Chris Higgins
Sunday 18 November 2007 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest is Prof Chris Higgins, the new vice-chancellor of Durham University and a distinguished scientist in the fields of cell biology and genetics. He began his career as a violin student at the Royal College of Music before switching to botany, and his profound love of music has continued to inform his life.
A passionate opera lover, his choices include excerpts from Wagner's Ring Cycle and Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea, as well as a Bach partita for solo violin, chamber music for strings by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich, Britten's Suite for solo harp, and a new piece by Jon Lord written specially for Durham.
Private Passions playlist 25 November 2007
Sig M Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer)
(Berkeley/OUP) Beaux Arts Brass Quintet
Victor Young: The Left Hand of God (Excerpt)
The Best of Quartet West (Verve 530210-7 - track 9)
Charlie Haden/Orchestra arr and conducted by Alan Broadbent
(Victor Young 20th Cent Fox Music/Warner Chappell Inc/ASCAP)
Chopin: Etude no 6 in E Flat (op 10)
DG 4137942 - Track 6
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Bill Evans Trio: Young and Foolish
Everybody Digs Bill Evans RIVERSIDE OJCCD0682 - Track 2
Bill Evans (pno), Sam Jones (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums)
Arvo Part: 'Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten'
Tabula Rasa etc ECM 8177642 - Track 2
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Dennis Russell Davies
Charlie Parker: 'Kim'
'Hi Fi' Verve 53975272 - Track 7
Charlie Parker (alto), Hank Jones (pno), Teddy Kotick (bass), Max Roach (drums)
Rachmaninov: 'Lento' from 'The Bells op 35 (excerpt)
TELARC CD80365 - Track 5
Renee Fleming (soprano), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Robert Shaw
(Rachmaninov/lyrics: Konstantin Balmont (Edgar Allan Poe), trans Fanny S Copeland)
Bud Powell: Celia
The Best of Bud Powell VSig M Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer)
(Berkeley/OUP) Beaux Arts Brass Quintet
Victor Young: The Left Hand of God (Excerpt)
The Best of Quartet West (Verve 530210-7 - track 9)
Charlie Haden/Orchestra arr and conducted by Alan Broadbent
(Victor Young 20th Cent Fox Music/Warner Chappell Inc/ASCAP)
Chopin: Etude no 6 in E Flat (op 10)
DG 4137942 - Track 6
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Bill Evans Trio: Young and Foolish
Everybody Digs Bill Evans RIVERSIDE OJCCD0682 - Track 2
Bill Evans (pno), Sam Jones (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums)
Arvo Part: 'Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten'
Tabula Rasa etc ECM 8177642 - Track 2
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/Dennis Russell Davies
Charlie Parker: 'Kim'
'Hi Fi' Verve 53975272 - Track 7
Charlie Parker (alto), Hank Jones (pno), Teddy Kotick (bass), Max Roach (drums)
Rachmaninov: 'Lento' from 'The Bells op 35 (excerpt)
TELARC CD80365 - Track 5
Renee Fleming (soprano), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Robert Shaw
(Rachmaninov/lyrics: Konstantin Balmont (Edgar Allan Poe), trans Fanny S Copeland)
Bud Powell: Celia
The Best of Bud Powell VERVE 5233922 - Track 9
Bud Powell (pno), Ray Brown (bass), Max Roach (drums)
Ravel: Slow mvt from Piano Concerto in G Major
Prok/Ravel DG 4474382 - Track 5
Martha Argerich, Piano; Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado
ERVE 5233922 - Track 9
Bud Powell (pno), Ray Brown (bass), Max Roach (drums)
Ravel: Slow mvt from Piano Concerto in G Major
Prok/Ravel DG 4474382 - Track 5
Martha Argerich, Piano; Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado
