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George Young

Michael Berkeley's guest is Sir George Young MP. His musical choices include works by Mozart, Verdi, Gilbert and Sullivan, Haydn, Donizetti, Schubert and Hummel.

Michael Berkeley's guest this week is Sir George young MP. A keen fan of opera, Sir George's musical choices range from Mozart (Don Giovanni) and Verdi (Don Carlos) to Gilbert and Sullivan (The Pirates of Penzance). Choral music is also a passion of Sir George - with excerpts from Haydn's Nelson Mass and Donizetti's Messa di Gloria - and his love of chamber music is reflected by Schubert's Quartettsatz and Hummel's Octet Partita.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 3 Feb 2013 12:00

Music Played

  • Arthur Sullivan

    When the foeman bares his steel (Pirates of Penzance, Act II)

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dio, che nell'alma infondere (Don Carlos, Act II, sc.1)

  • Joseph Haydn

    Et resurrexit (Nelson Mass)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Il mio tesoro (Don Giovanni, Act II, sc.2)

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Cum sancto spiritu (Messa di Gloria)

  • Franz Schubert

    Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703

  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Octet Partita in E flat (Finale: Vivace assai)

Broadcast

  • Sun 3 Feb 2013 12:00

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