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1antimuzak
Sunday 16th June 2013 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 19:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Three.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music evoking the power of trios, trinities and triangles, with readings by Hattie Morahan and Jonathan Slinger. Including words by William Wordsworth, Donne and Christina Rossetti with music by Prokofiev, Janacek and J S Bach.
Time: 18:30 to 19:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Three.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music evoking the power of trios, trinities and triangles, with readings by Hattie Morahan and Jonathan Slinger. Including words by William Wordsworth, Donne and Christina Rossetti with music by Prokofiev, Janacek and J S Bach.
2antimuzak
Sunday 23rd June 2013 (starting in 1 day)
Time: 18:30 to 19:30 (1 hour long)
Temptation.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of temptation, with readings by Emma Fielding and Tom Goodman-Hill. Including works by Marlowe, Christina Rossetti, Yeats, Tony Harrison and Margaret Atwood, as well as music by Gounod, Penderecki, Humperdinck and Birtwistle.
Time: 18:30 to 19:30 (1 hour long)
Temptation.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of temptation, with readings by Emma Fielding and Tom Goodman-Hill. Including works by Marlowe, Christina Rossetti, Yeats, Tony Harrison and Margaret Atwood, as well as music by Gounod, Penderecki, Humperdinck and Birtwistle.
3HolmesGirl221b
I love Wordsworth.
All Thoughts, all Passions, all Delights,
Whatever stirs this mortal Frame,
All are but Ministers of Love,
And feed his sacred flame.
Wonderful to be able to listen to, radio 3 has broadened my horizons ..!
All Thoughts, all Passions, all Delights,
Whatever stirs this mortal Frame,
All are but Ministers of Love,
And feed his sacred flame.
Wonderful to be able to listen to, radio 3 has broadened my horizons ..!
4antimuzak
Lovely that you are enjoying Radio 3 HolmesGirl, I'm pleased that we have introduced you to it. Words and Music tomorrow: guaranteed to make you hungry!
5antimuzak
Saturday 13th July 2013 (starting tomorrow evening)
Time: 18:00 to 19:30 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)
A Great Exhibition.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music celebrating the Great Exhibition of 1851, with readings by Scott Handy and Catherine Harvey. With excerpts from descriptions of the rooms by Robert Hunt in his companion to the official catalogue, together with poetry inspired by the exhibits on show, by William Carlos Williams, Wang Wei and Wordsworth. There is also music by Thomas Morley, Mosolov and Bartok.
Time: 18:00 to 19:30 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)
A Great Exhibition.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music celebrating the Great Exhibition of 1851, with readings by Scott Handy and Catherine Harvey. With excerpts from descriptions of the rooms by Robert Hunt in his companion to the official catalogue, together with poetry inspired by the exhibits on show, by William Carlos Williams, Wang Wei and Wordsworth. There is also music by Thomas Morley, Mosolov and Bartok.
6antimuzak
Sunday 21st July 2013 (starting in 1 day)
Time: 18:15 to 19:30 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Neptune's Kingdom.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music evoking the undersea world, with readings by Emily Taafe and Nicholas Farrell. With poetry and prose by Rita Dove, William Shakespeare and Charles Kingsley, as well as music by Britten, Hovhaness and Holst.
Time: 18:15 to 19:30 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Neptune's Kingdom.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music evoking the undersea world, with readings by Emily Taafe and Nicholas Farrell. With poetry and prose by Rita Dove, William Shakespeare and Charles Kingsley, as well as music by Britten, Hovhaness and Holst.
7antimuzak
Sunday 11th August 2013 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:15 to 19:30 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
There Will be Blood.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of blood, with readings by Indira Varma and Rory Kinnear. Featuring poems and prose by John Webster, Bram Stoker, Carol Ann Duffy and Seamus Heaney, as well as music by Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Gluck, Bartok, Barber, Alessandro Scarlatti, Gavin Bryars and Harrison Birtwistle.
