Joanna David
Sunday 15 July 2007 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest is actress Joanna David, who has appeared in many memorable TV costume dramas, notably in Sense and Sensibility, War and Peace, Rebecca and Pride and Prejudice.
She was a friend of Jacqueline du Pre, and her musical choices include a Haydn cello concerto and a Beethoven trio featuring du Pre, a Verdi opera conducted by Solti, and works by Bach, Schumann and Mendelssohn.
Private Passions playlist 15 July 2007
Sig M. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet BBQ BBQ 003 T.10
1. Delibes: Mazurka (from Coppelia)
Paris Opera Orchestra/Jean-Baptiste Mari EMI 5696592 Disc 2 T.3
Delibes: Sylvia, Coppelia
2. Barber: Adagio (opening)
Hollywood Bowl SO/Felix Slatkin Royal ROY 6463 T.10 (exc.)
Strings by Starlight
3. Bach: Concerto in A, BWV 1055 (1st mvt - Allegro)
Andras Schiff/Chamber Orchestra of Europe Decca 4256762 Disc 2 T.1
Bach: Concertos BWV 1052-1058
4. Beethoven: Trio in D, op.70/1 - Ghost (1st mvt - Allegro vivace e con brio)
Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Jacqueline du Pre (cello)
Beethoven: Piano Trios etc. EMI 7631242 Disc 3 T.1
5. Schumann: Romance in F sharp, Op.28/2
Lucy Parham (piano) Sanctuary CDRSB 202 Disc 1 T.5
The Romantic Piano
6. Mendelssohn: Help me, Lysander, help me + Intermezzo (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Judi Dench (narrator), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa DG 4398972 T.7
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
7. Verdi: Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo core (from La Traviata, Act II, Scene 2)
Angela Gheorghiu (Violetta), Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/
Sir Georg Solti Decca 4481192 Disc 2 T.8
Verdi: La Traviata
8. Haydn: Cello Concerto in C, Hob VIIb/1 (3rd mvt - Allegro molto)
Jacqueline du Pre (cello), ECO/Daniel Barenboim EMI 5668962 T.3
Haydn & Boccherini Cello Concertos
9. Messager: J'ai deux amants (from L'Amour masque)
Yvonne Printemps Music Memoria 724383951529 T.2
Yvonne Printemps
