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Private Passions

Anna Ford

Sunday 10 April 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)

Michael Berkeley talks to the journalist and news presenter Anna Ford. Her musical passions range from Bachs Goldberg Variations and Double Violin Concerto to a Mozart sonata for two pianos, Schubert's String Quintet, a guitar piece by Tarrega, and songs by the Gershwin brothers and the McGarrigle sisters.

Duration:

1 hour

Playlist

Sig: M Berkeley
The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer) (pub OUP)   
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet                  
BBQ BBQ 003 T10

Bach
Concerto in D Minor for 2 violins (1st movt)
David and Igor Oistrakh, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Franz Konwitschny
BERLIN CLASSICS BC 2130-2 T1        

Mozart
Sonata in D Major for 2 pianos, K448 (1st movt)
Murray Perahia and Radu Lupu (pianos)
SONY CLASSICAL SK 39 511 T1        

Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Heart Like a Wheel
WARNER 9362 45677-2 T4         

Schubert
Quintet in C Major, D956 (Adagio, excerpt)
Isaac Stern & Alexander Schneider (violins), Milton Kalims (viola), Pablo Casals & Paul Tortelier (cellos)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK 58992 T2       

George and Ira Gershwin
Nice work if you can get it
Billie Holiday with The Teddy Wilson Orchestra
LIVING ERA CD AJS 282 CD2 T16       

Tarrega
Adelita
Julian Bream (guitar)
RCA RD 61594 T6          

Handel
Art Thou Troubled (from Rodelina)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), LSO/Malcolm Sargent
LIVING ERA CD AJA 5536 T2        

Les Compagnons de la Chanson
Sur Ma Vie
EMI FRANCE 5236712 T8         

Bach
Variation 14 from The Goldberg Variations
Glenn Gould (piano) (1981 recording)
SONY SM3K 87703 RED CD T15        

Women of the Calabash
Nkosi sikeli iAfrika (The South African National Anthem)
ORCHARD 793415182323 T3        
 




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