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Emma Rice

Michael Berkeley's guest is the theatre director Emma Rice.

The theatre director Emma Rice is renowned for her bold stagings of much-loved films and books including Brief Encounter, Wuthering Heights and the Red Shoes.

For twenty years she worked as an actor, director, and eventually artistic director of Kneehigh, an international touring company based in Cornwall, known for its energetic productions with an inventive use of music and puppetry.

In 2016, Emma became artistic director of Shakespeare鈥檚 Globe, the reconstructed Elizabethan theatre on the south bank of the Thames - although her tenure there ended after two years following disagreements with the board.

She has since founded her own touring theatre company, Wise Children, whose recent productions include The Buddha of Suburbia and Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest.

Emma's musical passions include Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Mozart and Bach.

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49 minutes

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Sun 11 May 2025 12:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe and violin in D minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: L茅on Goossens. Orchestra: Bath Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin.
    • Bach: Orchestral Suites & Other Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 209.
  • Jake Thackray

    To Do with You

    Singer: Jake Thackray.
    • Jake In A Box (The EMI Recordings 1967-1976).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.3 in E flat major K.447 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50: Variations IV - VII

    Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky. Performer: Arthur Rubinstein. Performer: Jascha Heifetz.
    • Tchaikovsky: Trio in A minor, Op. 50.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4 -7.
  • John Tavener

    Annunciation (The Protecting Veil)

    Ensemble: Sinfonietta R墨ga. Performer: Matthew Barley.
    • Tavener: The Protecting Veil.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 203.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Waltz (Masquerade)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Khachaturian: Piano Concerto etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Compay Segundo

    Chan Chan

    Ensemble: Buena Vista Social Club.
    • WORLD CIRCUIT.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Protegga il giusto Cielo (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Singer: Ann Murray. Singer: Herbert Lippert. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Mozart: Don Giovanni.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2 Zimerman/Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 4.
  • Carlos Santana

    Chill Out (Things Gonna Change)

    Composer: John Lee Hooker.
    • The Best Of Friends.
    • BMG Rights Management (US) LLC.
    • 11.

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  • Sun 11 May 2025 12:00

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