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Michael Berkeley's guest is rock star Rick Wakeman, keyboard player with the rock group Yes, film composer, session musician for artists such as Elton John, David Bowie, Cat Stevens and Ozzy Osbourne as well as a familiar guest on TV shows such as Grumpy Old Men and Have I Got News for You.

He intended to become a concert pianist, and his musical choices reflect a deep love of music from Eastern Europe, with works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Smetana and Arvo Part.

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M Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer)
(Berkeley/OUP)
Beaux Arts Brass Quintet
0â€Äô26

Albert Franz Doppler : Music from ‘Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise’ Op.26
FLAUTA VIRTUOSA UNICORNIO UN-CD8020 – Track 1 (excerpt)
Niurka Gonzalez (flute), Maria del Henar Navarro (piano)
4â€Äô31

Ivan Rebroff : Song of the Volga Boatman
‘The Very Best of…’ ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖCD778 – Track 3
arr Boris Jojic/SBK Songs, EMI Music Pub co Ltd
4â€Äô24

Prokofiev : Music from ‘Ivan the Terrible’
UDSACD4003 – Track 4
St Louis Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Leonard Slatkin
3â€Äô34

Shostakovich : 4th Mvt from ‘Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor’
EMI CDC5553612 – Track 8
Mikhail Rudy (piano), Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet),
Berlin Philharmonic/Mariss Jansons
6â€Äô37

Debussy : ‘Le vent dans la plaine’ from Preludes Book 1
‘Preludes’ AVM CLASSICS AVMLD1012 – Track 3
Jeni Zaharieva (piano)
2â€Äô12

Smetana : 4th mvt from Quartet no 1 in E minor
String Quartets Calliope CAL 9690 – Track 4
Talich Quartet (Petr Messiereur, Jan Kvapil – violins, Jan Talich – viola, Evzen Rattai – cello)
5â€Äô45

Arvo Pärt : Summa
Virgin Classics 72435450126 – Track 1
Estonia Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Jarvi
4â€Äô51

Life on Mars (excerpt)
Hunky Dory EMI RCA PD84623 – Track 4
David Bowie feat Rick Wakeman
Bowie/ASCAP
1â€Äô19

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