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音楽の泉
週末の朝に、さわやかなクラシック音楽を、やわらかい解説を添えてお届けする「音楽の泉」。クラシック音楽入門番組として1948年に放送を開始、今まで数々の名曲をご紹介してきました。曲の合間に、音楽学者の皆川達夫さんが楽曲の解説や作品にまつわるエピソードなどを分かりやすく、やわらかい語り口でお伝えします。
ゆったりと流れる時間のおともに、「音楽の泉」でクラシック音楽をお楽しみください。
http://www.nhk.or.jp/r1/shou/ongaku_izumi.html
放送日: 2011年 8月20日(土)
放送時間: 午前6:00〜午前6:50(50分)
解説: 皆川達夫
 − モーツァルト交響曲、序曲集 −           
交響曲 第41番 ハ長調“ジュピター”K.551」モーツァルト作曲(27分03秒)
管弦楽ベルリン・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団
(指揮)カール・ペーム
<グラモフォン FOOG−20003〜14>
「歌劇“後宮からの誘かい”序曲 K.384」モーツァルト作曲(4分26秒)
「歌劇“にせの花作り女”序曲 K.196」 モーツァルト作曲(6分46秒)
管弦楽ベルリン国立歌劇場管弦楽団
(指揮)オットマール・スウィトナー
<ドイツ・シャルプラッテン TKCC−15205>


ウィークエンドサンシャイン
ブロードキャスターピーター・バラカンのナビゲートで送るウィークエンド・ミュージックマガジン。独特の嗅覚とこだわりの哲学でセレクトしたグッド・サウンドと、ワールドワイドな音楽情報を伝える。
http://www.nhk.or.jp/fm/sunshine/
放送日: 2011年 8月20日(土)
放送時間: 午前7:20〜午前9:00(100分)
ピーター・バラカン
THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST
http://www.nhk.or.jp/fm/sunshine/playlist.html?st=20110820
01. I Want You / Bob Dylan
ALBUM: Blonde On Blonde
02. You Know I'm No Good / Amy Winehouse
ALBUM: Back To Black
03. Tears Dry On Their Own / Amy Winehouse
ALBUM: Back To Black
04. Valerie / Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse
ALBUM: Version
05. Do Me Good / Amy Winehouse
ALBUM: Rehab (single)
06. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow / Amy Winehouse
ALBUM: Bridget Jones The Edge Of Reason
07. Cry Baby / Garnett Mimms & The Enchanters
ALBUM: The Jerry Ragovoy Story: Time Is On My Side 1953-2003
08. Time Is On My Side / Irma Thomas
ALBUM: Wish Someone Would Care
09. Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) / Lorraine Ellison
ALBUM: Sister Love: The Warner Bros. Recordings
10. Piece Of My Heart / Erma Franklin
ALBUM: The In Crowd
11. My Baby / Janis Joplin
ALBUM: Pearl
12. Get It While You Can / Howard Tate
ALBUM: The Jerry Ragovoy Story: Time Is On My Side 1953-2003
13. Ain't Nobody Home / Bonnie Raitt
ALBUM: Streetlights
14. Mad Dog Days / Stan Campbell
ALBUM: Years Go By (10 inch EP)
15. Summertime / The Modern Jazz Quartet
ALBUM: MJQ: Plays George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess
16. Bongo Man / The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari
ALBUM: Grounation
17. Swimming Song / Kate & Anna McGarrigle
ALBUM: Kate & Anna McGarrigle
18. Cool In The Pool / Holger Czukay
ALBUM: Movies
19. Out On The Rolling Sea / Joseph Spence & The Pinder Family
ALBUM: The Spring Of Sixty-Five


世界の快適音楽セレクション 2011夏休みスペシャ
"快適音楽"を求めるギターデュオのゴンチチによる、ノンジャンル・ミュージック番組。
http://www.nhk.or.jp/fm/kaiteki/
放送日: 2011年 8月20日(土)
放送時間: 午前9:00〜午前11:50(170分)
ゴンチチ
藤川パパQ
湯浅学
渡辺亨
桑野聖カルテット
                              
「恵みの夏」(ゴンチチ
ポニーキャニオン PCCA−02179>

「リリース・ミー」(マントヴァーニ楽団)(2分42秒)
<DECCA UICY−1568>

ジェントル・バラッズ

ジェントル・バラッズ

「ザ・ミッド・ナイト・サン・ウィル・ネヴァー・セット」(エリック・アレキサンダー・カルテット)(5分57秒)
<VENUS REC. TVCV35335>

「ルクミ」(ジョー・クラウゼル)(6分24秒)
<FANIA 08004−2>

「バアラ」(アマドゥ&マリアム)(3分01秒)
<P−VINE PCD−17403/20>

Various: Music for Merce

Various: Music for Merce

  • アーティスト: John Cage,David Tudor,Takehisa Kosugi,Maryanne Amacher,David Behrman,Earle Brown,Stuart Dempster,Morton Feldman,Jon Gibson,Toshi Ichiyanagi,John King,Annea Lockwood,Gordon Mumma,Bo Nilsson,Pauline Oliveros,Michael Pugliese,yasunao Tone,Christian Wolff
  • 出版社/メーカー: New World Records
  • 発売日: 2010/12/14
  • メディア: CD
  • 購入: 1人 クリック: 2回
  • この商品を含むブログ (2件) を見る
「アクティヴィティーズ・フォー・オーケストラ の一部」(ジョン・ケージ)(1分53秒)
<NEW WORLD REC. 807122>

「ヴァルス」(ゴンチチ)(3分21秒)
「UPC」(ゴンチチ)(4分53秒)
「楽しみな週末」(ゴンチチ、桑野聖カルテット)(4分13秒)
「ピルエット」(ゴンチチ、桑野聖カルテット)(3分27秒)
ビューティフル・デイズ」(ゴンチチ、桑野聖カルテット)(2分11秒)

「17才」(南沙織)(2分47秒)
<SONY MUSIC SRCL4801,4802>

マーティン・デニー」(クリスチャン・マークレイ)(2分50秒)
<NO MAN’S LAND NM18816>

「ライク・ア・ローリング・ストーン・レゲエ」(ロスト・グリンゴス)(5分00秒)
<Ata Tak LC8372>

「QED」(ゴンチチ、桑野聖カルテット)(3分51秒)
「ターバンシェル・ポルカ」(ゴンチチ、桑野聖カルテット)(3分06秒)
「誰も知らない」ゴンチチ、桑野聖カルテット)(2分47秒)
「小さな青い星」(ゴンチチ)(2分14秒)
「夕海月」(ゴンチチ)(2分40秒)
「ナナキ」(ゴンチチ、桑野聖カルテット)(4分35秒)
「ライト・サイド・オブ・ソロウ」(ゴンチチ、桑野聖カルテット)(4分35秒)
「アコースティック・イール」(ゴンチチ、桑野聖カルテット)(3分22秒)「バース・オブ・サイ」(ゴンチチ、桑野聖カルテット)(3分04秒)

「サントロペ・ブルース」(マリー・ラフォーレ)(2分23秒)
<MAGIC REC. 177942>

「ユー・キャン・テル・ア・ガイ・バイ・ヒズ・アンガー」(キップ・ハンラハン)(6分04秒)
<american clave AMCL1027>

「サマー・ラヴァー」(ミア・ドイ・トッド)(4分27秒)
<CITY ZEN REC. CTZ005>

「♯7」(井上智恵)(1分32秒)
<compare note CN−0028>

「ラーガ・シュダ・カルヤン」(カウシキ・チャクラバルティ)(4分13秒)
<Living Media India CD−A03131>

「明日はきっと」(ゴンチチ
ポニーキャニオン PCCA−02179>


Jazz Library
Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x41z
Oliver Nelson
Sat 20 Aug 2011
16:30
BBC Radio 3
Guy Barker joins Alyn Shipton to select key recordings by saxophonist Oliver Nelson.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013lqqf
Oliver Nelson wrote and directed the iconic album Blues and The Abstract Truth - a defining 1960s jazz record. In this programme Guy Barker joins Alyn Shipton to explore the wealth of material that Nelson created as both arranger and saxophonist in a prolific career cut short by chronic overwork.

