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Private Passions

on BBC Radio 3

Michael Berkeley 's guest today is Irish author Jennifer Johnston , whose bestselling novels include The Captains and the Kings, The Railway Station Man and most recently The Gingerbread
Woman. Music runs through much of her work and her choices include some Irish monastic singing, an excerpt from
Mozart's Requiem, Schubert's Shepherd on the Rock, Jacqueline Du Pre playing Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, and songs by Cole Porter and Irving Berlin. Executive producer Wendy Thompson Repeated tomorrow at 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Berkeley
Unknown:
Jennifer Johnston
Unknown:
Jacqueline du Pre
Songs By:
Cole Porter
Producer:
Wendy Thompson

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