Fergal Keane
Sunday 28 May 2006 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest is journalist Fergal Keane. Some of his musical choices reflect his Irish background, while others reveal a love of piano music, oratorio and opera.
Playlist 21 May
1: Nocturne No 1 in E flat major by John Field
Benjamin Frith (piano)
CD/Record number:NAXOS 8.550761
2: Let the Bright Seraphim (from Samson) by Handel
Kathleen Battle (soprano) and Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Orchestra of St Luke's/John Nelson
CD/Record number:SONY CLASSICAL SK 46672
3: The Plains of Boyle (from the album The Dolphin's Way) by Michael O'Suilleabhain
Michael O'Suilleabhain
CD/Record number:VENTURE CDVE1
4: Ah! Manon mi tradisce (Manon Lescaut, Act 2) by Puccini
Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Orchestra of La Scala, Milan/Umberto Berrettoni
CD/Record number:EMI CDH 761052-2
5: Nocturne in E minor, Op 72 No.1 by Chopin
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
CD/Record number:DG 415 117-2
6: Carolan's Concerto by Turlough O'Carolon
The Chieftains
CD/Record number:RCA 09026639172
7: Au Fond Du Temple Saint (The Pearl Fishers, Act 1) by Bizet
Nicolai Gedda(tenor) and Ernest Blanc (baritone), Orchestra of the Opera-Comique/Pierre Dervaux
CD/Record number:EMI CMS7697042
8: Mbube by Solomon Linda
Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds
CD/Record number:WORLD MUSIC NETWORK RGNET1020
9: The Parting Glass by The Voice Squad
The Voice Squad
CD/Record number:TARA TARACD 4004