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Brian Cox

Michael Berkeley's guest is the star of the TV series Succession, the actor Brian Cox.

Brian Cox has enjoyed a prolific career in theatre, film and television over the last sixty years, working with the most esteemed theatre companies and renowned Hollywood and TV directors.

Born in Dundee, he was obsessed by film from an early age and after seeing Albert Finney in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning decided he could make a go of it too. Over the years he鈥檚 never been afraid to take on difficult, unlikeable characters, including Hannibal Lector in Manhunter, Hermann G枚ring in Nuremberg and most recently the terrifying media tycoon and patriarch Logan Roy in the TV series Succession, for which he won a Golden Globe.

His vast number of roles are testament to his versatility: starring in comedies Super Troopers and Rushmore, period dramas Troy and Braveheart, the Bourne action thrillers and the superhero film X2.

A classically trained Shakespearean actor, Brian has also played King Lear at the National and won Olivier awards for his performances in Titus Andronicus and Rat in the Skull. He is currently appearing as Johann Sebastian Bach in a play called The Score at the Theatre Royal, Bath.

His musical choices include Bach, Mahler, Verdi and Joni Mitchell.

37 minutes

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Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Grand March (Aida)

    Ensemble: Band And State Trumpeters Of The Royal Horse Guards. Ensemble: The State Trumpeters of The Royal Horse Guards.
    • The Band & State Trumpeters of The Royal Horse Guards.
    • Tradition Records.
    • 9.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Gustav Mahler: Symphonie No. 5.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Un bel d矛 vedremo (Madam Butterfly)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Singer: Maria Callas. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • Popular Music from TV Film and Opera.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Arthur Rubinstein. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein.
    • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 & Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Ma.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 5.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violn Concerto in E minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ciaconna (Partita No.2)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn.
    • Hilary Hahn - The Complete Sony Recordings.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Joni Mitchell

    A Case Of You (2021 remaster)

    Singer: Joni Mitchell.
    • The Reprise Albums (1968 -1971).
    • Rhino Records.
    • 9.

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  • Sun 15 Oct 2023 12:00
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