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1antimuzak
Sunday 22nd November 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
St Cecilia.
To mark St Cecilia's day, a sequence of poetry, prose and music telling the story of St Cecilia, with readings by Zoe Telford and Michael Maloney. With texts by Chaucer, Dryden, Pope, Auden and Blunden, with music by Haydn, Gerald Finzi, Charpentier and Benjamin Britten.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
St Cecilia.
To mark St Cecilia's day, a sequence of poetry, prose and music telling the story of St Cecilia, with readings by Zoe Telford and Michael Maloney. With texts by Chaucer, Dryden, Pope, Auden and Blunden, with music by Haydn, Gerald Finzi, Charpentier and Benjamin Britten.
2antimuzak
Sunday 29th November 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Hallucinations.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of hallucinations, with readings by Samantha Bond and Stephen Campbell Moore. Including texts by Lewis Carroll, Baudelaire, Allen Ginsberg and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, plus music by Berlioz, Ligeti, Jeff Buckley, Hildegard von Bingen and Steve Reich.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Hallucinations.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of hallucinations, with readings by Samantha Bond and Stephen Campbell Moore. Including texts by Lewis Carroll, Baudelaire, Allen Ginsberg and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, plus music by Berlioz, Ligeti, Jeff Buckley, Hildegard von Bingen and Steve Reich.
4antimuzak
Npot so trippy this week aloud - but colder!
Sunday 6th December 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The North Pole.
As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season, a sequence of poetry, prose and music linked to the North Pole, with readings by Olivia Williams and Charles Edwards. With texts by AA Milne, Jules Verne and Li Po, plus music by Rautavaara, Klami and Gibbons.
Sunday 6th December 2015 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The North Pole.
As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season, a sequence of poetry, prose and music linked to the North Pole, with readings by Olivia Williams and Charles Edwards. With texts by AA Milne, Jules Verne and Li Po, plus music by Rautavaara, Klami and Gibbons.
5antimuzak
Sunday 17th January 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Poetry, prose and music about the moon. With texts by WB Yeats, Charles Baudelaire and Virginia Woolf read by Art Malik and Alexandra Gilbreath, plus music by Schumann and Debussy.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Poetry, prose and music about the moon. With texts by WB Yeats, Charles Baudelaire and Virginia Woolf read by Art Malik and Alexandra Gilbreath, plus music by Schumann and Debussy.
6antimuzak
Sunday 24th January 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Perchance to Dream.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the subject of dreams, with readings by Sophie Thompson and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Including excerpts from Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, Charlotte Bronte's Wuthering Heights, Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure and Thackeray's Vanity Fair, plus music by Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Stravinsky and Handel.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Perchance to Dream.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the subject of dreams, with readings by Sophie Thompson and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Including excerpts from Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, Charlotte Bronte's Wuthering Heights, Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure and Thackeray's Vanity Fair, plus music by Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Stravinsky and Handel.
7antimuzak
Sunday 31st January 2016 (starting this afternoon)
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, Tippett, Thomas Linley, Vikki Clayton, Fred Jordan, Giles Lewin and Chris Wood.
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, Tippett, Thomas Linley, Vikki Clayton, Fred Jordan, Giles Lewin and Chris Wood.
8antimuzak
Sunday 14th February 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Utopia.
Marking the 500th anniversary of Thomas More's book on the subject, a sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of utopia, with readings by Nancy Carroll and Philip Franks. With music by Gluck, Strauss, Parry, Dittersdorf, Shostakovich, Shostakovich, Gilbert and Sullivan and John Lennon.
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Utopia.
Marking the 500th anniversary of Thomas More's book on the subject, a sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of utopia, with readings by Nancy Carroll and Philip Franks. With music by Gluck, Strauss, Parry, Dittersdorf, Shostakovich, Shostakovich, Gilbert and Sullivan and John Lennon.
9antimuzak
Sunday 21st February 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Entente Cordiale.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of the Entente Cordiale - the formal agreement establishing a special relationship between Britain and France, as part of Radio 3's Napoleon season. The readers are Rachel Atkins and Jamie Parker. Including Swinburne, Proust, Elizabeth David and Julian Barnes, as well as music from Delius, Vaughan Williams and Francaix.
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Entente Cordiale.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of the Entente Cordiale - the formal agreement establishing a special relationship between Britain and France, as part of Radio 3's Napoleon season. The readers are Rachel Atkins and Jamie Parker. Including Swinburne, Proust, Elizabeth David and Julian Barnes, as well as music from Delius, Vaughan Williams and Francaix.
