31 October 2004
Sunday 31 October 2004 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley explores the private passions of one of his most distinguished fellow-composers, Sir Harrison Birtwistle.
Playlist
SigM. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass QuintetBBQ BBQ 003 T.10
1.Debussy: Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune
Suisse Romande Orchestra/Ernest AnsermetDecca 414 040-2 T.7
2.Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Edo de WaartPhilips 441 583-2 Disc 1 T.8
3.Boulez: Improvisation sur Mallarmé II – “Une dentelle s’abolit” (from Pli selon Pli) (opening)
Christine Schäfer (soprano)/Ensemble Intercontemperain/Pierre BoulezDG 471 344-2 T.3 (exc.)
4.Ravi Shankar: Yaman kalyan
Anoushka Shankar (sitar)Angel 56969-2 T.4
5.Palestrina: Si ignoras te
Oxford Camerata/Jeremy SummerlyNaxos 8.550843 T.7
6.Orbison: In Dreams
Roy OrbisonOrbison IM 00057-2 T.11
