Sir Ernest Hall
Sunday 18 September 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley talks to Sir Ernest Hall, the Lancashire-born pianist, entrepreneur and philanthropist who set up Dean Clough in Halifax, a former mill complex which is now home to 100 thriving companies, plus art galleries and a theatre.
Now in his 70s, he has recently achieved another lifetime ambition - to record the complete piano works of Chopin. Music takes pride of place among his passions, and his choices today include music by Busoni, Ligeti, Berg, Walton and Thomas Ades.
Playlist
M. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet
BBQ BBQ 003 T.10
Chopin: Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35 (4th mvt - Presto)
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)
RCA 09026 61265 2 Disc 6 T.4
Busoni: Cortège (No.2 of Two Studies for Doktor Faust)
RPO/Daniel Revenaugh
EMI 769840 2 T.2
Ligeti: L'escalier du diable (from Études, Book II)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Sony SK 62308 T.13
Cole Porter: What is this thing called love? (opening)
Oscar Peterson (piano)/Ben Webster (tenor sax)/Charlie Shavers (trumpet)/
Johnny Hodges (alto sax) + Benny Carter, Charlie Parker (alto sax)/Flip Phillips (tenor sax)/
Barney Kessel (guitar)/Ray Brown (bass)/J. C. Heard (drums)
Verve 833 564-2 T.2 (exc.)
Berg: Ostinato (from Lulu Suite)
LSO/Antal Dorati
Mercury 432 006-2 T.11
Adès: Darknesse visible
Thomas Adès (piano)
EMI 569699 2 T.2
Walton: Symphony No.1 (2nd mvt - Presto, con malizia)
Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton
EMI 565004 2 T.2
