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Sarah Lee

Michael Berkeley's guest is photographer Sarah Lee.

Sarah Lee is a photographer, who was first given a camera on her 18th birthday. She taught herself how to use it by taking photographs for the student newspaper while studying for a degree in English Literature at University College London. The offer of free film and the use of a dark room proved irresistible.

Since then her images, with their focus on people, have appeared in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Time magazine and many more. She’s worked for the Guardian newspaper for more than 20 years and is an official photographer for the BAFTA awards. There she captures the likes of Nicole Kidman and Leonardo DiCaprio backstage or on the red carpet, in intimate black and white shots.

Her musical choices range from Bach and Mozart to Scarlatti and Nina Simone.

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Sun 28 May 2023 12:00
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset" BWV 41: Chorus

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 11.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 21.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Gross in B flat Op.3 No.2 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Handel : Concerti Grossi Op.3 [Maestro].
    • Warner Classics.
    • 20.

  • Nina Simone

    For All We Know

    Singer: Nina Simone.
    • Nina Simone.
    • CHARLY.
    • 13.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E major Kk.380

    Performer: Yuja Wang.

  • Gary Brooker

    A Whiter Shade of Pale

    Composer: Keith Reid. Performer: King Curtis. Music Arranger: King Curtis.
    • Live At The Fillmore West.
    • Rhino/Elektra.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue No.10 in E Minor, BWV 855

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Glenn Gould plays Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Books I & II, BWV 846-893.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20.

Broadcast

  • Sun 28 May 2023 12:00
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