Lord Robert Winston
Saturday 28 August 2004 9:00-12:00 (Radio 3)
Fertility expert Professor Lord Robert Winston, well known to audiences throughout the world for TV series such as The Human Body, Secret Life of Twins and Superhuman, makes a personal choice of music and looks forward to the last week of the Proms. His selection includes extracts from The Marriage of Figaro and The Art of Fugue, music by Machaut, Perlman playing klezmer, and Indian ragas.
Playlist:
Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No 2 - Waltz 2
Philadephia Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
Shostakovich: String quartet No 8 (extract)
Brodsky Quartet
Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat, D929 ( extract)
Trio Fontenay
Louis Saladin: Shelach tishbi
La Camerata de Boston
Joel Cohen (director)
Brahms: Sextet No 2 in G, Op 36 (extract)
Isaac Stern and ensemble
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Mort; Dies Irae, Tuba Mirum
Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Britten: War Requiem - Agnus Dei
Peter Pears (tenor)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
Varèse: Déserts
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
Noam Sheriff: Mechaye Hametim (extract)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubhin Metha (conductor)