Rve Sailors
With Richard Baker.
1: Noah. Life at sea has always been a challenge, yet the romantic image of the sailor is an enduring one.
Richard Baker profiles five seafarers, beginning with the first of them all. Music includes:
Binge Sailing By New London
Orchestra, conductor Ronald Corp
Donizetti Overture: II Diluvio Universale
Belgian Radio and TV Orchestra, conductor Silvano Frontalini
Horovitz Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo (excerpt)
King's Singers and Ensemble
Britten Noye's Fludde (excerpt) English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
Stravinsky Catalogue of the Animals (The Flood) Peter Hall (speaker), London Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen
Alan Ridout History of the Flood King's Singers
Montsalvatge Noah's Ark Benita Meshulam (piano)
Malipiero String Quartet No 6 (Noah's Ark) Venice Quartet Producer Piers Burton-Page