
Three Medieval Dances
(Danse la Cleves / Amoroso / La Spagna)
Christian Lindberg (trombone)
4’43

5.24
SIBELIUS
Impromptu for Strings
Nordic Chamber Orchestra
Christian Lindberg (conductor)
BIS CD 1538
Track 12
8'02

5.38
LIVE MUSIC
CHRISTIAN LINDBERG
Extract from Kundraan for trombone and strings
Christian Lindberg (trombone and narration)
Synthesized string score
4'07

5.43
BEETHOVEN
Sonata no.22 in F major, op.54
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 5 72912 2
CD2 Tracks 11-12
12'43

5.56
TARREGA
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
John Williams (guitar)
Sony 88697529852
Track 16
2’23

6.00 News

6.03
HANDEL
Desterò dall’empia Dite (from Amadigi)
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 519038
Track 12
5’16

6.15
LIVE MUSIC
ROSSINI
Una voce poco fa (When a lover’s tender voice), Act 1, Scene 5 from Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Susanna Stranders (piano)
6’13

6.29
ROSSINI
Cessa di più resistere (Cease to resist any longer), Act II, final scene from Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Juan Diego Florez (tenor)
Orchestra Sinfonica E Coro Di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 4700242
Track 3
7'37

6.41
PURCELL
See, even Night herself is here (from The Fairy Queen, Act 2)
Gillian Fisher (soprano)
The Sixteen Orchestra
Harry Christophers (conductor)
Collins Classics 70132
CD 1 Track 13
4’36

6.46
VIVALDI
Concerto for bassoon, strings and continuo in F major, RV488
Peter Whelan (bassoon)
La Serenissima
Andrian Chandler (director)
AVIE AV 2178
Tracks 4-6
8’19

6.56
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (transcr. Rachmaninov)
The Flight of the Bumblebee
Simon Trpceski (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 5 57943 2
Track 9
1’08

6.57
HANDEL
I like the am’rous Youth
Nicki Kennedy (soprano)
The Brook Street Band
Avie AV2153
Track 6
2’27

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