Time: 18:15 to 19:30 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
There Will be Blood.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of blood, with readings by Indira Varma and Rory Kinnear. Featuring poems and prose by John Webster, Bram Stoker, Carol Ann Duffy and Seamus Heaney, as well as music by Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Gluck, Bartok, Barber, Alessandro Scarlatti, Gavin Bryars and Harrison Birtwistle.
8antimuzak
Saturday 7th September 2013 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 19:30 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)
Metamorphosis.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of metamorphosis, with readings by Meera Syal and Harry Hadden-Paton. With writings by Ovid, Shakespeare, Kafka, Roald Dahl and Jo Shapcott, as well as the music of Britten, Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Handel and Lerner and Loewe.
Time: 18:00 to 19:30 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)
Metamorphosis.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of metamorphosis, with readings by Meera Syal and Harry Hadden-Paton. With writings by Ovid, Shakespeare, Kafka, Roald Dahl and Jo Shapcott, as well as the music of Britten, Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Handel and Lerner and Loewe.
9antimuzak
Sunday 13th October 2013 (starting in 5 hours and 9 minutes)
Time: 17:30 to 18:30 (1 hour long)
Rain.
A selection of poetry, prose and music for St Swithin's Day, with readings by Tim McMullan and Emily Taaffe. Including poetry and prose by John Clare, Thomas Hardy and Emily Dickinson, with music from Sibelius, Finzi and Debussy.
Time: 17:30 to 18:30 (1 hour long)
Rain.
A selection of poetry, prose and music for St Swithin's Day, with readings by Tim McMullan and Emily Taaffe. Including poetry and prose by John Clare, Thomas Hardy and Emily Dickinson, with music from Sibelius, Finzi and Debussy.
10alaudacorax
Oh bleeding 'eck - it's not St Swithin's Day!? It's been raining all morning! Better dig out my thigh waders.
ETA - Phew! Narrow escape. St Swithin's is July 15th. Must be a repeat.
ETA - Phew! Narrow escape. St Swithin's is July 15th. Must be a repeat.
11antimuzak
Sunday 3rd November 2013
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Village Minstrel.
A sequence of texts and music inspired by the poetry of John Clare, with readings by Karl Johnson and David Annen. With Clare's own poems, writings by John Steinbeck, Gilbert White, Richard Jefferies and others, as well as music by Britten, Haydn, Gurney, Vikki Clayton, Chris Wood, and the Imagined Village.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Village Minstrel.
A sequence of texts and music inspired by the poetry of John Clare, with readings by Karl Johnson and David Annen. With Clare's own poems, writings by John Steinbeck, Gilbert White, Richard Jefferies and others, as well as music by Britten, Haydn, Gurney, Vikki Clayton, Chris Wood, and the Imagined Village.
12antimuzak
Sunday 17th November 2013 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Loving the Alien.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music about the fascination with and love of the strange, featuring readings by Brian Cox and Amara Khan. With writing by Tennyson, Ezra Pound, Craig Raine, Edward Lear and Shakespeare, as well as music from Weber, Britten, Gershwin, Kimmo Pohjonen and Kronos Quartet.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Loving the Alien.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music about the fascination with and love of the strange, featuring readings by Brian Cox and Amara Khan. With writing by Tennyson, Ezra Pound, Craig Raine, Edward Lear and Shakespeare, as well as music from Weber, Britten, Gershwin, Kimmo Pohjonen and Kronos Quartet.
13antimuzak
Sunday 1st December 2013 (starting tomorrow evening)
Time: 18:00 to 19:15 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Fairy Tale.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of fairy tales, with readings by Hayley Atwell and Tim Pigott-Smith. Including music by Medtner, Syzmanowski, Dvorak and Humperdinck, as well as writings by Sylvia Townsend Warner, the Brothers Grimm and Margaret Atwood.
Time: 18:00 to 19:15 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Fairy Tale.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of fairy tales, with readings by Hayley Atwell and Tim Pigott-Smith. Including music by Medtner, Syzmanowski, Dvorak and Humperdinck, as well as writings by Sylvia Townsend Warner, the Brothers Grimm and Margaret Atwood.
14antimuzak
Sunday 8th December 2013 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Wagner 200 - Transformations and Transfigurations.
Juliet Stevenson and Michael Pennington are the readers in a sequence of poetry, prose and music evoking the spirit and art of Richard Wagner. With Verlaine, Baudelaire, Mallarme, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Eliot, Lawrence, Wilde, Judith Gautier, Nietzsche and Wagner's wife, Cosima. Music includes excerpts from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal, Lohengrin, The Mastersingers and The Ring.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Wagner 200 - Transformations and Transfigurations.
Juliet Stevenson and Michael Pennington are the readers in a sequence of poetry, prose and music evoking the spirit and art of Richard Wagner. With Verlaine, Baudelaire, Mallarme, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Eliot, Lawrence, Wilde, Judith Gautier, Nietzsche and Wagner's wife, Cosima. Music includes excerpts from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal, Lohengrin, The Mastersingers and The Ring.
15antimuzak
Sunday 5th January 2014 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The world on the brink of war in poetry, letters, diaries and music.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The world on the brink of war in poetry, letters, diaries and music.
16antimuzak
Sunday 12th January 2014 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Passing the Time of Day.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of the duration of a day, with readings by Sally Phillips and Jonathan Keeble. With texts by Stephen King, Jerome K Jerome, Henry James, F Scott Fitzgerald, Louisa M Alcott, Rossetti, Saiko, DH Lawrence and Dorothy Aldis, as well as music by Strauss, Purcell and Bridge.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Passing the Time of Day.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of the duration of a day, with readings by Sally Phillips and Jonathan Keeble. With texts by Stephen King, Jerome K Jerome, Henry James, F Scott Fitzgerald, Louisa M Alcott, Rossetti, Saiko, DH Lawrence and Dorothy Aldis, as well as music by Strauss, Purcell and Bridge.
17antimuzak
Sunday 9th February 2014 (starting tomorrow afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The gap between solitude and loneliness is huge and puzzling. Toby Jones explores this uncertain terrain using Ligeti, Bach, Puccini and Edward Thomas as his compass.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The gap between solitude and loneliness is huge and puzzling. Toby Jones explores this uncertain terrain using Ligeti, Bach, Puccini and Edward Thomas as his compass.
18antimuzak
Sunday 16th March 2014 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 20:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The Four Temperaments.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of the Four Temperaments, with readings by Joe Dunlop and Joanna Tope. Including Wordsworth, John Donne, Dylan Thomas, Milton and Chaucer, as well as music by Dowland, Holst, Britten and Bruckner.
Time: 19:30 to 20:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The Four Temperaments.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of the Four Temperaments, with readings by Joe Dunlop and Joanna Tope. Including Wordsworth, John Donne, Dylan Thomas, Milton and Chaucer, as well as music by Dowland, Holst, Britten and Bruckner.
19antimuzak
Sunday 6th April 2014 (starting this evening)
Time: 20:00 to 21:15 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The Sticking Place.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of risk and failure, with readings by Sylvestra Le Touzel and Peter Marinker. Including poems by Samuel Beckett, Tennyson and Philip Larkin, plus music by Janacek, Delius, Gurney and Stravinsky.
Time: 20:00 to 21:15 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The Sticking Place.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of risk and failure, with readings by Sylvestra Le Touzel and Peter Marinker. Including poems by Samuel Beckett, Tennyson and Philip Larkin, plus music by Janacek, Delius, Gurney and Stravinsky.
20antimuzak
Sunday 20th April 2014 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Streetlife.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music about life on the streets, with readings by Toby Jones and Mariah Gale. With texts by Charles Dickens, James Joyce and Baudelaire, plus music by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Janacek and Bernstein.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Streetlife.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music about life on the streets, with readings by Toby Jones and Mariah Gale. With texts by Charles Dickens, James Joyce and Baudelaire, plus music by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Janacek and Bernstein.
