Peter Hennessy
Sunday 4 November 2007 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest is the English government historian and political journalist Peter Hennessy. He has written many award-winning books about postwar Britain, most recently Having It So Good, a study of the Macmillan era, and New Protective State: Government, Intelligence and Terrorism.
His musical choices reflect nostalgia for his upbringing in 1950s Britain, with pieces such as Vivian Ellis's 'Coronation Scot', the Chris Barber Jazz Band, spiritual works by Bach and Pergolesi, a Beethoven string quartet and the opening of Sibelius's Second Symphony, which reminds him of the Scottish Highlands.
Private Passions playlist 4 November 2007
Sig M. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet
BBQ BBQ 003 T.10
Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult
EMI 7631212 T.4
Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43 (opening of 1st mvt)
LPO/Paavo Berglund
LPO LPO 0005 T. 1 (exc.)
Vivian Ellis: Coronation Scot
Orchestra/Charles Williams
Grasmere GRCD 10 T.2
Famous Themes - remember these?
Trad. arr. Patterson: Goodtime Tonight
Ottilie Patterson, Chris Barber Jazz Band
Timeless TTD 517 S.1 (exc.)
Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971 (1st mvt - Allegro)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Decca 4443902 T.1
Ellington: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
Ivie Anderson, Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra (rec. 1932)
ASV CDAJA 5182 T.5
Beethoven: Quartet in F, Op.59/1 (opening of 1st mvt)
Borodin String Quartet
Virgin VC 7908332 T.5 (exc.)
Bach: Et in Spiritum Sanctum (from Mass in B minor, BWV 232)
Robert Kerns (baritone), Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan
DG 4396962 Disc 2 T.7
Pergolesi: Lucis Creator optime (from Marian Vespers)
Sophie Daneman (soprano), Academy
Sig M. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet
BBQ BBQ 003 T.10
Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult
EMI 7631212 T.4
Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43 (opening of 1st mvt)
LPO/Paavo Berglund
LPO LPO 0005 T. 1 (exc.)
Vivian Ellis: Coronation Scot
Orchestra/Charles Williams
Grasmere GRCD 10 T.2
Trad. arr. Patterson: Goodtime Tonight
Ottilie Patterson, Chris Barber Jazz Band
Timeless TTD 517 S.1 (exc.)
Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971 (1st mvt - Allegro)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Decca 4443902 T.1
Ellington: It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
Ivie Anderson, Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra (rec. 1932)
ASV CDAJA 5182 T.5
Beethoven: Quartet in F, Op.59/1 (opening of 1st mvt)
Borodin String Quartet
Virgin VC 7908332 T.5 (exc.)
Bach: Et in Spiritum Sanctum (from Mass in B minor, BWV 232)
Robert Kerns (baritone), Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan
DG 4396962 Disc 2 T.7
Pergolesi: Lucis Creator optime (from Marian Vespers)
Sophie Daneman (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music/Edward Higginbottom
Erato 0927466842 Disc 2 T.1
Harry Parr Davies: Sing as we go
Gracie Fields
Empress RAJCD 833 T.2
of Ancient Music/Edward Higginbottom
Erato 0927466842 Disc 2 T.1
Harry Parr Davies: Sing as we go
Gracie Fields
Empress RAJCD 833 T.2
