Private Passions - Imogen Stubbs

Michael Berkeley talks to actress Imogen Stubbs, who has starred in many stage productions at the RSC, National Theatre and London's West End in leading roles ranging from Shakespeare to Harold Pinter and Michael Frayn. Her musical choices include Brahms' First Piano Concerto, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, Jeff Buckley singing Britten's Corpus Christi Carol, Alfred Deller singing Purcell and Shaun Davey's The Relief of Derry Symphony. Playlist: M Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer - pub OUP) Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet BBQ BBQ 003 Tr 10 Dur: 25s Tchaikovsky: June (Barcarolle) - The Seasons Mikhael Pletnev (piano) The Seasons MK MK418008 Tr 6 Dur: 5m22s Gershwin: Oh Lord I'm on my way (Porgy and Bess) Porgy ...... Willard White (bass-baritone) Glyndebourne Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Simon Rattle (conductor) Porgy and Bess EMI 749568-2 CD3 Trs 18-19 Dur: 1m33s Britten: Corpus Christi Carol Jeff Buckley Grace COLUMBIA 4759282 Tr 8 Dur: 2m57s Prokofiev: Juliet's Death (Romeo and Juliet - Act 4) Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg Valery Gergiev (conductor) Romeo and Juliet PHILIPS 464 727-2 CD2 Tr 21 Dur: 4m31s Georges Delerue: Ashton's Son (Main theme music from the film A Summer Story) A Summer Story VIRGIN CDV 2562 Tr 20 Dur: 3m23s Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor, Op 15 (excerpt) Clifford Curzon (piano) London Symphony Orchestra George Szell (conductor) Brahms DECCA 466 376-2 Tr 2 Dur: 3m58s Gene Kelly: Singin' in the Rain (Brown/Freed) MGM Studio Orchestra Lennie Hayton (conductor) Gene Kelly PREMIER SOUNDTRACKS CD ODEON 9 Tr 1 Dur: 2m55s Purcell: An Evening Hymn Alfred Deller (countertenor) William Christie (harpsichord) Wieland Kuijken (bass viol) Henry Purcell HARMONIA MUNDI HM 90249 Tr 8 Dur: 5m2s Shaun Davey: The Relief of Derry Symphony (excerpt from 4th mvt) Gerard McChrystal (saxophone) The Ulster Orchestra Gearoid Grant (conductor) The Relief of Derry Symphony TARA CD 3024 Tr 4 Dur: 5m23s.