Sally Potter
Sunday 27 November 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest is film director Sally Potter, whose eclectic music choices range from tangos by Pugliese and Piazzola to piano music by Bach, Beethoven and Henry Cowell.
Potter's movies include Orlando, starring Tilda Swinton; The Tango Lesson, in which she appears herself as a dancer; The Man Who Cried, with Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett and Johnny Depp; and most recently, Yes, starring Joan Allen.
Playlist
Sig M. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet
BBQ BBQ 003 T.10
1. Bach: Aria (from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988)
Glenn Gould (piano) (rec. 1981)
Sony SMK 64126 T.1
2. Sapo Perapaskero arr Golijov: Turceasca (conclusion)
Taraf de Haïdouks/Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 7559-79490-2 T.5 (exc.)
3. Cowell: Anger Dance
Henry Cowell (piano)
Smithsonian Folkways 9307-40891-2 T.8
4. Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op.120 (Variation 2 - Poco allegro)
Artur Schnabel (piano) (rec. 1937)
Naxos 8.110765 T.3
5. Pugliese: La Yumba
Osvaldo Pugliese and his Orchestra (rec.1946)
Sony SK 63226 T.13
6. Paredes: Valsa
Carlos Paredes (guitar)
Elektra 979203-2 T.6
7. Lindsay Cooper: Elegy
Lindsay Cooper
No Man's Land NML 8603 CD T.13
8. Schubert: Erlkönig, D.328
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)/Gerald Moore (piano) (rec. 1958)
EMI 5747542 T.21
9. Lewis Allan: Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday
Columbia MOODCD 52
10. Trad: De-ar fi lumea de hartie (opening)
Nicolae Gutsa Auvidis Y 225058 T.2
11. Piazzola: Libertango
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)/Nestor E. Marconi (bandoneón)/Antonio Agri (violin)/Horacio Malvicino (guitar)/
Leonardo D. Marconi (piano)/ Fred Frith (violin, guitar, bass guitar, cymbal)
Sony SK 63226 T.20