21antimuzak
Sunday 13th July 2014 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
An Unquiet Mind.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of mental disturbance, with readings by Katherine Parkinson and Greg Wise. With Cervantes's Don Quixote, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, plus music including Berlioz, Richard Strauss, Peter Maxwell Davies, Britten, Gesualdo and Nick Drake.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
An Unquiet Mind.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of mental disturbance, with readings by Katherine Parkinson and Greg Wise. With Cervantes's Don Quixote, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, plus music including Berlioz, Richard Strauss, Peter Maxwell Davies, Britten, Gesualdo and Nick Drake.
22antimuzak
Sunday 20th July 2014 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:45 to 19:00 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The Kiss.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music about kises, with readings by Pippa Nixon and Jonathan Cullen. Including Shakespeare, Fleur Adcock, Herrick and Sylvia Plath, as well as Stravinsky and Irving Berlin.
Time: 17:45 to 19:00 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The Kiss.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music about kises, with readings by Pippa Nixon and Jonathan Cullen. Including Shakespeare, Fleur Adcock, Herrick and Sylvia Plath, as well as Stravinsky and Irving Berlin.
23antimuzak
Sunday 31st August 2014 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:55 to 19:10 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Recipes.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of food and drink, with readings by Ben Miles and Emily Joyce. Including Dickens, Enid Blyton and Fannie Flagg, with music by Martinu, Bernstein and Rodrigo.
Time: 17:55 to 19:10 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Recipes.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of food and drink, with readings by Ben Miles and Emily Joyce. Including Dickens, Enid Blyton and Fannie Flagg, with music by Martinu, Bernstein and Rodrigo.
24antimuzak
Sunday 14th September 2014 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Black Square.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of abstraction, with readings by Lisa Dwan and Peter Marinker. With works by Wallace Stevens, Rimbaud and TS Eliot and Samuel Beckett, as well as music by Kurt Schwitters, Beethoven, Morton Feldman, Berio, Satie, Parmegiani and Nancarrow.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Black Square.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of abstraction, with readings by Lisa Dwan and Peter Marinker. With works by Wallace Stevens, Rimbaud and TS Eliot and Samuel Beckett, as well as music by Kurt Schwitters, Beethoven, Morton Feldman, Berio, Satie, Parmegiani and Nancarrow.
25antimuzak
Sunday 26th October 2014 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Light!
A sequence of poetry, prose and music exploring the nature of light and its influence on the poetic imagination, with readings by Cheryl Campbell and William Houston. Including Shakespeare, Dickens, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Werner Heisenberg, Arthur C Clarke, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Henry Vaughan and Dante as well as excerpts from the Talmud and the Rig Veda. Plus music by Mahler, Beethoven, Mozart, Strauss, Finzi, Debussy, Mortenson, Ligeti, Haydn, Glass, Orff and Holst.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Light!
A sequence of poetry, prose and music exploring the nature of light and its influence on the poetic imagination, with readings by Cheryl Campbell and William Houston. Including Shakespeare, Dickens, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Werner Heisenberg, Arthur C Clarke, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Henry Vaughan and Dante as well as excerpts from the Talmud and the Rig Veda. Plus music by Mahler, Beethoven, Mozart, Strauss, Finzi, Debussy, Mortenson, Ligeti, Haydn, Glass, Orff and Holst.
26antimuzak
Sunday 9th November 2014 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Remembrance.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music remembering those who died in war over the last century, with readings by Simon Russell Beale and Hattie Morahan. Including poetry by Seamus Heaney, Vera Brittain, Owen Sheers, Rupert Brooke, Michael Longley, Primo Levi and Margaret Postgate Cole as well as music by Ravel, Holst and John Adams.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Remembrance.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music remembering those who died in war over the last century, with readings by Simon Russell Beale and Hattie Morahan. Including poetry by Seamus Heaney, Vera Brittain, Owen Sheers, Rupert Brooke, Michael Longley, Primo Levi and Margaret Postgate Cole as well as music by Ravel, Holst and John Adams.
27antimuzak
Monday 22nd December 2014 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 16:30 to 17:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Eminently Victorian.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of the Victorian world, with readings by Anna Maxwell Martin and Rory Kinnear. With texts by George Eliot, Oscar Wilde and Robert Browning as well as music from Elgar, Mendelssohn, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and William Sterndale Bennett.
