Jasper Conran
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Michael Berkeley's guests is Jasper Conran, one of Britain's best-known fashion designers. In 1978, Conran began producing women's clothing, and has since concentrated on such diverse fields as home furnishings, crystal and china, as well as designing costumes and sets for ballets, plays and opera.
His musical choices encompass singers such as Kathleen Ferrier, Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith and Cat Stevens, as well as works by Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, and his favourite composer, Handel.
M Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer) (pub OUP)\\nBeaux-Arts Brass Quintet\\nBBQ BBQ 003, Tr 10\\nDuration: 25s
Trad: Blow the Wind Southerly\\nKathleen Ferrier (contralto)\\nKathleen Ferrier DECCA 417 192-2, Tr 3\\nDuration: 2m20s
Schubert: Impromptu No 4 in A flat, D899\\nMelvyn Tan (fortepiano)\\nSchubert EMI CDC 7 49102-2, Tr 4\\nDuration: 6m48s\\t
Elizabeth Welch: Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler)\\nLP Elizabeth Welch WORLD RECORDS SH 233 S1 B6\\nDuration: 3m23s
Handel: Where'er you Walk (Semele - Act 2, Sc 3)\\nAnthony Rolfe-Johson (tenor)\\nEnglish Baroque Soloists\\nJohn Eliot Gardiner (conductor)\\nHandel Semele ERATO 4509-99759-2 CD1, Tr 2\\nDuration: 4m58s
Bessie Smith: You Gotta Give Me Some (Spencer Williams)\\nClarence Williams (piano)\\nEddie Lang (guitar)\\nBessie Smith BBC BBCCD602 8\\nDuration: 2m45s
Mozart: Laudate Dominum (Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K339)\\nCarolyn Samson (soprano)\\nChoir of the King's Consort\\nThe King's Consort\\nRobert King (conductor)\\nMozart HYPERION CDA 67560, Tr 5\\nDuration: 4m16s
Ella Fitzgerald: Undecided (Charles Shavers and Sid Robin)\\nChick Webb and his orchestra\\nCDR The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald STARDUST B001GIILLA, Tr 1\\nDuration: 3m17s
Chopin: Waltz in G flat, Op 70 No 1\\nDinu Lipatti (piano)\\nChopin EMI 566904-2, Tr 6\\nDuration: 1m53s
Handel: Comfort Ye My People (Messiah)\\nMark Padmore (tenor)\\nThe Sixteen\\nHarry Christophers (conductor)\\nHandel Messiah CORO COR 1606-2 CD1, Tr 2\\nDuration: 3m11s
Cat Stevens: Morning has broken (words Eleanor Farjeon; music arr Cat Stevens)\\nTeaser and the Firecat ISLAND IMCD269, Tr 7\\nDuration: 3m16s.
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