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Richard Armitage

Michael Berkeley's guest is the actor and writer Richard Armitage.

The actor Richard Armitage refuses to be pigeon-holed. He first made a national impact as the mill-owner John Thornton in the 蜜芽传媒 adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell鈥檚 North and South. Audiences around the world know him as Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson. He鈥檚 played a serial killer in Hannibal, a spy in Spooks, and has starred in four Harlan Coben thrillers on Netflix.

He鈥檚 also written thrillers: the most recent is The Cut, which examines childhood trauma and the dangers of buried secrets - and also draws on his own musical experiences, because the main character, like Richard, plays the cello.

His choices include works by Arvo Part, Mahler, Rameau, and Gluck.

Presenter Michael Berkeley
Producer Clare Walker

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Sun 28 Sep 2025 12:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Juliette Hurel. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Fantasy: A Night at the Opera.
    • WARNER.
    • 5.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 3 in E flat "Eroica" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Forets paisibles (Les Indes galantes)

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Les Indes Galantes.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Elegy: Muisc for Strings.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 4.

  • Howard Shore

    Misty Mountains (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)

    Singer: The Dwarf Cast.
    • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • WaterTower Music.
    • 6.

  • Max Richter

    Vivaldi Recomposed: Winter 1

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
    • Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi Four Seasons.
    • DG.
    • 11.

  • John Metcalfe

    7 Days Later

    Performer: Umberto Echo. Performer: Christine Hoock.
    • Space : Bass.
    • Hybrid Records.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor, K 626, compl S眉ssmayr)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Mozart Requiem: Reconstruction of First Performances.
    • LINN.
    • 8.

  • Henry Purcell

    When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas)

    Choir: Taverner Choir. Singer: Emma Kirkby. Ensemble: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: Kirkby, Taverner Players, Parrott.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Sun 28 Sep 2025 12:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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