Music played
1. Oliver Nelson — What’s New
Composer: Haggart Performers: Oliver Nelson, ts; Kenny Dorham, t; Ray Bryant, p; Wendell Marshall, b; Arthur Taylor, d. 30 Oct 1959.
Meet Oliver Nelson (with Kenny Dorham), OJC, 227 , Tr 5
2. Oliver Nelson, King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest — Soul Street
Composer: Forrest Performers: Oliver Nelson, King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest, ts; Gene Casey, p; George Duvivier, b; Roy Haynes, d. 9 Sept 1960. Originally on Soul Battle (Prestige).
The Prestige Records Story, Prestige, 4426-2, CD 3 Tr 7
3. Oliver Nelson — Stolen Moments
Composer: Nelson Performers: Freddie Hubbard, t; Eric Dolphy, as, f; George Barrow, bar; Bill Evans, p; Paul Chamber, b; Roy Haynes, d. Feb 1961
Blues and the Abstract Truth, Impulse, 051154, Tr 1
4. Oliver Nelson Big Band — Hobo Flats
Composer: Nelson Performers: Oliver Nelson, as, ts; Eugene 'Snooky' Young, Arthur Hoyle, t; Roy Wiegano, tr; Tony Studd b tr; Jerome Richardson, f, al-f, bs; Kenny Soderblom, f, as; Phil Woods, cl, as; Robert Hashton, cl, ts; Patti Bown, p; Ben Tucker, b; Grady Tate, d. 19 March 1964.
Fantabulous, Verve, 1079502, Tr 1
5. Stanley Turrentine — River’s Invitation
Composer: Mayfield, arr. Nelson Performers: Stanley Turrentine, ts; Bob Cranshaw, b; Kenny Burrell, g; Herbie Hancock, p; Grady Tate, d. Oliver Nelson Orchestra, inc Clark Terry, t; J J Johnson, tb; Phil Woods, Jerry Dodgion, reeds; 14 April 1965.
Joyride, Blue Note, 84201, Tr 1
6. Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery — 13 (Death March)
Composer: McFarland, arr. Nelson Performers: Jimmy Smith, org; Wes Montgomery, g; Oliver Nelson, conductor, arr; Jerry Dodgion, as, cl, fl; Bob Ashton, ts, cl, f, al-f; Phil Woods, Danny Bank, bs, b-cl, fl, al-f; Clark Terry, t, flugel; Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, t; Jimmy Cleveland, Quinten Jackson, Melba Liston, tr; Tony Studd, Dick Hixson, bass tr; Jerome Richardson, cl, al t-f; Richard Davis, b; Grady Tate, d; Ray Barretto, perc. September 23, 1966
The Dynamic Duo, Verve, 31452 14452, Tr 4
7. Buddy Rich Band — More Soul
Composer: Nelson / Curtis Performers: Bobby Shew, John Sottile, Yoshito Murakami, Walter Battagello, t; Jim Trimble, John Boice, tb; Dennis Good, Mike Waverley, b-tb; Gene Quill, Pete Yellin, Jay Corre, Marty Flax, Steve Perlow, reeds, John Bunch, p; Barry Zweig, g; Carson Smith, b; Buddy Rich, d. 10 Oct 1966
Swingin’ New Big Band, Pacific Jazz, 24383 52322, Tr 7
8. Nancy Wilson — Midnight Sun
Composer: Mercer arr. Nelson Performers: Nancy Wilson, vcl, Bob Knight, tb; Vince DeRosa, Bill Hinshaw, Jimmy McGee, fr-hrn; Harry Klee, Abe Most, Justin Gordon, f, al-f, b-f; Bob Hardaway, f, al-f, b-cl, eng-hrn; Donn Trenner, p; John Collins, g; Catherine Gotthoffer, harp; Erno Neufeld, Carl LaMagna, Emil Briano, Gerald Vinci, Victor Arno, Jacques Gasselin, Betty Marks, Alfred Lustgarten, Nathan Kaproff, John DeVoodgt, Mischa Russell, Ed Bergman, vln; Raphael Kramer, Justin DiTullio, Fred Seykora, Armand Kaproff, cello; Buster Williams, b; Shelly Manne, d; Victor Feldman, perc, mallots; Oliver Nelson, arr, cond. 15 May 1967,
Lush Life, Blue Note, 32745, Tr 6
9. Oliver Nelson Big Band — Down By The Riverside
Composer: trad arr Nelson Performers: Oliver Nelson, s; Conte Candoli, Bobby Bryant , Freddy Hill, Buddy Childers, t; Lou Blackburn, Billy Byers, tr; Tom Scott, Frank Strozier, Gabe Baltazar, Bill Perkins, Jack Nimitz, reeds; Mel Brown, guitar; Frank Strazzeri, p; Monty Budwig, b; Ed Thigpen, d. 1968.
Live Fom Los Angeles, Impulse, 427502, Tr 6
10. Count Basie & His Orchestra — Step Right Up
Composer: Nelson Performers: Oliver Nelson, arr, cond, ts; Paul Cohen, Waymon Reed, George Cohn, Pete Minger, t; Steven Galloway, Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, John Watson, tb; Bobby Plater, Bill Adkins, Bob Ashton, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eric Dixon, Hubert Laws, Cecil Payne, reeds; Count Basie, org, p; Freddie Green, g; Norman Keenan, John Williams, b; Harold Jones, d. Richard Landrum, Sonny Morgan, Warren Smith, Jr. perc. Recorded on December 22 & 23, 1970
Afrique, RCA Victor / BMG France, 7432179618-2, Tr 1
11. The Count Basie Orchestra — Afrique
Composer: Nelson Performers: Oliver Nelson, arr, cond, ts; Paul Cohen, Waymon Reed, George Cohn, Pete Minger, t; Steven Galloway, Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, John Watson, tb; Bobby Plater, Bill Adkins, Bob Ashton, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eric Dixon, Hubert Laws, Cecil Payne, reeds; Count Basie, org, p; Freddie Green, g; Norman Keenan, John Williams, b; Harold Jones, d. Richard Landrum, Sonny Morgan, Warren Smith, Jr. perc. Recorded on December 22 & 23, 1970
Afrique, RCA Victor / BMG France, 7432179618-2, Tr 5
12. Johnny Hodges with Leon Thomas and Oliver Nelson — Welcome To New York
Composer: Thomas Performers: Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, Marvin Stamm, Randy Brecker, tp; Al Grey, Quentin Jackson, Garnett Brown, Thomas Mitchell, tb; Bob Ashton, Jerome Richardson, Frank Wess, Danny Bank, Jerry Dodgion, Joe Farrell, reeds; Johnny Hodges, as; Earl Hines, p; Ron Carter, b; David Spinozza, g; Grady Tate, d; Leon Thomas, vcl; Oliver Nelson, arr,cond..
3 Shades of Blue, RCA Victor / BMG France, 7432147787, Tr 6


Jazz Record Requests
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Sat 20 Aug 2011
17:30
BBC Radio 3
Geoffrey Smith presents listeners' jazz requests, including Joe Venuti and Dave Brubeck.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013lqqh
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' Jazz Record Requests. This week Joe Venuti takes a Mug of Ale, Dave Brubeck is In a Dancing Mood, Bud Powell goes Un Poco Loco and the Ray Brown Allstars board the Night Train.

Music played
1. Wynton Marsalis — Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) (JRR Signature Tune)
Composer: Wynton Marsalis Performers: Wynton Marsalis (tp), Marcus Roberts (p), Todd Williams (ts), Dr Michael White (cl), Danny Barker (bj), Teddy Riley (tp), Freddie Lonzo (tb), Reginald Veal (b), Herlin Riley (d) Recorded: 28 October 1988
The Majesty of the Blues, 1989 CD CBS 465129 2
2. Dolphin Jazz Band — Parkway Stomp
Composer: Wynn, Dorsey Performers: Peter Treger (cl), Brian Towers (tb), Chris Watford (cl, as), Jon Collinson (p), Ted Bishop (banjo), Johnny Griffiths (b), Alan Whitmore (d) Recorded: 17 December 1961
The Dolphin Jazz Band, Vintage Jazz Music VJM VEP 12, S2/2 03’17”
3. Joe Venuti — A Mug Of Ale
Composer: Venuti Performers: Joe Venuti (vl), Adrian Rollini (bs, hot fountain pen), Arthur Schutt (p), Eddie Lang (g) Recorded: 13 September 1927
Stringing the Blues – Joe Venuti Original Recordings 1926-1931, Naxos jazz Legends 8.120614, 7 02’58”
4. Hoagy Carmichael — Washboard Blues
Composer: Carmichael Performers: Hoagy Carmichael (v, p), Bix Beiderbecke (cornet), Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra Recorded: 1927
The Classic Hoagy Carmichael, BBC CD 3007, 2 04’19”
5. Jimmie Lunceford — Uptown Blues
Composer: Lunceford arr. Smith/Young Performers: Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra – Snooky Young, Eddie Tomkins, Tommy Stevenson, William Tomlin (tp) Jimmie Lunceford ,Willie Smith (as), Edwin Wilcox (p), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), James Crawford (d) Recorded: 14 December 1939
The Great Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra – Rhythm is our Business, ASV CD AJA 5091, 21 03’00”
6. Dave Brubeck — I’m in a Dancing Mood
Composer: Sigler, Goodhart, Hoffman Performers: Paul Desmond (as), Dave Brubeck (p), Eugene Wright (b), Joe Morello (d) Recorded: 1959
Dave Brubeck Greatest Hits, CBS CD32046, 2 02’58”
7. Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins — Old Folks
Composer: Robison, Hill Performers: Ruby Braff (cornet), Ellis Larkins (p) Recorded: 1956
Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins duets, Vanguard VCD 796112, 2 05’20”
8. John Lewis — At the Horse Show
Composer: John Lewis Performers: John Lewis (p) Recorded: January 1999
John Lewis Evolution, Atlantic 7567 832112, 11 02’49”
9. Ray Brown — Night Train
Composer: Forrest-Washington-Simpkins Performers: Ray Brown (b), Ron Eschete (g), Al Grey (tb), Gene Harris (p), Grady Tate (d) Recorded: May 1985
Don’t Forget the Blues/The Ray Brown All Stars, Concord Jazz CCD4293, 3 04’52”
10. Bud PowellUn Poco Loco (take one)
Composer: Powell Performers: Bud Powell (p), Curley Russell (b), Max Roach (d) Recorded: 1 May 1951
The Amazing Bud Powell – Volume one, Blue Note 7243 5 3213626, 17 03’46”
11. Eddie Harris — Renovated Rhythm
Composer: Harris/Hargrove Performers: Eddie Harris (electric saxophone), Ronald Muldrow (g), Larry Nash (p), Rufus Reid (b), Ndugu (Leon Chancler) (d) Recorded: 1970
Eddie Harris Excursions, Atlantic K60047A, S1/2 04’52”
12. Miles Davis — Autumn Leaves
Composer: Kozma/Prevert/Mercer Performers: Miles Davis (tp), George Coleman (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b), Tony Williams (d) Recorded: 27 July 1963
Miles Davis in Europe, Columbia Col 5195062, 2 13’50”


Jazz Line-Up
Programme exploring jazz music, focussing both on established, mainstream players and on the new generation of younger artists..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnmw
Danilo Perez
Sun 21 Aug 2011
23:30
BBC Radio 3
Julian Joseph presents a profile of Panamanian pianist and composer Danilo Perez.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013ls93
Julian Joseph presents Jazz Line-Up, this week profiles the album Providencia by Danilo Perez. On that Perez states, "Providencia is more than a delightful suite. It is a love story... a love story between a father and his daughters, between a native son and his country." Danilo talks through the album gives his take on the changing styles on each track.
Julian Joseph also previews the up and coming King's Place Jazz Festival in London with many UK jazz acts appearing including the National Youth Jazz Collective Guitarist Stefan Grasse and Mercury Prize nominee and former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Jazz Artist, Gwilym Simcock..

Music played
1. Billy Jenkins Trio Blues Suburbia — I Ain’t Got Nothing But The Blues
Performers: Billy Jenkins (Guitar/Vocal), Finn Peters (Alto Sax), Jim Watson (NORD Organ), Mike Pickering (Drums) Composer: Ellington/George
Jazz Gives Me The Blues, VOTP Label VOCD 116
2. Herb Geller and Charlie Mariano — Stella By Starlight
Performers: Herb Geller (Sax), Charlie Mariano ((Sax), Thomas Biller (Piano), Burkhard Braune (Bass) Composer: Young/Washington
Herb Geller In Concert with Charlie Mariano, Hep Jazz HEPCD 2096
3. Zoe Schwarz — She Was Just A Name
Performers: Zoe Schwartz (Vocal), Rob Koral (Guitar), Gareth Williams (Piano), Steve Thompson (Bass), Paul Robinson (Drums) Composer: Zoe Schwarz/Rob Koral/Roger Parsons
Blue Commotion, 33 Records Label 33JAZZ 222
4. Danilo Perez (Piano) — Galactic Panama
Composer: Danilo Perez
Providencia, Mack Avenue MAC 1052
5. Danilo Perez (Piano) — The Oracle
Composer: Danilo Perez
Providencia, Mack Avenue MAC 1052
6. Danilo Perez (Piano) — The Maze: The End
Composer: Danilo Perez/Rudresh Mahanthappa
Providencia, Mack Avenue MAC 1052
7. Pee Wee Ellis — Sonnymoon
Performers: Pee Wee Ellis (Tenor Sax), Gareth Williams (Grank Piano), Laurence Cottle (Bass), Guido May (Drums) Composer: Sonny Rollins
From Jazz To Funk …And Back To Jazz, Art of Groove LabelMIG 80032 CD
8. Kyle Eastwood — Solferino
Performers: Kyle Eastwood (Bass), Michael Stevens (Keyboard), Stephane Huchard (Drums), Alan Pasqua (Piano), Doug Webb (Tenor Sax) Composer: K. Eastwood/M.Stevens/D.Razel
Paris Blue, Candid Records CCD 79789
9. Eliane Elias — Take 5
Composer: Dave Brubeck
Light My Fire, Concord Picante/Decca PROMO
10. Ayanna Witter-Johnson — Let Me Go
Performers: Ayanna Witter-Johnson (Cello/Vocal), Robert Mitchell (Piano) Composer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
EP Promo, Promo
11. Benny Goodman and His Orchestra — The Earl
Composer: M.Powell
L’Histoire Des Big Bands, Harmonia Mundi 574 1485
12. Garricks’Strings Quartet featuring Anita Wardell — Baltimore Oriole
Composer: Hoagy Carmichael Performers: Michael Garrick (Piano), Chris Garrick (Violin), Dominic Ashworth (Guitar), Paul Moylan (Bass)
Green and Pleasant Land, Jazz Academy Records JAZA 8


Private Passions
Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnv3
Peter Bazalgette
Sun 21 Aug 2011
12:00
BBC Radio 3
Michael Berkeley's guest is Peter Bazalgette. His choices include Schubert, Britten, Bach.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tp8l9
Michael Berkeley's guest this week is Peter Bazalgette, the British media entrepreneur who has been a leading light in the independent TV production sector, responsible for reality shows such as the UK version of 'Big Brother', and lifestyle shows such as 'Ground Force' , 'Changing Rooms', and 'Ready, Steady, Cook!' He went on to be Creative Director of the highly successful global TV company Endemol, and now sits on many company boards, including English National Opera.

His mother was a pianist, and his first choice for 'Private Passions' is Alfred Brendel playing Schubert's Impromptu No.3 in G flat, which his mother used to play. He was in the school choir, and remembers singing Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols', from which he has chosen 'Deo gracias!' He has also chosen the opening movement of Bach's Concerto for piano No.1 in D minor, played by Dinu Lipatti, who died tragically young, while the first movement of Strauss's Oboe Concerto, written when the composer was in his 80s, he feels is a remarkable example of optimism and vitality . Peter Bazalgette was introduced to opera by his wife, and loves opera sung in English (as at ENO). He feels that Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' is one of the most appealing and accessible operas for a newcomer, and has chosen 'A Man in Search of Truth and Beauty' from Act I. The lighter side of his musical passions is represented by Jack Hylton's dance band, and by 'In My Life' by The Beatles - the soundtrack, he says, for baby boomers' adolescence. Finally, there's the famous opening music by Carl Davis for the TV series 'Pride and Prejudice', played by his friend Melvyn Tan. Peter Bazalgette has been working in TV for 33 years and has commissioned a lot of title music - he feels that this music really works well.

Music played
1. Franz Schubert — Impromptu No 3 in G flat D899
Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano)
PHILIPS 4425432
2. Benjamin Britten — Deo Gracias! (from A Ceremony of Carols Op 28)
Performers: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks Osian Ellis (harp)
EMI CDM5651122
3. Johann Sebastian Bach — 1st mvt from Keyboard Concerto no 1 in D minor BWV1052
Performers: Dinu Lipatti (piano), Concertgebouw Amsterdam/Eduard van Beinum
JECKLIN DISCO 541
4. Jack Hylton — Love is the Sweetest Thing
Performers: Jack Hylton and his Band feat Pat O’Malley (vocals)
ECM2046
5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — A Man in Search of Truth and Beauty (The Magic Flute, Act I)
Performers: Rebecca Evans (soprano – Pamina), Simon Keenlyside (baritone – Papageno), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras
CHANDOS CHAN31212
6. John Lennon & Paul McCartney — In My Life
Performers: The Beatles
Parlophone CDP7464402
7. Richard Strauss — 1st mvt from Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D major AV144
Performers: Alex Klein (oboe), Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim
TELDEC 3984239132
8. Carl Davis — Opening Title Music from Pride and Prejudice
Performer: Carl Davis (Melvyn Tan – fortepiano)
EMI CDEMC3726