Time: 16:30 to 17:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Eminently Victorian.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of the Victorian world, with readings by Anna Maxwell Martin and Rory Kinnear. With texts by George Eliot, Oscar Wilde and Robert Browning as well as music from Elgar, Mendelssohn, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and William Sterndale Bennett.
28antimuzak
Tuesday 23rd December 2014 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 16:30 to 17:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Tucked Up by Mum and Dad.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of parents, with readings by Harriet Walter and James Garnon. Including texts by Philip Larkin, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Rachel Cusk, Michael Rosen, Alan Bennett, Elizabeth Jennings, Erasmus and Dr Benjamin Spock, plus music from Ligeti, Bach and Tom Lehrer among others.
Time: 16:30 to 17:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Tucked Up by Mum and Dad.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of parents, with readings by Harriet Walter and James Garnon. Including texts by Philip Larkin, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Rachel Cusk, Michael Rosen, Alan Bennett, Elizabeth Jennings, Erasmus and Dr Benjamin Spock, plus music from Ligeti, Bach and Tom Lehrer among others.
29antimuzak
Sunday 1st February 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
1915
Anna Chancellor and Malcolm Storry read from literary names including Edith Wharton, Franz Kafka, D. H. Lawrence, P. G. Wodehouse and John Buchan who all published in 1915. For some the war is a vital subject, for others, it's a background presence - and for many, their work shows no hint of the conflict unfolding in Europe and beyond. The music includes Delius, Barber, Bessie Smith and an archive recording of Elgar conducting his own work Polonia Op 76.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
1915
Anna Chancellor and Malcolm Storry read from literary names including Edith Wharton, Franz Kafka, D. H. Lawrence, P. G. Wodehouse and John Buchan who all published in 1915. For some the war is a vital subject, for others, it's a background presence - and for many, their work shows no hint of the conflict unfolding in Europe and beyond. The music includes Delius, Barber, Bessie Smith and an archive recording of Elgar conducting his own work Polonia Op 76.
30antimuzak
Sunday 15th February 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Saints and Sinners.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of saints and sinners, with readings by Jonathan Pryce and Jenny Agutter. With words from Shakespeare, Dickens, TS Eliot and Tennyson, plus music by Poulenc and Schoenberg.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Saints and Sinners.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of saints and sinners, with readings by Jonathan Pryce and Jenny Agutter. With words from Shakespeare, Dickens, TS Eliot and Tennyson, plus music by Poulenc and Schoenberg.
31antimuzak
Sunday 22nd February 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Memory.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of memory, with readings by Tom Hiddleston and Eleanor Bron. Including Wordsworth, PG Wodehouse, Alan Bennett, St Peter, Montaigne, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, William Blake, Elizabeth Jennings and Proust, with music by Purcell, Conlon Nancarrow, Chabrier, John Adams, Brahms and Bach.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Memory.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of memory, with readings by Tom Hiddleston and Eleanor Bron. Including Wordsworth, PG Wodehouse, Alan Bennett, St Peter, Montaigne, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, William Blake, Elizabeth Jennings and Proust, with music by Purcell, Conlon Nancarrow, Chabrier, John Adams, Brahms and Bach.
32antimuzak
Sunday 1st March 2015 (starting this evening)
Time: 21:50 to 23:05 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
To Infinity and Beyond.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music exploring the idea of infinity, with readings by Saskia Reeves and David Annen. With works including Robert Herrick, Douglas Adams and Robert Browning as well as excerpts from the Zohar, plus music by Beethoven, Dutilleux and Skempton.
Time: 21:50 to 23:05 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
To Infinity and Beyond.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music exploring the idea of infinity, with readings by Saskia Reeves and David Annen. With works including Robert Herrick, Douglas Adams and Robert Browning as well as excerpts from the Zohar, plus music by Beethoven, Dutilleux and Skempton.
