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13 July 2004

Tuesday 13 July 2004 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)

Iain Burnside talks to Australian poet Peter Porter, who moved to England in the 1950s. He chooses songs by Campion, Britten, Stravinsky, Wolf, Cole Porter and Gilbert and Sullivan.

Duration:

1 hour

Playlist

Gilbert/Sullivan 
Princess Ida,
King Gama’s  2nd song
John Reed/D’Oly Carte/Sir Malcolm Sargent 
Track 3
Dur: 2.02
CDVIR8316

Wolf – Morike Lieder/Abscheid
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/ Gerald Moore
Track 20
Dur: 2:40
Orfeo C 140401

Campion - It fell upon a Summer’s Day
Track 7
Dur: 1:54
Alfred Deller (countertenor)
Desmond Dupré (lute)

Campion – Never weatherbeaten sails
Track 11
Dur: 2:29
Daniel Taylor (counter-tenor)
Sylvian Bergeron (Lute)
Dorian DOR 90287

Offenbach – Orphee aux Enfers/Quand j’etais roi de Beotia
CD 2  Track 4
Dur 1:44
Steven Cole/ L’Opera National de Lyon Chorus/ Orchestre de chamber de Grenoble/Minkowski

Schubert – Die Götter Griechenlands (+ G Johnson)
Track 6
Dur: 4.55
Janet Baker/G Johnson
BBCL 4070-2

Britten – Winter Words Op. 52 – Before and after Life
Track 23
Dur: 3.18
Peter Pears/ Benjamin Britten
DECCA 425 996-2

Puccini – Gianni Schicchi – Rinuccio’s air in praise of Florence
Recit + Aria Firenze e come un albero fiorito
Track 3
Dur: 3:10
Peter Seiffert (tenor)
Chor des Beyrischen Rundfunks/ Giuseppe Patane
RCA 74321 25285-2

Stravinsky – Three Shakespeare Songs - Full Fathom Five
Track 15 + 16
Dur 1:45
Music Masters 67158-2
Catherine Ciesinski (mezzo)

Cole Porter – Kiss me Kate
Always true to you darling in my fashion
Track 11
Dur: 2:49
Blossom Dearie




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