Allan Corduner
Actor Allan Corduner talks to Michael Berkeley about his favourite music, influenced by his Russian, Finnish and Jewish heritage.
Allan Corduner is an astonishingly versatile actor, equally at home in the West End, on Broadway, in television series such as Homeland, or in films like Yentl, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy, in which he played the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, perfect casting for an actor who is also an accomplished pianist.
He talks to Michael Berkeley about his favourite music, with pieces by Scriabin, Sibelius, and Bruch that reflect his Russian, Finnish and Jewish heritage. And Allan chooses piano music by Schubert, which he loved playing as a child, and his favourite recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, with Glenn Gould.
Producer: Jane Greenwood
A Loftus production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3.
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Franz Schubert
Fantasia in F minor
Performer: Murray Perahia. Performer: Radu Lupu. -
Alexander Scriabin
Etude in D sharp minor, Op.8 no.12
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz. -
Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei, Op.47
Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria (Goldberg Variations, BWV.988)
Performer: Glenn Gould. -
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 (1st mvt: Allegro moderato)
Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. -
Stephen Sondheim
Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music)
Singer: Judi Dench.
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- Sun 22 Oct 2017 12:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Sun 12 Aug 2018 12:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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