33antimuzak
Sunday 8th March 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
A special edition to mark International Women's Day, exploring the lives of women from birth to death in poetry, prose and music. The readers are Fiona Shaw and Ellie Kendrick, with words by Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Carol Ann Duffy, Kate Chopin, Muriel Spark, Kathleen Jamie, Emily Dickinson and Mrs Gaskell and music by Sofia Gubaidulina, Sally Beamish, Joan Baez, Judith Weir, Elizabeth Maconchy Tineke Postma and Louise Farrenc.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
A special edition to mark International Women's Day, exploring the lives of women from birth to death in poetry, prose and music. The readers are Fiona Shaw and Ellie Kendrick, with words by Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Carol Ann Duffy, Kate Chopin, Muriel Spark, Kathleen Jamie, Emily Dickinson and Mrs Gaskell and music by Sofia Gubaidulina, Sally Beamish, Joan Baez, Judith Weir, Elizabeth Maconchy Tineke Postma and Louise Farrenc.
34antimuzak
Sunday 22nd March 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
A Silver Sea.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music inspired by the waters surrounding the British Isles, with readings by Julian Glover and Eleanor Tomlinson. With music by Vaughan Williams, Ethel Smyth, Mendelssohn and John Ireland.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
A Silver Sea.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music inspired by the waters surrounding the British Isles, with readings by Julian Glover and Eleanor Tomlinson. With music by Vaughan Williams, Ethel Smyth, Mendelssohn and John Ireland.
35antimuzak
Sunday 5th April 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Passion Play.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music exploring the story of the Passion, with readings by actors Houda Echouafni and Patrick O'Kane. With music by Bach, Ferguson, Part and Handel, plus words from the King James Bible, AE Housman, Michael Symmons Roberts, Philip Pullman and Colm Toibin.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Passion Play.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music exploring the story of the Passion, with readings by actors Houda Echouafni and Patrick O'Kane. With music by Bach, Ferguson, Part and Handel, plus words from the King James Bible, AE Housman, Michael Symmons Roberts, Philip Pullman and Colm Toibin.
36antimuzak
Sunday 12th April 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Pastiche, Parody and Passing Off.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of pastiche, parody and passing off, with readings by Debra Stephenson and John Sessions.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Pastiche, Parody and Passing Off.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of pastiche, parody and passing off, with readings by Debra Stephenson and John Sessions.
37KarenFrank
I am looking forward to listening to this. I greatly enjoy Words and Music.
39antimuzak
Sunday 19th April 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The Detectives.
Readings and music inspired by some of fiction's greatest detectives including Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe and Inspector Morse. Including pieces by Wagner, Janacek and Rimsky-Korsakov, with songs from Chet Baker, Sarah Vaughan and Charles Mingus. Plus excerpts from books by Charles Dickens and Sara Paretsky read by Hayley Atwell and Mark Strong.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The Detectives.
Readings and music inspired by some of fiction's greatest detectives including Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe and Inspector Morse. Including pieces by Wagner, Janacek and Rimsky-Korsakov, with songs from Chet Baker, Sarah Vaughan and Charles Mingus. Plus excerpts from books by Charles Dickens and Sara Paretsky read by Hayley Atwell and Mark Strong.
40antimuzak
Sunday 7th June 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Yeats at 150.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the poet WB Yeats.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Yeats at 150.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the poet WB Yeats.
41antimuzak
Sunday 14th June 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Clowns.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music focusing on clowns, with readings by Alison Steadman and Andrew Sachs. With writing from Aesop to Stephen King and John Clare to Holub, plus music by Stravinsky, Schumann and Charles Chaplin.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Clowns.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music focusing on clowns, with readings by Alison Steadman and Andrew Sachs. With writing from Aesop to Stephen King and John Clare to Holub, plus music by Stravinsky, Schumann and Charles Chaplin.
