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Private Passions

Ed Smith

Sunday 25 July 2004 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)

Today Michael Berkeley meets the young Kent and England cricketer Ed Smith, who took a double first in history at Cambridge and has just published a memoir, On and Off the Field, detailing the highs and lows of the 2003
cricket season. A keen music lover, his choices include, Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan.

Duration:

1 hour

Playlist

M Berkeley
The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet BBQ BBQ 003 T10

1. Wagner Prelude to Lohengrin
Berlin PO/Herbert Von Karajan
EMI 7243 5 66519-2 CD1 T1 09 10

2. Bach Prelude from the Suite No 1 in G major for cello
Mischa Maisky (cello)
DG 445 374-2 CD1 T1 02 38

3. Schubert Quintet in A, D667 (The Trout ) (from the 1st movement, Allegro vivace )
Andras Schiff (piano), members of the Hagen Quartet, Alois Posch (double bass)
DECCA 411 975-2 T1 03 20

4. Bruce Springsteen Born to Run
CBS CD 80959 T5 04 28

5. Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat, Op 73 (The Emporer ) (2nd movement , Adagio un poco mosso )
Wilhelm Kempff (piano), Berlin PO/Ferdinand Leitner
DG 427 240-2 CD3 T2 07 12

6. Bob Dylan Most of the Time (from album Oh Mercy )
CBS 465800-2 T6 05 01

7. Wagner Liebestod (from Tristan and Isolde )
Margaret Price (Isolde), Dresden Staatskapelle Orchestra/Carlos Kleiber
DG 413 319-2 CD4 T7




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