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This Week's Guest:
Jill Balcon
14 October 2007
Repeated
19 October 2007 |
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Jill's Choice |
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Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the actress Jill Balcon.
She has the voice of an old friend - and it's not surprising, she was a BBC radio announcer during the war and has been acting and performing poetry consistently since.
Poetry has always played a central role in her life. She was only 12 years old when she first saw the poet C Day Lewis. He had come to judge a poetry-reading competition at her school and although he was more than twenty years her senior, he was, she says, the most beautiful man she had ever seen.
They were married for more than twenty years. Since his death in, 1972, she has maintained her own acting career, continued raising their children - the acclaimed cookery writer Tamasin and Oscar winning actor Daniel - and also worked hard to preserve his legacy. |
1. Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen- to Sing Upon the Water
Performer Felicity Lott accompanied by Graham Johnson
Composer Schubert
CD Title The Hyperion Schubert Edition: Felicity Lott & Graham Johnson
Track 14
Label HYPERION
Rec No CDJ33019
2. Opening of the third movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto in B Flat
Performer Clifford Curzon with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
Composer Mozart
CD Title Piano Concertos Nos 20 & 27
Track 6
Label DECCA
Rec No 4172882
3. Romanza – the 3rd movement of Symphony No 5 in D Major
Performer London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Roger Norrington
Composer Vaughan Williams
CD Title Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 3 & 5
Track 3
Label DECCA
Rec No 4583572
4. Final movement of Beethoven’s Sonata No 21 in C Major
Performer Paul Lewis
Composer Beethoven
CD Title Beethoven:Paul Lewis
Track Cd2 trk 11
Label HARMONIA MUNDI
Rec No HMC901900305
5. Sitting on the Bench
Performer Peter Cook
Composer Cook
CD Title The Complete Beyond the Fringe
Track CD3 trk 4
Label EMI
I Rec No CDBTF61
6. La Mer
Performer Charles Trenet
Composer Trenet
CD Title The Extraordinary Garden: The Very Best of Charles Trenet
Track 20
Label EMI
Rec No CDP7944642
7. Intimate Letters –String Quartet No 2
Performer Medici String Quartet
Composer Janacek
CD Title Janacek: String Quartets Nos 1 &2
Track 8
Label NIMBUS
Rec No N15113
8. Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
Performer Ella Fitzgerald
Composer Cole Porter
CD Title Ella Fitzgerald:Cole Porter Songbook
Track 9
Label VERVE
Rec No 5372572
Record: Romanza - Vaughan Williams
Book: Collected Works of Thomas Hardy
Luxury: A barrel of Guerlain Jicky perfume |
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