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Private Passions

6 February 2005

Sunday 6 February 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)

Michael Berkeley's guest today is William Pye, internationally renowned for his startlingly beautiful large-scale water sculptures. His work can be seen in various locations all over the country, and his latest project will form part of the newly-landscaped gardens of Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. His musical choices range from Gluck, Berlioz and Brahms to Janacek and Cesaria Evora.

Duration:

1 hour

Playlist

M BerkeleyThe Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer) (pub OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet BBQ BBQ 003 T10

1. GLUCKThe dance of the blessed spirits (middle section only) (from Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 2)
William Bennett (flute), ECO/Raymond Leppard
CBS CD44650 T6 02 55

2. ANOUAR BRAHEM TRIO Aube rouge a Grozny(from the album Astrakan Café)
ECM 1718 159 494-2 T1 04 18

3. SCHUBERT Andante un poco moto (2nd movement from the Piano Trio in B flat, D898)
Jelly D'Aranyi (violin), Felix Salmond (cello), Myra Hess (piano)
APR CDAPR7012-2 CD2 T2 03 38

4. BERLIOZ Trio for 2 flutes and harp (L'enfance du Christ, Part 3)
Richard Taylor and Francis Nolan (flutes), Renata Scheffel-Stein (harp) from the recording by Sir Colin Davis with the LSO
PHILIPS 462 252-2 CD3 T9-11 06 37

5. CESARIA EVORACorregem irmon
RCA 7 4321 4 53922 T8 06 26

6. JANACEK Andante (1st movement from Mladi)
Members of the London Sinfonietta: Sebastian Bell (flute), Janet Craxton (oboe), Anthony Pay (clarinet), Michael Harris (bass clarinet), Philip Eastop (horn), Martin Gatt (bassoon)
DECCA 4303752 CD2 T6 03 44

7. BERLIOZRoyal Hunt and Storm (from The Trojans, Act 4)
Orchestra of the ROH, Covent Garden/Sir Colin Davis
PHILIPS 456 143-2 CD3 T7 09 31




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