Jennifer Worth
Another chance to hear the musical choices of the late Jennifer Worth, whose books based on her life as a post-war East End midwife have been adapted as a 成人快手 TV series.
Another chance to hear a programme recorded in 2008 with Jennifer Worth, who died last year. Her books based on her early life as a young midwife working among the poor of London's East End in the immediate postwar years became surprise best-sellers, and have just been adapted as a 成人快手1 TV series. Music was always an abiding passion for Jennifer, as she reveals to Michael Berkeley.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Chi fai?...Amami Alfredo! (from La traviata, Act 2, scene 1)
Performers: Maria Callas (Violetta), Giuseppe di Stefano (Alfredo), Orchestra of La Scala, Milan/Carlo Maria Giulini
- EMI CMS 763628-2.
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Alexander Arkhangelsky
Lord, Hear my prayer
Performers: Russian Metropolitan Church Choir, Paris/Nicholas Afonsky
- EP: HMV 7EG 8262.
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脡dith Piaf
C'est merveilleux (Contet/Monnot)
Performers: La vie parisienne
- PAST PERFECT PPCD 78149.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Sonatina in G, Op 100 (II. Larghetto)
Performers: Anthony Marwood (violin), Susan Tomes (piano)
- Dvorak.
- HYPERION CDA66934.
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Herbert Howells
King David
Performers: Janet Baker (mezzo soprano), Martin Isepp (piano)
- Janet Baker.
- SAGA SCD 9012.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 1
Performers: Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
- Chopin.
- RCA 09026 60986-2.
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Hebridean folksong
Skye Fisher's Song
Arranger: Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Performers: Kenneth McKellar (tenor), orchestra conducted by Bob Sharples
- The Bens of Jura.
- LP: DECCA SKL 4137.
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Traditional Paraguayan
Pajaro Campana (The Bell Bird)
Performers: Bill Morgan and his Paraguayan Harp
- Bill Morgan and his Paraguayan Harp.
- PARADISE STUDIOS 001.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Performers: Angela Hewitt (piano)
- Bach.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in excelsis Deo (from the Gloria)
Performers: Choir of King's College, Cambridge, ASMF/Sir David Willcocks
- Vivaldi.
- LP ARGO 240D.
Broadcasts
- Sun 28 Sep 2008 12:00成人快手 Radio 3
- Sun 29 Jan 2012 12:00成人快手 Radio 3
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