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[camillasgirl]

Private Passions - HRH The Prince of Wales - BBC Sounds

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales discusses his musical choices with Michael Berkeley

I highly recommend to listen to this program!

Charles’s musical taste is exquisite ♥ And he tells some lovely and cute anecdotes, too. Plus, Charles’s voice alone is worth listening to ;)

[lesser-known-composers]

Michael Berkeley (b.1948) - Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace ·

Nicholas Daniel · oboe

Richard Hickox · BBC National Orchestra of Wales ·

[famousborntoday]

Michael Berkeley : Born May 29, 1948

Michael Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Baron Berkeley of Knighton, is an English composer, broadcaster on music and member of the House of Lords.

Link: Michael Berkeley

[nonesuchrecords]

Rhiannon Giddens is the latest guest on BBC Radio 3’s Private Passions with host Michael Berkeley. Giddens discusses and selects music from Bach, Dvorak, Mahalia Jackson, Duke Ellington, Stephen Sondheim, and more. You can hear their conversation and Giddens’ selections here.

[mostlymonk]

Bye Ya

Berklee Afro-Cuban Jazz Group

Emily Gelineau – violin Michael Berkeley – trumpet Andres Gutierrez – piano George Constantinou – bass Kota Fukuda – drums

[larryland]

Music Mountain wraps it up in September with four concerts

Music Mountain wraps it up in September with four concerts

Fover String Quartet (l. – r.) Bryan A. Lee, violin; Camden Shaw, cello; Joel Link, violin; & Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola

Music Mountain, America’s oldest continuing summer chamber music festival, wraps up its 85th Anniversary season wiht four concerts in September. This summer the organizers of this Falls Village, CT festival have welcomed a wide range of music for audiences of all ages –…

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[peterwebscott]

The strange attraction of sadness

My Greek tutor has recently been introducing me to Greek poetry, especially the poetry of Odysseas Elytis. The Greeks seem to have a fondness for setting poetry to music; ranging from Theodorakis’s setting of Elytis’s To Axion Esti (It is truly meet) thro…

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[oupacademic]

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Congratulations to composer Michael Berkeley, who is to become a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. Highly acclaimed for his works, he is also a passionate advocate of the British arts and music. Here is a brief sample of Berkeley's Jane Eyre, an opera for five soli and chamber orchestra.