STEWART COPELAND

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nhm34

Stewart Copeland

Next On: Sunday, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3

Synopsis
Michael Berkeley meets rock great Stewart Copeland, drummer with The Police, and a composer of operas and soundtracks as well as songs. He recently provided music and narration for a spectacular production of Ben Hur at London's O2 arena. His musical tastes, all of which have influenced his own style, range from Wagner, Ravel and John Adams to Booker T, Paul Simon and reggae from Desmond Dekker.

Playlist:

Sig M Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer)
(Berkeley/OUP)
Beaux Arts Brass Quintet
Dur: 26s

Stewart Copeland: Gene Pool (excerpt)
Orchestralli (Ponderosa Music & Art) Tr 5
Stewart Copeland/ASCAP
Dur: 3m02s

Ravel: Prelude (Le tombeau de Couperin)
Works by Bizet, Faure, Ravel VIRGIN CLASSICS VC7907652 Tr 6
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Dur: 3m07s

Booker T & The MGs: Green Onions
Green Onions ATLANTIC 7567822552 Tr 1
(Booker T Jones, Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr, Lewis Steinberg/Irving Music Inc BMI)
Dur: 2m53s

John Adams: Loops and Verses (excerpt - Shaker Loops)
Minimalist VIRGIN CLASSICS VC7911682 Tr 3
The London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)
Adams/Boosey & Hawkes
Dur: 7m23s

Moondog: Bird's Lament
Sax Pax for a Sax KOPF KD943333 Tr 3
Moondog & The London Saxophonic
Louis Hardin/Managarm & Roof Music
Dur: 2m00s

Wagner: Tannhauser Overture (excerpt)
EMI CDS7472968 CD 1 Tr 1
Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
Dur: 3m55s

Paul Simon: Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (excerpt)
Graceland WARNER 9254472 Tr 5
Paul Simon feat Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Youssou N'dour
(Simon/Jospeh Shabalala BMI)
Dur: 4m12s

Desmond Dekker: Israelites
The Best of MUSIC CLUB MCCD115 Tr 1
(Dacres/Kong/Blue Mountain Music Ltd/Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd)
Dur: 2m28s.

Broadcast
Sun 25 Oct 2009
12:00
BBC Radio 3

much obliged
i shall most definitely be turning on my radio

Thanks very much for that.

I'll have the car radio cranked up loud whilst I'm shovelling horse poo on Sunday.

Thanks DM (and thank you to the Radio 3 gods for keeping the Wagner to minutes rather than hours). Fingers crossed this will be one radio excursion that won't mention a reunion-reunion.

Quick bump, and also a warning to anyone listening from outside the UK. We move to daylight saving time tonight. So unless your clocks change tonight as well, whatever 'noon' UK time is where you are today, it will be one hour later tomorrow.

The preceding program (starting at 10am) is examining the role of music in enhancing and complementing stage and screen drama. Radio 3 is moderately intellectual (in a good way) by UK radio standards, so if you have an interest in this area it may be worth a listen.

Thanks DM

That was a good programme. Interesting and funny.

Too short though!

You can listen to the whole program now right here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... _Copeland/

Thanks for the info, DM. Thanks for the link, sockii.

Reviving an old thread! On Sunday BBC R3 replayed this program(me), so the link is active again:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b0 ... t_Copeland

I am really, really enjoying it, and hope you do too!

Thanks lynne.

I much enjoyed this the first time around and I'm going to have another listen now.