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Tom McKinney celebrates 30 years of 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3's Private Passions, with interview clips and music selections from some of the show's most unforgettable guests.

Tom McKinney gets your morning off to a great start with the best in classical music, today celebrating 30 years of 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3's Private Passions, with interview clips and music selections from some of the show's most unforgettable guests.

蜜芽传媒 Radio 3鈥檚 Private Passions is 30 this week! Michael Berkeley hosts the weekly show where guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and talk about the influence music has had on their lives. We鈥檙e celebrating all day on Radio 3 by uncovering gems from the Private Passions archive. This morning, we鈥檒l hear clips from some of the remarkable figures who have appeared on the show over the years. Comedians Dudley Moore and Miranda Hart, poet Carol Ann Duffy, author Douglas Adams, and broadcasters Kate Adie and David Attenborough choose music by Chopin, Mozart, Vaughan Williams, Mahler, Saint-Saens and Errol Garner.

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With thanks to Classic Arts and Loftus Media for their work on Private Passions before 2023.

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    One Hand, One Heart (West Side Story)

    Music Arranger: Renaud Guieu. Ensemble: Les Phil'Art'Cellistes.
    • De La Matiere A La Couleur: Les Phil'art'cellistes.
    • Saphir.
    • 2.

  • William Henry Harris

    Holy Is the True Light

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • This Is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions.
    • Collegium.
    • 9.

  • Victor Ewald

    Brass Quintet No 1 in B flat minor, Op 5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Center City Brass Quintet.
    • Collins Classics.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Great works for flute and orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 007.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053 (1st mvt.)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Bach: Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1052, 1053, 1054 & 1056.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Charles Gounod

    Faust (Act 2: Waltz)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay.
    • Lovely Classique Danse.
    • Decca Records.
    • 7.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Carnival of the Animals (The Elephant)

    Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Performer: Libero Lanzilotta.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Carnival of the Animals & Symphony No. 3, "Organ Symphony".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 109.

  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne [Danse]

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Debussy; Ravel.
    • Naive.
    • 14.

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • BIS.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Winter (The Four Seasons)

    Performer: Iona Brown. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto Grosso in D Major.
    • Philips.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    12 脡tudes, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: 脡tudes, Op. 10 & 25.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Arthur Benjamin

    Overture to an Italian Comedy

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Myer Fredman.
    • Arthur Benjamin: Overture, Symphony, Dances: RPO, Myer Freman.
    • Lyrita.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne (Pelleas & Melisande)

    Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Mirare.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in B major Op.72 no.9

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Nobel Prize Ceremony Music.
    • FINLANDIA.
    • 6.

  • Jerome Kern

    The Way You Look Tonight

    Performer: Erroll Garner. Performer: John Simmons. Performer: Shadow Wilson. Lyricist: Dorothy Fields.
    • Body & Soul.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Hilary Hahn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March (English Folk Song Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • HMV.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.1 in C (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Non so piu (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Frederica von Stade. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - Highlights.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.11 (no.3 in A flat major)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Romance 鈥� The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Bremen Chamber Philharmonic.
    • Haydn; Hummel etc.: Trumpet Concertos.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (R眉ckert-Lieder)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Mahler: Kindertotenlieder - 5 R眉ckertlieder - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet in F minor, Op.2 (3rd mvt. Scherzo)

    Ensemble: Chineke! Chamber Ensemble.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 26.

  • Michael Berkeley

    Music From Chaucer: No. 5, The Wakeful Poet

    Ensemble: Onyx Brass.
    • Pavans, Fantasias, Variations.
    • Meridian Records.
    • 6.

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