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Chris Addison

Michael Berkeley's guest is comedian, actor and director Chris Addison. Chris's musical choices include Mozart, Rossini, Eliza Carthy and a Christmas song from Sweden.

Chris Addison has built his career on laughter, as a stand-up comedian, a panellist on shows such as Mock the Week, and as an actor and director.

You perhaps saw him as Ollie, the hapless junior Whitehall adviser in The Thick of It, the political satire created by Armando Iannucci.

He’s worked as a director on another highly-acclaimed comedy in the corridors of power: the Emmy Award-winning Veep, set in and around the White House. He has also co-created and directed Breeders, a brutally honest sitcom about parenthood, starring Martin Freeman.

Chris has also performed in opera on the stage at Covent Garden – though in a speaking role. He is an opera fan, so his musical choices include Mozart and Rossini but also folk music by Eliza Carthy and a Swedish Christmas song.

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42 minutes

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Sun 29 Oct 2023 12:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Bagatelles Op.47 No.5

    Performer: Maria Milstein. Performer: Miguel da Silva. Ensemble: Busch Trio.
    • Dvořák: Piano Quintets & Bagatelles.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 8.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Dies Irae (War Requiem)

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Choir: Bach Choir. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Benjamin Britten - War Requiem.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Trad.

    Just as the Tide Was Flowing

    Music Arranger: Eliza Carthy. Singer: Eliza Carthy.
    • Anglicana.
    • Topic.
    • 2.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    O figlie amabili (La Cenerentola)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Singer: Fernanda Costa. Singer: Gloria Banditelli. Singer: Michele Pertusi. Choir: Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: La Cenerentola.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Trad.

    Wallom Green (The English Dancing Master)

    Music Arranger: John Playford. Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 101.

  • Gustaf Nordqvist

    Jul, jul, strålande jul

    Choir: Adolf Fredriks Ungdomskör.
    • Jul med Adolf Fredriks.
    • Cupol.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: Musica Aeterna. Orchestra: Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Sony Classical.

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Oct 2023 12:00
    BBC Radio 3

Podcast

  • Private Passions

    Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical passions.