42antimuzak
Sunday 28th June 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Summer Sports.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music celebrating Britain's summer sports, with readings by Robert Powell and Pippa Bennett-Warner. Including writing by Shakespeare, Milton, Wodehouse, Betjeman and Alison Uttley, as well as cricket writers Neville Cardus and Simon Barnes, with poetry from Roger McGough and John Arlott. Music is from Warlock, Weber, Carl Davis and William Alwyn.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Summer Sports.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music celebrating Britain's summer sports, with readings by Robert Powell and Pippa Bennett-Warner. Including writing by Shakespeare, Milton, Wodehouse, Betjeman and Alison Uttley, as well as cricket writers Neville Cardus and Simon Barnes, with poetry from Roger McGough and John Arlott. Music is from Warlock, Weber, Carl Davis and William Alwyn.
43ulmannc
I wasn't sure what I was listening to at first as I was picking blueberries but once I figured it out, I enjoyed a lot. A talk about Gilbert and Sullivan followed and until I had to go out That was interesting too! My smart phone to the rescue!
44antimuzak
Sunday 16th August 2015 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:15 to 19:30 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Land's End to John O'groats.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music associated with places on the way from Land's End to John O'Groats, with readings by Claudie Blakley and Greg Wise. Including writings by Henry Alford, Henry Baskerville, John Betjeman and Wordsworth.
Time: 18:15 to 19:30 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Land's End to John O'groats.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music associated with places on the way from Land's End to John O'Groats, with readings by Claudie Blakley and Greg Wise. Including writings by Henry Alford, Henry Baskerville, John Betjeman and Wordsworth.
45antimuzak
Sunday 23rd August 2015 (starting in 1 day)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Fugue.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of fugues, with readings by Adjoa Andoh and Peter Marinker. Including texts by Sylvia Plath and Dylan Thomas, plus music by Bach and Milhaud.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Fugue.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of fugues, with readings by Adjoa Andoh and Peter Marinker. Including texts by Sylvia Plath and Dylan Thomas, plus music by Bach and Milhaud.
46antimuzak
Sunday 30th August 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:45 to 19:00 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Wide Open Spaces.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music exploring our feelings about open spaces, with readers Alexandra Gilbreath and Steve Toussaint. With texts including Emily Bronte, Eduardo Galeano, Langston Hughes, Jackie Kay and Robert Louis Stevenson as well as music from Haydn, Herbie Hancock, Sibelius and Tallis.
Time: 17:45 to 19:00 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Wide Open Spaces.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music exploring our feelings about open spaces, with readers Alexandra Gilbreath and Steve Toussaint. With texts including Emily Bronte, Eduardo Galeano, Langston Hughes, Jackie Kay and Robert Louis Stevenson as well as music from Haydn, Herbie Hancock, Sibelius and Tallis.
47antimuzak
Sunday 13th September 2015 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 19:15 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Fins, Scales and Hooks.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of fish and fishing, with readings by Emma Fielding and Michael Simkins. With texts by Elizabeth Bishop and Derek Walcott, plus music by Gershwin and Britten.
Time: 18:00 to 19:15 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Fins, Scales and Hooks.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of fish and fishing, with readings by Emma Fielding and Michael Simkins. With texts by Elizabeth Bishop and Derek Walcott, plus music by Gershwin and Britten.
48alaudacorax
Heh-heh! I think we've got someone on the inside. 'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau' suddenly cropping up on 'Words & Music' just hours before we meet England in the World Cup? Cheered me up no end.
49antimuzak
Sunday 4th October 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Different Trains.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of railways, with readings by Jonathan Pryce and Eleanor Bron. With texts by Zola, Hawthorne, Dickens, Wilfred Owen, Hardy, Larkin, Tolstoy and Primo Levi, interspersed with 'train' music from Honegger, Grainger, Rossini, Offenbach, Villa-Lobos, Glinka, Ives, Britten, Langgaard, Bainbridge, Meade 'Lux' Lewis and Elvis Presley.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Different Trains.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of railways, with readings by Jonathan Pryce and Eleanor Bron. With texts by Zola, Hawthorne, Dickens, Wilfred Owen, Hardy, Larkin, Tolstoy and Primo Levi, interspersed with 'train' music from Honegger, Grainger, Rossini, Offenbach, Villa-Lobos, Glinka, Ives, Britten, Langgaard, Bainbridge, Meade 'Lux' Lewis and Elvis Presley.
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