Private Passions - Janice Galloway

Michael Berkeley's guest is award-winning Scottish writer Janice Galloway, whose most recent book, This Is Not About Me, is a memoir exploring her difficult childhood in 1950s Ayrshire. A person for whom music is very important, she has written a much-praised novel, Clara, about the relationship between Robert and Clara Schumann. Her musical choices include pieces by both Schumanns as well as Handel, Chopin, Purcell, Mozart and especially Benjamin Britten, a particular favourite. Elvis Presley Hound Dog (Lieber/Stoller) Elvis Presley RCA ND81707 T1 02 16 Britten Balulalow and Deo Gracias! (from A Ceremony of Carols) Libby Crabtree (soprano), Sioned Williams (harp), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers Britten COLLINS CLASSICS 13702 T17 & 23 (17 = 01 15, 23 = 01 06) 02 21 Purcell Music for a While (from Oedipus) Andrew Dalton (counter tenor), Anneke Uittenbosch (harpsichord), Freek Borstlap (viola da gamba) Purcell songs ETCETERA 1013 T1 03 17 Bach Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV 1043 (1st movement: Vivace) Andrew Manze & Rachel Podger (violins), The Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907155 T1 03 23 Handel Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo) Ewa Mallas-Godlewska (soprano), Derek Lee Ragin (counter tenor), Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset Farinelli - Il Castrato TRAVELLING K105 T6 03 57 Schumann Widmung (No 1 from Myrthen, Op. 25) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Schumann: Liederkreis Romanzen und Balladen DG 447 042-2 T24 02 21 Robert Schumann Chiarina (from Carnaval, Op 9) Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Schumann Carnaval/Kreisleriana PHILIPS 442 777-2 T20 01 27 Clara Schumann Variations of a theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20: Variation V Micaela Gelius (piano) Clara Schumann ARTE NOV 74321 72106 2 T10 00 48 Britten The Bird-Scarer's Song John Shirley Quirk (baritone), Osian Ellis (harp) Tit for Tat MERIDIAN CDE 84119 T20 00 54 Britten Dirge: This Ae Night (from Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31) Peter Pears (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn), LSO/Benjamin Britten Britten DECCA 417 153-2 T5 03 44 Chopin Study in G Flat, Op 10, No 5: ‘Black Keys’ Maurizio Pollini (piano) Chopin: Etudes DG 413 794-2 T5 01 38 Mozart Don Giovanni, a cenar teco (from Don Giovanni, Act II, Scene V, Finale) Gottlob Frick (Commendatore), Giuseppe Taddei (Leporello), Eberhard Wächter (Don Giovanni), Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini EMI 556232-2 CD3 T10-11 06 24