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Michael Berkeley meets Turner Prize-nominated conceptual artist and film-maker Sam Taylor-Wood, whose latest work, Nowhere Boy, documents the early life of John Lennon. Much of her work has been inspired by music, from opera to Bach, and her choices range from the opening of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice, the Kyrie from Mozart's Requiem and the opening of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to an Indian raga and Nina Simone singing Wild Is the Wind as well as film scores by Ry Cooder and Michael Nyman.Sig: M Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer)Beaux Arts Brass Quintet(Berkeley/OUP)Duration: 0m26sMozart: Introitus (Requiem in D Minor, KV626)Marie McLaughlin (soprano)Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony OrchestraLeonard Bernstein (conductor)DG 431 041-2 Tr 1Duration: 6m39sRavi Shankar: PrabhatiRavi Shankar (sitar)Yehudi Menuhin (violin)Alla Rakha (tabla)(Shankar, based on Raga Gunkali)Menuhin meets Shankar EMI CDC7490702 Tr 1Duration: 4m06sGluck: Ah ! Se intorno a quest'urna funesta (Orfeo ed Euridice)Orfeo ...... Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano)Rias-KammerchorFreiburger BarockorchesterRene Jacobs (conductor)HARMONIA MUNDI HMC90174243, CD 1 Tr 2Duration: 3m18sJohn Lennon: LoveLennon/Lenono Music/BMG Muic Publishing LtdThe John Lennon Collection PARLAPHONE CDP7915162 Tr 7Duration: 3m19sBeethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125 (1st mvt - excerpt)Staatskapelle BerlinDaniel Barenboim (conductor)ERATO 4509 94353-2 Tr 1Duration: 5m25sRy Cooder: Paris, Texas (Paris, Texas - film sountrack)Ry Cooder, Jim Dickinson, David Lindley(Cooder/Tonopah and Tidewater Music Co BMI)Original Film Soundtrack WARNER 9252702 Tr 1Duration: 2m56sNina Simone: Wild Is the WindNina Simone (piano/voice)Rudy Stevenson (guitar)Lisle Atkinson (bass)Bobby Hamilton (drums)(D Tiomkin, N Washington arr Nina Simone, Famous Music Corp)Work Song (The 60's vol 3) MERCURY 8385452 Tr 8Duration: 6m58sMichael Nyman: The Heart Asks Pleasure First (The Piano - film soundtrack)Michael Nyman (piano)Nyman/Chester Music LtdThe Piano VENTURE CDVE919 Tr 4Duration: 1m33s.

Michael Berkeley meets Turner Prize-nominated conceptual artist and film-maker Sam Taylor-Wood, whose latest work, Nowhere Boy, documents the early life of John Lennon. Much of her work has been inspired by music, from opera to Bach, and her choices range from the opening of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice, the Kyrie from Mozart's Requiem and the opening of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to an Indian raga and Nina Simone singing Wild Is the Wind as well as film scores by Ry Cooder and Michael Nyman. Sig: M Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer) Beaux Arts Brass Quintet (Berkeley/OUP) Duration: 0m26s Mozart: Introitus (Requiem in D Minor, KV626) Marie McLaughlin (soprano) Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra Leonard Bernstein (conductor) DG 431 041-2 Tr 1 Duration: 6m39s Ravi Shankar: Prabhati Ravi Shankar (sitar) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Alla Rakha (tabla) (Shankar, based on Raga Gunkali) Menuhin meets Shankar EMI CDC7490702 Tr 1 Duration: 4m06s Gluck: Ah ! Se intorno a quest'urna funesta (Orfeo ed Euridice) Orfeo ...... Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) Rias-Kammerchor Freiburger Barockorchester Rene Jacobs (conductor) HARMONIA MUNDI HMC90174243, CD 1 Tr 2 Duration: 3m18s John Lennon: Love Lennon/Lenono Music/BMG Muic Publishing Ltd The John Lennon Collection PARLAPHONE CDP7915162 Tr 7 Duration: 3m19s Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125 (1st mvt - excerpt) Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim (conductor) ERATO 4509 94353-2 Tr 1 Duration: 5m25s Ry Cooder: Paris, Texas (Paris, Texas - film sountrack) Ry Cooder, Jim Dickinson, David Lindley (Cooder/Tonopah and Tidewater Music Co BMI) Original Film Soundtrack WARNER 9252702 Tr 1 Duration: 2m56s Nina Simone: Wild Is the Wind Nina Simone (piano/voice) Rudy Stevenson (guitar) Lisle Atkinson (bass) Bobby Hamilton (drums) (D Tiomkin, N Washington arr Nina Simone, Famous Music Corp) Work Song (The 60's vol 3) MERCURY 8385452 Tr 8 Duration: 6m58s Michael Nyman: The Heart Asks Pleasure First (The Piano - film soundtrack) Michael Nyman (piano) Nyman/Chester Music Ltd The Piano VENTURE CDVE919 Tr 4 Duration: 1m33s.

This week: Artist-turned-filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood reveals a secret… San Francisco takes the happy out of meals… And we learn about an invention that really sucked.  Plus: new music from Deerhunter.

This week: Artist-turned-filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood reveals a secret… San Francisco takes the happy out of meals… And we learn about an invention that really sucked. Plus: new music from Deerhunter.

Episode 64: Sam Taylor-Wood, Unhappy Happy Meals, Inventions that Suck

Sam Taylor-Wood is a London based artist who has exhibited her work in galleries across the world to great acclaim. Join Sam as she discusses her first feature film, Nowhere Boy, the untold story of John Lennon's childhood. Nowhere Boy is in theatres on Boxing Day in the UK.

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the artist Sam Taylor-Wood. She is known for her photography and short films, including 'David' - a film of the footballer David Beckham sleeping - and her 365-degree photograph that was wrapped around the Selfridges store in central London. She is one half of art's most glamorous couple - her husband is the art dealer Jay Jopling.Her route into art was scattered and uncertain. Although she knew she wanted to study art, she ended up taking a BTech in fashion before studying art at Goldsmiths. In 1997 she was awarded a prize as the most promising new artist at the Venice Biennale, but the same year saw the birth of her daughter and within months she was diagnosed with colon cancer. She fought it off only to find within a few years, that she was suffering from breast cancer. She emerged from illness with a major show at the Haywood Gallery - said to be the youngest person to be granted a retrospective there. She now says that her illness has given her a drive to keep working - and to do whatever seems the most fun. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Tiny Dancer by Elton JohnBook: Birthday Letters by Ted HughesLuxury: Karaoke machine

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the artist Sam Taylor-Wood. She is known for her photography and short films, including 'David' - a film of the footballer David Beckham sleeping - and her 365-degree photograph that was wrapped around the Selfridges store in central London. She is one half of art's most glamorous couple - her husband is the art dealer Jay Jopling. Her route into art was scattered and uncertain. Although she knew she wanted to study art, she ended up taking a BTech in fashion before studying art at Goldsmiths. In 1997 she was awarded a prize as the most promising new artist at the Venice Biennale, but the same year saw the birth of her daughter and within months she was diagnosed with colon cancer. She fought it off only to find within a few years, that she was suffering from breast cancer. She emerged from illness with a major show at the Haywood Gallery - said to be the youngest person to be granted a retrospective there. She now says that her illness has given her a drive to keep working - and to do whatever seems the most fun. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Tiny Dancer by Elton John Book: Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes Luxury: Karaoke machine