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28/12/2008

Michael Berkeley talks to comedian Sue Perkins, whose musical choices include Britten, a Mozart aria, excerpts from Pergolesi's Stabat mater and the finale of Stravinsky's Firebird.

Michael Berkeley talks to comedian Sue Perkins, who is one half of comedy duo Mel and Sue and stars with Giles Coren in the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ2 series The Supersizers Go. She revealed a totally new area of expertise when she won the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Maestro conducting competition in 2008. Her great passion is the music of Benjamin Britten, and her other choices include a Mozart aria, excerpts from Pergolesi's Stabat mater and the finale from Stravinsky's The Firebird.

M Berkeley The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer) (pub OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet
BBQ BBQ 003 T10 00 25

Britten Sunday Morning and The Storm (from the 4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes)
LSO/André Previn
Benjamin Britten EMI 764736-2 T14 [03 47] & 16 [04 25] 08 12

Mozart Ach ich fühls...(Pamina's aria from The Magic Flute, Act 2)
Ruth Ziesack (Pamina), Vienna PO/Georg Solti
Mozart DECCA 433 210-2 CD2 T8 03 55

Britten Dies Irae (from the Sinfonia da Requiem)
CBSO/Simon Rattle
Benjamin Britten EMI CDC 555394-2 T24 05 22

Stravinsky Finale from The Firebird Suite
Israel PO/Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein DG 477 5193 CD1 T7 03 25

Britten Interlude and Balulalow (from A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28)
Orlando Silkstone Carter (treble), Victoria Davies (harp), Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford/Stephen Darlington
Britten LAMMAS LAMM 146D T9 [04 31] T6 [01 15] 05 46

Pergolesi Stabat Mater and Quando Corpus (from the Stabat Mater)
Emma Kirkby (soprano), James Bowman (counter tenor), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Pergolesi Stabat Mater OISEAU LYRE 425 692-2 T1 [04 28] T12 [04 22] 08 50

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