31 October 2004
Sunday 31 October 2004 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley explores the private passions of one of his most distinguished fellow-composers, Sir Harrison Birtwistle.
Playlist
Sig M. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet BBQ BBQ 003 T.10
1. Debussy: Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune
Suisse Romande Orchestra/Ernest Ansermet Decca 414 040-2 T.7
2. Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Edo de Waart Philips 441 583-2 Disc 1 T.8
3. Boulez: Improvisation sur Mallarmé II – “Une dentelle s’abolit” (from Pli selon Pli) (opening)
Christine Schäfer (soprano)/Ensemble Intercontemperain/Pierre Boulez DG 471 344-2 T.3 (exc.)
4. Ravi Shankar: Yaman kalyan
Anoushka Shankar (sitar) Angel 56969-2 T.4
5. Palestrina: Si ignoras te
Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly Naxos 8.550843 T.7
6. Orbison: In Dreams
Roy Orbison Orbison IM 00057-2 T.11
