September 2008 - Meeting

Programme for Wednesday, September 3rd 2008

1. Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916): Highland Memories (iii. Harvest Dance) - Royal Ballet Sinfonia; cond. John Wilson (3:12)


2. Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904): Slavonic Dances, Op.46 (7: Allegro assai in C minor) - Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz; cond. Leif Segerstam (3:43)


3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): 2 Nordic Melodies (2: Cow Keepers' Tune and Country Dance (Kulokk and Stabbelåten) - Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; cond. Ole Kristian Ruud (4:41)


4. Jules Massenet (1842-1912): Thaïs (Act III: Te souvient-il du lumineux voyage) - Renée Fleming, soprano; Giuseppe Sabbatini, tenor; Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra; cond. Yves Abel (5:09)


5. Jules Massenet: Chérubin (Act III: Vive amour qui rêve) - Valérie Masterson, soprano; National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards (2:54)


6. Jules Massenet: Le Cid (Act III: O Souverain, Ô Juge, Ô Pére) - Ben Heppner, tenor; London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, cond. Myung-Whun Chung (5:35)


7. Percy Grainger (1882-1961): Country Gardens, folk song for piano - Martin Jones, piano (2:05)


8. Percy Grainger: The Three Ravens - Monteverdi Choir; English Country Gardiner Orchestra; cond. John Eliot Gardiner (4:16)


9. Percy Grainger: Molly On The Shore - London Wind Orchestra; cond. Denis Wick (3:54)


10. Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Piano Trio in E flat major ("Nocturne"), D. 897 - Beaux Arts Trio (13:01)


11. Anton Bruckner (1824-1896): Symphony No. 7 in E major (iii. Scherzo: Nicht schnell, Trio: Langsam) - Concertgebouw Orchestra; cond. Bernard Haitink (9:24)