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Alison Owen

Michael Berkeley's guest is the film producer Alison Owen.

Alison Owen is one of the UK’s leading film producers. Her credits range from the zombie apocalypse comedy Shaun of the Dead to Saving Mr Banks, the story of the making of the film Mary Poppins, starring Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks.

Her most recent film is based on the short life of singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse and the making of her album Back to Black.

Alison probably knows better than most what it’s like to be a young woman in the spotlight, as the mother of a high-profile star herself: the singer Lily Allen.

Her music choices include Beethoven, Coltrane, Ravel and Puccini.

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Sun 12 May 2024 12:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Sono andati? (La Boheme)

    Singer: Leontina Vaduva. Singer: Roberto Alagna. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Puccini: La Boheme (Highlights).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 113.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Maria (West Side Story)

    Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim. Singer: Jimmy Bryant. Orchestra: West Side Story Orchestra. Conductor: Jonny Green.
    • Bernstein: West Side Story Original Soundtrack Recording.
    • SONY.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Cole Porter

    Let's Do It

    Lyricist: Cole Porter. Orchestra: Buddy Bregman.
    • The Complete Original Song Books.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 9.

  • Lily Allen

    Chinese

    • It's Not Me It's You.
    • Parlophone.
    • 10.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major, Op 19 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří BÄ›lohlávek.
    • Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos Lewis - Belohlavek.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • John Coltrane

    A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution

    • A Love Supreme.
    • GRP.
    • 2.

  • Paul Cantelon

    The Other Boleyn Girl: Opening Titles

    Performer: Paul Cantelon. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: James Shearman.
    • The Other Boleyn Girl.
    • Varese Sarabande.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Holst

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Director: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Christmas at King's - The Ultimate Collection of Classic Christmas Carols.
    • EMI.
    • 10.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Love Is A Losing Game

    Singer: Amy Winehouse.
    • Back To Black.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 May 2024 12:00
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