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Private Passions

8 August 2004

Sunday 8 August 2004 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)

Michael Berkeley's guest today is the young writer Edwin Thomas, who also writes under the name Tom Harper. A student of medieval history, his recently-published novel The Mosaic of Shadows is set in 11th-century Byzantium. His musical choices range from Mozart and Weber to Natalie Merchant and Maurice Jarre's soundtrack for Lawrence of Arabia.

Duration:

1 hour

Playlist

Signature Tune:
M. Berkeley
The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer )
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet BBQ BBQ 003 T.10 

1. Weber
Schutze, der im Dunkeln wacht (from Der Freischutz, Act II )
Peter Meven (Kaspar)/Rolf Boysen (Samiel)/Bavarian Radio Chorus and SO/Rafael Kubelik
Decca 417 119-2 Disc 2 T.4

2. Maurice Jarre
Overture - Lawrence of Arabia (from the original soundtrack)
LPO/Maurice Jarre
Varese Sarabande VSD 5263 T.1 

3. Mozart
Divertimento in D, K.136 (1st mvt - Allegro)
Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov
RCA RD 60066 T.5 

4. Howells
Here is the little door
Choir of St Paul 's Cathedral/John Scott
Hyperion CDA67269 T.12 

5. Anne Dudley
Jeeves and Wooster (from the TV series)
The Dover Street Jazzomaniacs
EMI CDP 799010 2 T.1 

6. Natalie Merchant
This House is on Fire (from the album Motherland )
Natalie Merchant
Elektra 7559 62721 2 T.1 

7. Dvorak
Symphony No.9 in E minor - "From the New World " (4 th mvt - Allegro con fuoco)
Cleveland Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnanyi
Decca 421 082-2 Disc 2 T.4




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