discuss several pieces of music. In December 1997, one of his guests was a 112-year-old Viennese percussionist called Manfred Sturmer, who told anecdotes about Brahms, Clara Schumann, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg and others so realistically that some listeners did not realise that the whole thing was a hoax perpetrated by Berkeley and John Sessions. On 30 December 2018, the Prince of Wales was the guest on Private Passions, in order to mark the passing of over one thousand editions of the programme, and to celebrate the prince's 70th birthday. Personal life Berkeley has been married twice. His first marriage was to the literary agent Deborah Rogers. The marriage lasted from 1979 until her death in April 2014. The couple adopted a daughter, Jessica. Berkeley composed his Violin Concerto (in memoriam D.R.), premiered in July 2016 at The Proms, in tribute to Rogers. In June 2016, Berkeley married Elizabeth West. Berkeley has a residence in London and a farm in Wales. See also Berkeley Ensemble References External links Michael Berkeley's webpage on his publisher's website, Oxford University Press Reviews of Music Theatre Wales's production of Jane Eyre Transcript of interview on Australian Broadcasting Company's Sunday Morning, January 2002 Transcript of interview on Australian Broadcasting Company's The Music Show regarding Jane Eyre, May 2005 Rogers, Coleridge & White literary agency biography on Michael Berkeley 1948 births 20th-century classical composers 20th-century English composers 20th-century British male musicians 20th-century British musicians 21st-century British male musicians 21st-century classical composers Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music BBC Radio 3 presenters Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English classical composers English opera composers Male opera composers Crossbench life peers Living people Musicians who were peers People educated at The Oratory School English male classical composers People's peers Life peers created by Elizabeth II