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Monica Feria-Tinta

Michael Berkeley's guest is the barrister Monica Feria-Tinta.

The barrister Monica Feria-Tinta has been described as one of the 鈥渕ost daring, innovative and creative lawyers鈥� in the UK for her work in defending our natural world.

She was born in Peru and was the first Latin American lawyer to be called to the Bar of England and Wales. She began by representing indigenous peoples, from Latin America and the Pacific, setting ground-breaking legal precedents. More recently she has found herself pleading for rivers, oceans, cloud forests and endangered species. As she says: 鈥淚 had become a barrister for the earth,鈥� and she鈥檚 written a book about ten of her landmark cases, called A Barrister for the Earth: Ten Cases of Hope for Our Future.

Monica's music choices include Sibelius, Monteverdi and Chopin.

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1 hour, 26 minutes

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Sun 6 Apr 2025 12:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    'Revolutionary Study' in C minor Op.10 no.12

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Etudes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Romeo & Juliet Complete Recording.
    • DG.
    • 013.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II- If Love's a Sweet Passion

    Singer: Anna Dennis. Singer: James Way. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 21.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C Major (The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.
    • Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier 1. und 2. Teil - BWV 846-869 und 870-893.
    • RCA Gold Seal.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Ah, chi'infelice from Cantata Cessate, omai cessate

    Singer: John Holiday. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • from Academy of Ancient Music YouTube channel.
    • Academy of Ancient Music YouTube channel.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd.
    • Sibelius Prokofiev: Violin Concerto.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Los Incas del Peru

    Bajada del Arco (Sicuri 1)

    • Peru Folklorico Vol 2.
    • Intershop.
    • 12.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite no. 2 for jazz band: Waltz 2

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 13.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides, Op 26

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mendelssohn: Overtures: LSO/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Pur ti miro (L'incoronazione di Poppea)

    Singer: Danielle de Niese. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • Danielle de Niese: Beauty of the Baroque: The English Concert, Harry Bicket.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

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  • Sun 6 Apr 2025 12:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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