7 November 2004
Sunday 7 November 2004 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest today is Simon Goldhill, professor of Greek at Cambridge University, and a regular broadcaster on TV and radio. He is the author of several books, most recently Love, Sex and Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives. His musical passions range widely, from Blow and Handel to Richard Strauss, Webern and Thomas Ades.
Playlist
M. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP)Ìý0.26
Beaux-Arts Brass QuintetÌýBBQÌý BBQ 003Ìý T.10
1.ÌýHandel: Dixit Dominus (opening chorus)Ìý
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/ECO/Stephen CleoburyÌýDeccaÌý 421 294-2Ìý T.1
2.ÌýBlow: Ah, Heav’n! What is’t I hear?Ìý
James Bowman, Michael Chance (counter-tenors)/The King’s Consort/Robert King
HyperionÌý CDAÌý 66253Ìý T.9
3.ÌýAdès: So that is all (from Powder her Face, Act II, Scene 6) (pub. Faber)
Jill Gomez (Duchess)/Valdine Anderson, Niall Morris (Rubberneckers)/ Almeida Ensemble/Thomas AdèsÌý
EMIÌý CDS 55649 2Ìý Disc 2Ìý T.5-6
4.ÌýSimon Goldhill: Love, Sex & Tragedy (exc.) (pub. John Murray)Ìý
Simon GoldhillÌýread live during programme recording session
5.ÌýR. Strauss: Allein! Weh, ganz allein (from Elektra) (pub. Boosey)
Birgit Nilsson (Elektra)/VPO/Sir Georg SoltiÌýDeccaÌý 417 345-2Ìý Disc 1Ìý T.2
6.ÌýWebern: Five Movements, Op.5 (1st mvt – Heftig bewegt) (pub. UE)
Schoenberg QuartetÌýChandosÌý CHAN 10083 T.4
7.ÌýBeethoven: Quartet in C# minor, Op.131 (1st mvt – Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo)
Busch QuartetÌýEMIÌý CMS 565308 2Ìý Disc 2Ìý T.5
