Michael Symmons Roberts
Sunday 22 January 2006 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest is writer and poet Michael Symmons Roberts. His choices include music by MacMillan, Gavin Bryars, Messiaen and John Adams, as well as a little-known piece by Mozart.
Playlist
M Berkeley The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer) (pub OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet
BBQ BBQ 003 T10
READING
Michael Symmons Roberts: Food for risen bodies VI (from Corpus, p61-2, Jonathan Cape)
Messiaen: Force et agilite des Corps Glorieux (from Les Corps Glorieux)
Jennifer Bate (organ)
UNICORN DKPCD9004 T5
Smoke City: Underwater Love (Mark Brown/Nina Miranda)
TELSTAR TTVCD2914 CD1 T15
James MacMillan: Veni Veni Emmanuel (Transition: Sequence II and Coda: Easter)
Evelyn Glennie (percussion soloist), Scottish CO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste
RCA 09026 619162 T7-8
John Adams: Harmonium
San Francisco Symphony & Chorus
ECM 8214652 T2
Mozart: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben (from Zaide)
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), LSO/Sir Colin Davis
PHILIPS 411 148-2 T1
Gavin Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (excerpt)
With Tom Waits (vocal)
MUSIC PRIZE MMPCD2 T10
READING
Michael Symmons Roberts: The Frequency (from Corpus, p58-9, Jonathan Cape)
Rautavaara Cantus Articus (Concerto for Birds and Orchestra) (3rd movt Swans Migrating)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Hannu Lintu
NAXOS 8 554147 T3
