George Shaw
Michael Berkeley's guest is artist George Shaw, whose musical choices include works by Schubert, Elgar, Purcell and Brian Eno.
A former Turner Prize-nominee, George Shaw is renowned for his highly detailed approach and suburban subject matter, and for his idiosyncratic medium - Humbrol enamel paint, typically used to colour model trains and aeroplanes.
Armed with a sketchbook, the teenage Shaw made regular day trips from his home in a caravan on a Coventry council estate to the National Gallery in order to draw from works by artists he found inspiring.
He's now back at the National Gallery with a major exhibition, My Back to Nature, the culmination of a two-year residency. He has developed into one of Britain's most inspiring contemporary painters, a close observer of nature, with the sharp eye of a Freud or Hockney.
He talks to Michael about the music that inspires his life and work and chooses works by Schubert, Elgar, Purcell and Brian Eno.
Producer: Jane Greenwood
A Loftus production for 91热爆 Radio 3.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
What Is Life?
Performer: Kathleen Ferrier. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.- Blow The Wind Southerly.
- Decca.
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Henry Purcell
Cold Song
Performer: Klaus Nomi.- Klaus Nomi: The Collection.
- RCA.
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Brian Eno
Patrolling Wire Borders
- Music For Films.
- Virgin Records.
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Brian Eno
M386
- Music For Films.
- Virgin Records.
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Trad
Lord of the Dance
Music Arranger: Charles N. Daniels. Choir: St Joseph's School Choir. Director: Gordon Lorenz.- Hymns and Songs for Children Volume 1.
- WORD.
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Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (3rd movement - Adagio)
Performer: Jacqueline du Pr茅. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- A Lasting Inspiration.
- EMI.
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Joy Division
Heart and Soul
- Heart and Soul.
- London.
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Franz Schubert
Der Leiermann
Performer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Winterreise.
- EMI.
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- Sun 18 Sep 2016 12:0091热爆 Radio 3
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