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Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Michael Berkeley's guest is historian, biographer and critic Lucy Hughes-Hallett. Her selections include Byzantine chant, Monteverdi, Handel, Verdi, the Rolling Stones and Debussy.

Michael Berkeley's guest is the historian, biographer and critic Lucy Hughes-Hallett, whose books include a cultural history of the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra and a story of heroism told through eight famous lives from Achilles and Odysseus to Francis Drake and Garibaldi. Her latest book, The Pike, deals with the controversial life of the Italian poet and occasional politician Gabriele d'Annunzio, who evolved from romantic idealist to radical right-wing revolutionary, culminating in his dramatic attempt to seize political power in the Croatian city of Fiume (now Rijeka). Through his ideological journey, Lucy Hughes-Hallett examines the political turbulence of early 20th-century Europe and the rise of fascism.

Lucy's musical enthusiasms range from Byzantine chant through operas by Monteverdi, Handel and Verdi to The Rolling Stones, and an extract from Debussy's Le martyre de Saint Sébastien.

31 minutes

Last on

Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:00

Music Played

  • Anon.

    Iqbalni-I-Yawm (Chant for Holy Thursday)

    Singer: Marie Keyrouz. Choir: Choir of St Julien-Le-Pauvre.
  • Claude Debussy

    Gloire (The Martyrdom of St Sebastian, 5th window, excerpt)

    Narrator: Felicia Montealagre. Choir: Choral Art Society. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
  • George Frideric Handel

    V'adore pupille (Giulio Cesare)

    Singer: Barbara Schlick. Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Conductor: René Jacobs.
  • Mick Jagger

    Under my Thumb

    Music Group: The Rolling Stones. Composer: Keith Richards.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Orfeo (Act II, excerpt)

    Singer: Jennifer Larmore. Singer: Laurence Dale. Orchestra: Concerto Vocale. Conductor: René Jacobs.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Otello (Act 1, sc iii, excerpt)

    Singer: Jon Vickers. Singer: Mirella Freni. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
  • Anon.

    Iqbalni-I-Yawm (Chant for Holy Thursday)

    Singer: Marie Keyrouz. Choir: Choir of St Julien-Le-Pauvre.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Orfeo (Act II, excerpt)

    Singer: Jennifer Larmore. Singer: Laurence Dale. Orchestra: Concerto Vocale. Conductor: René Jacobs.
  • George Frideric Handel

    V'adore pupille (Giulio Cesare)

    Singer: Barbara Schlick. Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Conductor: René Jacobs.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Otello (Act 1, sc iii, excerpt)

    Singer: Jon Vickers. Singer: Mirella Freni. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
  • Mick Jagger

    Under my Thumb

    Music Group: The Rolling Stones. Composer: Keith Richards.
  • Claude Debussy

    Gloire (The Martyrdom of St Sebastian, 5th window, excerpt)

    Narrator: Felicia Montealagre. Choir: Choral Art Society. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 27 Jan 2013 12:00
  • Sun 20 Oct 2013 12:00

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