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Tuesday - Sean Rafferty

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With music live in the studio from Ahmed Dickinson (guitar), Ben Wragg (violin) and period instrument ensemble Florilegium.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Tonight's guests are Ahmed Dickinson and Ben Wragg - guitar and violin duo who will be performing music from their new album.
Also on the show tonight are period instrument ensemble Florilegium, directed by Ashley Solomon. They are joined by soprano Elin Manahan Thomas and perform live in studio ahead of their 20th anniversary concert at the Wigmore Hall later in the week.

And, following the announcement of the death of the great Welsh tenor Robert Tear, Sean speaks to singers Dame Janet Baker and Sir Thomas Allen about Robert Tear's life and legacy.

E-mail: in.tune@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours

Last on

Tue 29 Mar 2011 17:00

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    On Wenlock Edge

    Performer: Robert Tear [tenor] Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Simon Rattle

    • EMI 0777 7 64731 2 3.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Bellerophon: end of act 5

    Performer: Les Talens Lyriques Performer: Christophe Rousset

    • Aparte AP015.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat Mater

    Performer: Elin Manahan Thomas [soprano] Performer: Robin Blaze [counter-tenor] Performer: Florilegium

    • Classics CCS SA 29810.
  • LIVE

    • Manuel de Falla

      Suite Populaire Espagnol: Nana, El Pano & Polo

      Performer: Ben Wragg [violin] Performer: Ahmed Dickinson [guitar]

    • B茅la Bart贸k - Romanian Folk Dances

      Performer: Ben Wragg [violin] Performer: Ahmed Dickinson [guitar]

  • Benjamin Britten

    Saint Nicholas Op 42: Nicolas devotes himself to God

    Performer: Robert Tear [tenor] Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields (leader Neville Marriner) Performer: Sir David Willcocks [conductor]

    • EMI 7243 5 65112 2 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Et misericordia from Magnificat BWV 243

    Performer: Janet Baker [mezzo] Performer: Robert Tear [tenor] Performer: New Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Daniel Barenboim [conductor]

    • EMI 7243 5 65334 2 4.
  • Clementi

    Overture in C

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Francesvo D鈥橝valos [conductor]

    • ASV CDDCS 247.
  • Oscar Lorenzo Fern谩ndez

    Batuque from Reisado do pastoreio

    Performer: New York Philharmonic Performer: Leonard Bernstein

    • Sony SMK 47544.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    After the Tryst

    Performer: Ruth Crouch [violin] Performer: James Macmillan [piano]

    • Sony 88697579962.
  • LIVE

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Nulla in Mundo pax sincera RV630 - opening movement

      Performer: Elin Manahan Thomas - Soprano Performer: Ashley Solomon (Director) - recorder/flute 1 Performer: Bojan Cicic - violin 1 Performer: Persephone Gibbs - violin 2 Performer: Malgorzata Ziemkiewicz - viola Performer: Jennifer Morsches - cello Performer: Christine Sticher - bass Performer: Robin Bigwood 鈥 organ

    • Georg Philipp Telemann

      Paris Quartet in A major: Suave (opening movement)

      Performer: Ashley Solomon (Director) - recorder/flute 1 Performer: Bojan Cicic - violin 1 Performer: Malgorzata Ziemkiewicz - viola Performer: Jennifer Morsches - cello Performer: Christine Sticher - bass

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Laudate Pueri RV601 鈥 Gloria Patri, Sicut erat, Amen

      Performer: Elin Manahan Thomas - Soprano Performer: Ashley Solomon (Director) - recorder/flute 1 Performer: Bojan Cicic - violin 1 Performer: Persephone Gibbs - violin 2 Performer: Malgorzata Ziemkiewicz - viola Performer: Jennifer Morsches - cello Performer: Christine Sticher - bass Performer: Robin Bigwood 鈥 organ

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia and fugue in G minor BWV.542 'Great' (Fugue)

    Performer: David Goode.

    Performer: Angela Hewitt [piano]

    • Hyperion CDS 44435.
  • William Walton

    Coronation te deum

    Performer: Choir of Wincester Cathedral Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Performer: David Hill [conductor]

    • Decca 470 512-2.
  • Trad.

    The Sally Gardens

    Performer: Robert Tear - tenor Performer: Philip Ledger - piano

    • EMI RECORDS.

Broadcast

  • Tue 29 Mar 2011 17:00

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