Olivia Harrison
Michael Berkeley's guest is the prizewinning film producer, writer and charity director Olivia Harrison.
Olivia Harrison is a prizewinning film producer and charity director. Last year she published Came the Lightening, a poignant collection of twenty poems dedicated to her late husband George Harrison of the Beatles. George died in November 2001, at the age of just 58, and Olivia describes her poems as 鈥榯houghts, feelings and words about life and death, but mostly love and our journey to the end鈥�.
Olivia grew up in Los Angeles, and in her early 20s she joined A&M Records. She first met George in 1974 through her work, and went on to help run his Dark Horse record label. They married four years later. Olivia has protected George鈥檚 musical legacy since his death and continued the work of the Material World Foundation, the charity he founded 50 years ago. She also worked with Martin Scorsese to create an acclaimed, Emmy-winning documentary about George.
Olivia's musical choices include Bach, Mozart and Ravi Shankar, as well as recordings from Mexico and Bulgaria.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No.23 in A major (1st mvt)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Mozart: The Piano Concertos.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Olivia Harrison
Aquellos Ojos Verdes - Olivia Harrison
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Los Panchos
Aquellos Ojos Verdes- Trio Los Panchos
- Grandes Exitos Del Trio Los Panchos Vol 3.
- Star Music.
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Ezekiel Arias
Nosotros
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Shivkumar Sharma, Brij Bushan Kabra, Hariprasad Chaurasia & Manikrao Popatkar
Bhoop-Jhapaal
- Call of the Valley.
- HMV.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir & Trio Bulgarka
Kalimankou Denkou
- Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Vol 1.
- Elektra Nonesuch Recors.
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Anoushka Shankar
Arpan (Offering)
- Concert for George.
- Warner Strategic Marketing.
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Los 脥ndios Tabajaras
Maria Elena
- Maria Elena/Always in My Heart.
- Collectables Record Corp/BMG Special Products.
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