Your presenter Tim’s enthusiasm for opera and ballet is evident as he talks about three productions in Melbourne at the moment – the ballet Swan Lake and the operas Aida and Ernani. Enjoy excerpts from each in this show, plus , as always, more! Playlist: 09 May 2021 – Saint-Saëns: Septet in E-flat major, op.65: III. Intermede. Quatuor Pascal. – Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art: III. Sound the Trumpet. Monteverdi Orchestra/ John Eliot Gardiner. – Paisiello: Piano Concerto no.4 in G minor: II. Largo. Francesco Nicolosi, pno. Collegium Philamonicum Chamber Orchestra/ Gennaro Cappabianca. – Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, op.20: Act I Waltz. Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Georg Solti. – Verdi: Aida: Triumphal March. Orchestra Del Teatro dell’opera di Roma/ Sir Georg Solti. – Verdi: Ernani: Act I: “Da quell di che t’ho veduta”. Leontyne Price, sop. Mario Sereni, bar. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/ Thomas Schippers. – Arensky: Trio no.1 in D minor, op.32: Adagio. Jascha Heifetz, vln. Leonard Pennario, pno. Gregor Piatigorsky, vlc. – Dun: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Eternal Vow. Yo-Yo Ma, vlc. Shanghai National Orchestra. – Rodrigo: Canticos Nupciales: Ofertorio. Ana Maria Martinez. – Delius: Hassan: Serenade and Interlude. Robert Tear, ten. Hallé Orchestra/ Sir John Barbirolli. #EmbraceJOY Support this podcast. Donate to JOY -and/or- Become a member