February 2014 - Meeting

Programme for Wednesday, February 5th 2014

Presenters: Sheila Thomson & Bernard Clarke

Claudio Abbado (1933-2014)

1. Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012): Waltz from the film ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, cond. John Mauceri (3.33)
2. Marco Antônio Guimarães (1948- ): Heaven - Uakti (2.11)
3. Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Songs & Dances of Death (3. Trepak) - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, bass; Kirov Orchestra, St. Petersburg, cond. Valery Gergiev (4.03)
4. Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729): Concerto for 2 horns, violin, 3 oboes, 2 flutes & strings in F major, Seibel 234 - Musica Antiqua Köln, cond. Reinhard Goebel (8.37)
5. Béla Bartók (1881–1945): Romanian Folk Dances for violin & piano - Midori, violin; Robert McDonald, piano (5.51)
6. Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967): Háry János, suite (4. The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon; 5. Intermezzo) - London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Klaus Tennstedt (9.12)
7. Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944): Prelude for piano in D minor, Op. 84/3; Rigaudon, Op. 55/6 - Peter Jacobs, piano (7.56)
8. William Henry Harris (1883–1973): Faire Is the Heaven - Tenebrae, cond. Nigel Short (5.23)
9. Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): I Vespri siciliani (Overture) - London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Claudio Abbado (9.00)
10. Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Prologue, scene 2: Coronation) - Anatoly Kotcherga, bass; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Claudio Abbado (8.11)
11. Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Symphony No. 6 in C major, D 589 - Chamber Orchestra of Europe, cond. Claudio Abbado (31.44)
12. Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764): Les Indes galantes (Overture) - Collegium Aureum (4.38)