Sir Richard Eyre
Saturday 31 July 2004 9:00-12:00 (Radio 3)
The award-winning film and theatre director Sir Richard Eyre makes his personal choice of music and looks ahead to the forthcoming week of Proms. There's music by Prokofiev from Eisentstein's film Alexander Nevsky, Berlioz' Queen Mab, inspired by Shakespeare, piano playing from Murray Periah and Alfred Brendel, and music from Art Tatum and Charles Trenet.
Playlist:
Prokoviev: The Battle on the Ice
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata (conductor)
Bach: Concerto No 5 in F minor
Murray Perahia (piano)
English Chamber Orchestra
Berlioz: Scherzo: Queen Mab
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
Elgar: Where Chorals Lie
Janet Baker (Mezzo), Halle Orchestra,
John Barbirolli (conductor)
Verdi: La Traviata (extract)
Violetta ...... Angela Georghiu
Germont ...... Leo Nucci
Alfredo ...... Frank Lopardo
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Georg Solti (conductor)
Schubert: Impromptu in G flat major
Alfred Brendel, piano
Maxwell Davies: Lullaby for Lucy
Choir of St Mary's Cathedral
Mozart: Fantasia in C minor
Ivan Moravec, piano
Ives: The Unanswered Question
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Adams: Harmonielehre
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
Ravel: String Quarte (extract)
Alban Berg Quartet
Walton: Set me as a seal upon your heart
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Stephen Darlington (conductor)
Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
