Christina Coker
Sunday 24 October 2004 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest today is Christina Coker, chief executive of the National Foundation for Youth Music, a charity whose aim is to facilitate and fund high quality musical experiences for children and young people.
An active musician herself, Christina Coker has spent all her professional life working in music and education. Her choices today range from Orlando Gibbons, Mendelssohn and George Benjamin to the Julian Joseph Quartet and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Playlist
M. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP)
ÌýBeaux-Arts Brass QuintetÌýBBQÌý BBQ 003Ìý T.10
1.ÌýGibbons: The Silver Swan
The Consort of Music/Anthony RooleyÌýOiseau-LyreÌý 585 714-2Ìý T.13
2.ÌýFarmer: Fair Phyllis
The King’s SingersÌýEMIÌý EMX 2129Ìý T.11
3.ÌýLadysmith Black Mambazo: Dlondlobalo Njalo
Ladysmith Black MambazoÌýWrasseÌý WRASS 100Ìý T.5
4.ÌýBeethoven: Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131 (5th mvt – presto)Ìý
Lindsay String QuartetÌýASVÌý CDDCS 403Ìý Disc 3Ìý T.5 (exc.)
5.ÌýMendelssohn: Song without Words in D, Op.109Ìý
Jacqueline du Pré (cello)/Gerald Moore (piano)ÌýEMIÌý CDC 555529 2Ìý T.5
6.ÌýStravinsky: Sacrificial Dance (from The Rite of Spring) (pub. Boosey)Ìý
Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo MutiÌýEMIÌý CDC 747408 2Ìý T.28
7.ÌýIrving Berlin: Let Yourself Go (pub. Chappell)Ìý
Ginger Rogers/Jimmy Dorsey and his OrchestraÌýPast PerfectÌý PPC 78113Ìý T.9
8.ÌýBenjamin: Invention I (from Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra) (pub. Faber)Ìý
John Wallace (flugelhorn)/London Sinfonietta/George BenjaminÌýNimbusÌý NI 5505Ìý T.2
9.ÌýJulian Joseph: Ode to the Time our Memories ForgotÌý
Julian Joseph (piano)ÌýEastwestÌý 9031-75122