10antimuzak
Sunday 8th May 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Once upon a Time: A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of fairy tales, with readings by Jim Broadbent and Helen McCrory. Including texts by Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Roald Dahl, Carol Ann Duffy, Angela Carter and Italo Calvino. Plus music including Tchaikovsky, Schoenberg and Steve Reich.
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Once upon a Time: A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of fairy tales, with readings by Jim Broadbent and Helen McCrory. Including texts by Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Roald Dahl, Carol Ann Duffy, Angela Carter and Italo Calvino. Plus music including Tchaikovsky, Schoenberg and Steve Reich.
11antimuzak
Sunday 29th May 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Nonsense.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of nonsense, with readings by Griff Rhys Jones and Debra Stephenson. Including Anglo-Saxon riddles, limericks by Edward Lear, a poem by Alfred Brendel and writing by Lewis Carroll, plus music by Bach, Ligeti and Gilbert and Sullivan.
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Nonsense.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of nonsense, with readings by Griff Rhys Jones and Debra Stephenson. Including Anglo-Saxon riddles, limericks by Edward Lear, a poem by Alfred Brendel and writing by Lewis Carroll, plus music by Bach, Ligeti and Gilbert and Sullivan.
12antimuzak
Sunday 19th June 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Blithe Spirit.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music inspired by the skylark, with readings by Carolyn Pickles and Adrian Lukis. With poetry from Shakespeare, Shelley, Herrick and Ted Hughes, with lark-inspired folk music, art song, chamber and orchestral music, including Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending.
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Blithe Spirit.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music inspired by the skylark, with readings by Carolyn Pickles and Adrian Lukis. With poetry from Shakespeare, Shelley, Herrick and Ted Hughes, with lark-inspired folk music, art song, chamber and orchestral music, including Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending.
13antimuzak
Sunday 26th June 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Infidelity.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of Infidelity, with readings by Fenella Woolgar and Timothy Watson. Including the characters of Tristan and Iseult to Anthony Blunt with texts from Dante, the Earl of Rochester, Robert Browning, Dorothy Parker, Hugo Williams and Jackie Kay. Plus music from Purcell, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Schoenberg and Nina Simone.
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Infidelity.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of Infidelity, with readings by Fenella Woolgar and Timothy Watson. Including the characters of Tristan and Iseult to Anthony Blunt with texts from Dante, the Earl of Rochester, Robert Browning, Dorothy Parker, Hugo Williams and Jackie Kay. Plus music from Purcell, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Schoenberg and Nina Simone.
14antimuzak
Sunday 3rd July 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
I Need a Holiday.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of holidays, with readings by Scott Handy and Jemima Rooper. Including archive recordings of John Betjeman and Philip Larkin reading their own work, plus Liszt, Gershwin, Vaughan Williams, Whitlock, Suggs and Solomon Burke.
Time: 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
I Need a Holiday.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of holidays, with readings by Scott Handy and Jemima Rooper. Including archive recordings of John Betjeman and Philip Larkin reading their own work, plus Liszt, Gershwin, Vaughan Williams, Whitlock, Suggs and Solomon Burke.
15antimuzak
Saturday 16th July 2016 (starting this evening)
Time: 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM (1 hour long)
Shakespeare and Power.
Juliet Stevenson and Tim Pigott-Smith are the readers in a sequence of texts and music inspired by one of Shakespeare's favourite themes: the power of royalty and monarchy as a metaphor for the relationship between men and women.
Time: 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM (1 hour long)
Shakespeare and Power.
Juliet Stevenson and Tim Pigott-Smith are the readers in a sequence of texts and music inspired by one of Shakespeare's favourite themes: the power of royalty and monarchy as a metaphor for the relationship between men and women.
16antimuzak
Sunday 24th July 2016 (starting this evening)
Time: 6:15 PM to 7:30 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Dante and Blake - The Seven Deadly Sins.
A sequence of poems by Dante Alighieri and William Blake interspersed with music by Wagner, Janacek and Tchaikovsky. The readers are Ray Fearon and Aoife Duffin.
Time: 6:15 PM to 7:30 PM (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Dante and Blake - The Seven Deadly Sins.
