Private Passions - Richard Hudson

Michael Berkeley's guest is award-winning theatrical designer Richard Hudson, who won international acclaim for his imaginative and visually stunning designs for Disney's The Lion King. He has worked at most of the world's great opera houses on a wide range of operas - from Handel to Judith Weir. Richard was born in Zimbabwe, and his musical passions range from the South African national anthem Nkosi sekelele Africa to Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Cole Porter. M Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer, pub. OUP) Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet BBQ BBQ 003 Tr 10 Duration: 26s Trad., arr. George Fenton: Nkosi Sikeleli Afrika Chorus and Orchestra George Fenton (conductor) MCA DMCG 6029 Tr 9 (excerpt) (Cry Freedom - original motion picture soundtrack) Duration: 3m36s Vivaldi: Cessate, omai cessate... Ah, ch'infelice sempre (Cessate, omai cessate, RV684) Sarah Mingardo (contralto) Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor) Opus OPS 30181 Trs 14-15 (Vivaldi: Concerti e Cantate) Duration: 8m5s Bach: Concerto in G minor, BWV975 (1st mvt - Allegro) Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Harmonia Mundi HMC 901871 Tr 2 (JS Bach - Concertos Italien) Duration: 2m41s Somerville and Coles: So Cold the Night Jimmy Somerville and the Communards London 0927412582 Tr 7 (The Very Best of Jimmy Somerville) Duration: 4m38s Weir: Second Act of The Chao Family Orphan (A Night at the Chinese Opera, Act 2) Adey Grummett (soprano) Frances Lynch (mezzo) Karl Daymond (tenor) SCO Andrew Parrott (conductor) NMC D 060, CD1 Tr 12 (Judith Weir: A Night at the Chinese Opera) Duration: 5m55s Tchaikovsky: Pas de deux - Intrada (The Nutcracker, Act 2) Kirov Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) Philips 4621142 Tr 20 (The Nutcracker) Duration: 4m59s Mozart: Canzonetta sull'aria (Le nozze di Figaro, Act 3) Countess ...... Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Susanna ...... Anna Moffo Philharmonia Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) EMI 7632662, CD2 Tr 12 (excerpt) (Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro) Duration: 2m36s Porter: Ev'ry time we say goodbye Annie Lennox Chrysalis CCD 1799 Tr 10 (Red Hot and Blue - A Tribute to Cole Porter) Duration: 3m52s.