PRINCE CHARLES LOVES LEONARD

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PRINCE CHARLES LOVES LEONARD

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Not exactly news, but I can't find a reference to this article in the forums.

Prince praises the poet laureate of pessimism
By Caroline Davies
(Filed: 19/05/2006)

These have been dark days for the "poet laureate of pessimism", the Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, who has accused his personal manager and former lover of stealing $5 million from his retirement fund, leaving just $150,000 and forcing him back to work at the age of 72.

Given his present financial state, what he most needs is sales. And who better to help than the Prince of Wales.

Prince Charles's passion for the music of this dark messiah, where bitterness, betrayal, love, sex and religion are constant themes, emerged during an interview with the television presenters Ant and Dec, during which Princes William and Harry shared the sofa, to promote the 30th anniversary of his charity, the Prince's Trust.

As his two sons chat about their musical tastes, the prince suddenly chimes in: "I tell you who I also think is wonderful is a chap called Leonard Cohen, do you know him?"


Photo: Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen has been forced back into work at the age of 72

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... ohen19.xml
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Not exactly news, but I can't find a reference to this article in the forums.
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Re: PRINCE CHARLES'S PRIVATE PASSIONS

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charles picks leonard - take this waltz - 39 minutes approx into programme.

HRH The Prince of Wales

Private Passions

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will feature in a special landmark edition of BBC Radio 3’s Private Passions, to mark the programme reaching over 1000 editions. The programme will be available exclusively on BBC Sounds from Boxing Day, before airing on BBC Radio 3 on Sunday 30th December at 12 noon. BBC Radio 3 is the radio station that aims to connect audiences with remarkable music and culture. Private Passions is one of Radio 3’s longest-running programmes in which guests discuss the influence music has had on their lives. The Prince speaks to presenter and composer Michael Berkeley about the intrinsic role music plays in his life.

Personal memories and key moments in His Royal Highness’s life are woven throughout the programme as he discusses his varied musical choices. Among his selection is music that was performed at his wedding to Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall, as well as a work he personally conducted with members of the Philharmonia Orchestra as part of Her Royal Highness’s 60th birthday. He also speaks openly about formative early childhood experiences of attending the ballet and concerts with his grandmother, The Queen Mother, as well as his time as a student at Cambridge where he played the cello with the Trinity College Orchestra.

Michael Berkeley [Lord Berkeley of Knighton], composer and presenter of Radio 3’s Private Passions, commented; “It’s a wonderfully varied programme, unveiling someone who passionately loves music.”

Music played:
Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 (4th mvt: Allegro)
Haydn: Cello Concerto No 1 in C (3rd mvt: Allegro molto)
Leclair: Scylla et Glaucus (Act 4 sc 5)
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Wagner: Selig wie die Sonne (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
Leonard Cohen: Take This Waltz
Gretchaninov: The Creed, Op 79 No 10
Bob Miller: Sadie the Shaker


https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001ss2
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