Words and Music
A sequence of classical music mixed with well-loved and less familiar poems and prose.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x35f
The Eternal City
Sun 21 Aug 2011
22:15
BBC Radio 3
Texts and music about life in ancient Rome. Readers: Sian Phillips and Peter Marinker.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013ls91
Sian Phillips and Peter Marinker with words and music about everyday life in Ancient Rome including texts by Pliny, Juvenal, Dickens, Henry James, Mark Twain, W.H Auden & Kipling. And music by Wagner, Carl Orff, Nino Rota, Stephen Sondheim, John Williams, Respighi, Allegri, Berlioz, Britten and Puccini.

Producer's Note
This programme aims to conjure up everyday life in ancient Rome through the eyes of authors both ancient and modern. Below I have sketched in some of the reasons for my music choices.

Bellay’s poem describes the heroic grandeur of Rome. And no one does heroic grandeur better than Wagner whose first operatic success, Rienzi, was set in Rome.

Our first ancient Roman author, Pliny, is known for his colourful and gossipy letters which give us a vivid account of everyday life in the capital. Here he berates a friend for standing him up for supper and proceeds to list the opulent dishes that he would have been served.

Catullus wrote some of the most erotic and sensual poetry in Latin or any other language. The Carl Orff extract starts with a famous two-line poem that encapsulates the agony and ecstasy of love – and has never been improved upon:

Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris?
nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.

I hate and I love. Why do I do it, perhaps you might ask?
I don't know, but I feel it happening to me and I'm burning up.

The American Edgar Saltus wrote highly refined prose in the style of Oscar Wilde. Here he conjures up a late Romantic vision of Roman luxury and decadence. Cue Wagner again, whose vision of a flawed and meretricious Valhalla could also describe the Rome of Augustus.

The final Latin poet in this section is the scabrous Juvenal whose Satires pull no punches. The misogynistic 4th Satire is a larger-than-life take on Roman womanhood.

Nina Rota’s score to Fellini’s film, La Dolce Vita, captures the self-indulgent, glittery world of Rome in the 1950s, and seems to fit the sleazy tone of the Juvenal.

Stephen Sondheim and Frankie Howerd satirize this outdated male view of women in the musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

The Baroness Orczy is another period piece. She made her name with historical fiction that is both racy and melodramatic. In this extract she describes the gruesome scene where Caligula’s pet panther is let lose on a couple of Christians in the amphitheatre. She paces the action with a cinematic technique that cries out for the Technicolor pageantry of Miklos Rosza (Ben-Hur) and the blood-chilling double-basses of John Williams (Jaws).

After the kill, we descend into the catacombs where Vernon Lee describes the emptiness and desolation he feels contemplating the remains of Rome’s early Christians.

A brief diversion into tourist mode. First up, Dickens who is distinctly underwhelmed by St Peter’s but curiously moved by the ruins of the Coliseum.

Henry James is disappointed that Roman Carnivals just aren’t what they used to be. And Mark Twain has had it up to here with Michelangelo.

For me the piece of music that conjures up Rome more than any other comes in the brief orchestral Prelude to Act 3 of Puccini’s Tosca. As dawn breaks over Castel Sant’Angelo (aka the Mausoleum of Hadrian) a shepherd boy sings of love as the bells of Rome ring for matins. Puccini is very particular in the score about the different sizes of off-stage bells to be used at various points in the music. And this famous Decca recording captures it perfectly.

The melancholy mood of the Puccini leads us into the rain-sodden meditation of the Emperor Hadrian as he weeps over the corpse of his lover the impossibly handsome and epicene Antinous.

Hadrian leads to thoughts of “Rome” being a political concept that extends well beyond modern Italy. At Hadrian’s Wall, Auden’s soldier makes the familiar complaint about British weather. By contrast, Kipling’s centurion is sad to be called back to Rome.

The programme ends with Respighi’s epic soundscape in which he describes the Roman legions marching back to Rome along the Appian Way.
Clive Portbury (producer)

Music and featured items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.
00:00
Joachim du Bellay, trans. Edmund Spenser
Who List the Roman Greatness Forth to Figure (Ruins of Rome No 26), reader Sian Phillips
00:00
Richard Wagner — Overture from ‘Rienzi’
Performer: London Classical Players, Roger Norrington (conductor)
EMI, CDC 5-55479-2 Tr 1
00:02
Luigi Rossi — Passacaille del seigneur Luigi
Performer: Andrew Lawrence-King (double harp)
Das Alte Werk, 2564-694555 Tr4
00:03
Pliny, trans. John B. Firth
The Letters of Pliny the Younger Series 1/Vol 1/Letter XV/To Septicius Clarus, reader Peter Marinker
00:05
Carl Orff — Catulli Carmina (excerpt)
Performer: Lothar Odinius (tenor), Linz Mozart Choir, Munich Radio Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor)
EMI, CDC 5-55517-2 Tr2
00:08
Edgar Saltus
Imperial Purple from Conjectural Rome (excerpt), reader Sian Phillips
00:08
Richard Wagner, arr. Henk De Vlieger — Valhalla from ‘The Ring - An Orchestral Adventure’
Performer: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo De Waart (conductor)
Challenge Classics, CC-72338 Tr 4
00:13
Juvenal, trans. George Gilbert Ramsay
Satire 4 (excerpt), reader Peter Marinker
00:13
Nino Rota — La Dolce Vita - music for the film (excerpt)
Performer: Prague City Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Alwyn (conductor)
Silva Screen, Film CD 180 Tr 10
00:13
Nino Rota — La Dolce Vita - music for the film (excerpt)
Performer: Prague City Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Alwyn (conductor)
Silva Screen, Film CD 180 Tr 10
00:16
Nino Rota — La Dolce Vita - music for the film (excerpt)
Performer: Prague City Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Alwyn (conductor)
Silva Screen, Film CD 180 Tr 10
00:17
Stephen Sondheim — A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Performer: Frankie Howerd, Isla Blair, John Rye (vocals), Studio Orchestra, Alyn Ainsworth (conductor)
EMI, 7 89060 2 Tr 7
00:21
Baroness Orczy
Unto Caesar (excerpt), reader Sian Phillips
00:22
Miklós Rózsa — Parade of the Charioteers from ‘Ben-Hur - music for the film’
Performer: Prague City Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Alwyn (conductor)
Silva Screen, Film Cd 180 Tr 16
00:28
John Williams — Jaws - music for the film (excerpt)
Performer: Prague City Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Bateman (conductor)
Silva Screen, Film CD 180 CD 2 Tr 10
00:29
Ottorino Respighi — Pini presso una catacomba from ‘The Pines of Rome’ (excerpt)
Performer: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon, 4375342 Tr 6
00:30
Vernon Lee
The Spirit of Rome: The Catacombs (excerpt), reader Peter Marinker
00:36
Gregorio Allegri — Miserere Mei Deus (excerpt)
Performer: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)
Coro, Cor-16014 Tr 3
00:37
Charles Dickens
Pictures from Italy (excerpt), reader Sian Phillips
00:41
Hector Berlioz — Overture from ‘A Roman Carnival’
Performer: Dresden State Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
RCA, 09026 -68790-2 Tr 4
00:42
Henry James
Italian Hours: A Roman Holiday (excerpt), reader Peter Marinker
00:50
Mark Twain
The Innocents Abroad (excerpt), reader Sian Phillips
00:53
Benjamin Britten — Veggio co’bei vostri occhi un dolce lume from ‘7 Sonnets of Michelangelo’
Performer: Benjamin Britten (piano), Peter Pears (tenor)
Decca, 425 996-2 Tr 11
00:56
Giacomo Puccini — Act 3 Prelude from ‘Tosca’
Performer: Walter Baratti (treble), National Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno (conductor)
Decca, 414-036-2 CD 2 Tr 13
01:02
Fernando Pessoa
Antinous (excerpt), reader Peter Marinker
01:06
Nino Rota — La tromba di Polydor from ‘La Dolce Vita - music for the film’
Performer: La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor)
Sony, 63359 Tr 10
01:06
W. H. Auden
Roman Wall Blues, reader Sian Phillips
01:08
Rudyard Kipling
The Roman Centurion's Song, reader Peter Marinker
01:08
Ottorino Respighi — I pini della Via Appia from ‘The Pines of Rome’
Performer: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon, 4375342 Tr 8