Private Passions
Daniel Mason
SundayÌý17ÌýOctoberÌý2004Ìý12:00-13:00Ìý(Radio 3)
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Today Michael Berkeley talks to Daniel Mason, the American medical student who wrote his best-selling first novel The Piano Tuner while studying malaria in the Far East. The British composer Nigel Osborne subsequently turned the story into an opera, which had its world premiere in London last week and is touring the UK this autumn. Daniel Mason's choices include keyboard works by Bach, Clementi and Haydn, Mahler's Sixth Symphony, and the delightful Bagatelles by Dvorak.
Duration:1 hour
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Playlist SigÌýM. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP)
ÌýBeaux-Arts Brass QuintetÌýBBQÌý BBQ 003Ìý T.10
1.ÌýBach: Prelude in F sharp minor (from Well Tempered Clavier, Book II)
Glenn Gould (piano)ÌýSonyÌý SM2K 52603Ìý Disc 2Ìý T.3
2.ÌýDvorák: Bagatelle, Op.9/1
Members of the Prazak Quartet/Jaroslav Tuma (harmonium)ÌýPragaÌý PRD 250110Ìý T.9
3.ÌýBach: Chaconne (from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004) (opening)
Christoph Poppen (violin)/ÌýECMÌý 461 895-2Ìý T.11 (exc.)
4.ÌýMahler: Symphony No.6 (opening of 1st mvt)
NYPO/Leonard BernsteinÌýSonyÌý SMK 60208Ìý T.1 (exc.)
5.ÌýDaniel Mason: The Piano Tuner (exc.) (pub. Picador)
Daniel MasonÌýread live during recording session
6.ÌýHaydn: Sonata No.50 in D, Hob.XVI/37 (1st mvt – Allegro con brio)
Julia Cload (piano)ÌýMeridianÌý ECD 84083Ìý T.1
7.ÌýBarber: Adagio for Strings (pub. Schirmer)
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene OrmandyÌýSonyÌý SBK 63034Ìý T.6
8.ÌýBach: English Suite No.2 in A minor, BWV 807 (1st mvt – Prelude)
Glenn Gould (piano)ÌýSonyÌý SM2K 52606Ìý Disc 1Ìý T.11
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