7 November 2004
Sunday 7 November 2004 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest today is Simon Goldhill, professor of Greek at Cambridge University, and a regular broadcaster on TV and radio. He is the author of several books, most recently Love, Sex and Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives. His musical passions range widely, from Blow and Handel to Richard Strauss, Webern and Thomas Ades.
Playlist
M. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP) 0.26
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet BBQ BBQ 003 T.10
1. Handel: Dixit Dominus (opening chorus)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/ECO/Stephen Cleobury Decca 421 294-2 T.1
2. Blow: Ah, Heav’n! What is’t I hear?
James Bowman, Michael Chance (counter-tenors)/The King’s Consort/Robert King
Hyperion CDA 66253 T.9
3. Adès: So that is all (from Powder her Face, Act II, Scene 6) (pub. Faber)
Jill Gomez (Duchess)/Valdine Anderson, Niall Morris (Rubberneckers)/ Almeida Ensemble/Thomas Adès
EMI CDS 55649 2 Disc 2 T.5-6
4. Simon Goldhill: Love, Sex & Tragedy (exc.) (pub. John Murray)
Simon Goldhill read live during programme recording session
5. R. Strauss: Allein! Weh, ganz allein (from Elektra) (pub. Boosey)
Birgit Nilsson (Elektra)/VPO/Sir Georg Solti Decca 417 345-2 Disc 1 T.2
6. Webern: Five Movements, Op.5 (1st mvt – Heftig bewegt) (pub. UE)
Schoenberg Quartet Chandos CHAN 10083 T.4
7. Beethoven: Quartet in C# minor, Op.131 (1st mvt – Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo)
Busch Quartet EMI CMS 565308 2 Disc 2 T.5
