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Jenny Beavan

Michael Berkeley's guest is the Academy Award-winning costume designer Jenny Beavan.

The costume designer Jenny Beavan has won three Academy Awards for three very different films: the elegant Merchant Ivory drama Room with a View; the post-apocalyptic Mad Max: Fury Road; and most recently the Disney film Cruella, for which she created a huge, vibrant parade of 1970s-inspired fashion.

She’s received a further nine Oscar nominations across her 40 year career. She found just the right top hat for Colin Firth in the King’s Speech and ditched the deerstalker in favour of a bowler for Robert Downey Jr in Sherlock Holmes. And despite claiming she has β€œnever been interested in fashion”, she re-created striking Dior outfits for Mrs Harris Goes to Paris.

Jenny's music choices include Handel, Mendelssohn, Sondheim and - with a nod to the film the King's Speech - Beethoven.

Presenter Michael Berkeley
Producer Clare Walker

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48 minutes

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Sun 6 Oct 2024 12:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mein teurer Heil (St John Passion)

    Singer: Sebastian Noack. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Storm (Peter Grimes)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten:The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Four Sea Interludes etc.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    ErlkΓΆnig D.328

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Losing My Mind (Follies)

    Singer: Imelda Staunton. Orchestra: Sylvia Addison. Conductor: Nigel Lilley.
    • Follies (2018 National Theatre Cast Recording).
    • Arts Music.
    • 17.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Elgar.
    • DECCA.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Sound the Trumpet (Royal Music of Purcell and Handel).
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Beethoven Β· Tchaikovsky Β· Schmidt Β· Stephan.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 102.

  • °Υ°ωΓ€»ε

    He Moved Through the Fair

    Singer: SinΓ©ad O’Connor.
    • Gospel Oak.
    • Chrysalis Records.
    • 6.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major Op.20 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Nash Ensemble.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 6.

  • George Harrison

    Within You Without You

    Ensemble: The Beatles.
    • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Super Deluxe Edition).
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Sun 6 Oct 2024 12:00
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