A sequence of poems by Dante Alighieri and William Blake interspersed with music by Wagner, Janacek and Tchaikovsky. The readers are Ray Fearon and Aoife Duffin.
17antimuzak
Sunday 18th September 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The Sun.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of the sun, with readings by Anne-Marie Duff and Greg Wise. With Shelley, Shakespeare, Ted Hughes, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Mark Twain, Ian McEwan and LP Hartley as well as music by Haydn, Lili Boulanger, Ravel and Schoenberg.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
The Sun.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of the sun, with readings by Anne-Marie Duff and Greg Wise. With Shelley, Shakespeare, Ted Hughes, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Mark Twain, Ian McEwan and LP Hartley as well as music by Haydn, Lili Boulanger, Ravel and Schoenberg.
18antimuzak
Sunday 2nd October 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Turning Points.
As part of Sound Frontiers - Radio 3 Live at Southbank Centre, a sequence of forward-looking prose, poetry and music, with readings by John Sessions and Juliet Stevenson. Including music from Debussy, Chopin, Mozart and Bob Dylan, with readings of texts from Dylan Thomas, Dorothy Parker, Charlie Parker, Charles Ives and PG Wodehouse.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Turning Points.
As part of Sound Frontiers - Radio 3 Live at Southbank Centre, a sequence of forward-looking prose, poetry and music, with readings by John Sessions and Juliet Stevenson. Including music from Debussy, Chopin, Mozart and Bob Dylan, with readings of texts from Dylan Thomas, Dorothy Parker, Charlie Parker, Charles Ives and PG Wodehouse.
19antimuzak
Sunday 9th October 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
It's Not Dark Yet.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music centring on how the artist articulates tragedy and the human spirit, with readings by Malcolm Storry and Michelle Terry. Including The Poetic Edda, Blake, Dylan Thomas, Yeats, Shakespeare ,Auden, Carol Ann Duffy, Kathleen Jamieson, Siegfried Sassoon and TH White. Music include Messiaen, Janucek, Bruckner, Tavener, Judy Collins, Maria Callas, Liszt, Beethoven and Al Bowlly.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
It's Not Dark Yet.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music centring on how the artist articulates tragedy and the human spirit, with readings by Malcolm Storry and Michelle Terry. Including The Poetic Edda, Blake, Dylan Thomas, Yeats, Shakespeare ,Auden, Carol Ann Duffy, Kathleen Jamieson, Siegfried Sassoon and TH White. Music include Messiaen, Janucek, Bruckner, Tavener, Judy Collins, Maria Callas, Liszt, Beethoven and Al Bowlly.
20antimuzak
Sunday 16th October 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of violins, with readings by Tara Fitzgerald and Giles Terera. Including poems by Yeats, Amy Lowell and Walt Whitman, plus recordings of great violinists such as Heifetz and Menuhin.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of violins, with readings by Tara Fitzgerald and Giles Terera. Including poems by Yeats, Amy Lowell and Walt Whitman, plus recordings of great violinists such as Heifetz and Menuhin.
21antimuzak
Sunday 23rd October 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Hinterland.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of hinterland, with readings by Olivia Williams and Michael Pennington. Including Bruce Chatwin, Robert Byron, Virgil, Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti, Thomas Hardy and Robert Frost, plus music by Dowland, Reich, Mendelssohn, Bach and Britten.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Hinterland.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of hinterland, with readings by Olivia Williams and Michael Pennington. Including Bruce Chatwin, Robert Byron, Virgil, Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti, Thomas Hardy and Robert Frost, plus music by Dowland, Reich, Mendelssohn, Bach and Britten.
22antimuzak
Sunday 6th November 2016 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
A sequence of music, poetry and prose on the theme of treason and plots, with readers Art Malik and Frances Barber. With texts including Milton's Paradise Lost, Shakespeare's Macbeth and Othello as well as poetry by Emily Dickinson and Anna Akhmatova. Plus music from Haydn, Shostakovich, John Tavener and Berlioz.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
A sequence of music, poetry and prose on the theme of treason and plots, with readers Art Malik and Frances Barber. With texts including Milton's Paradise Lost, Shakespeare's Macbeth and Othello as well as poetry by Emily Dickinson and Anna Akhmatova. Plus music from Haydn, Shostakovich, John Tavener and Berlioz.
23antimuzak
Sunday 13th November 2016 (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, Butterworth and Barber.
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, Butterworth and Barber.
24antimuzak
Sunday 8th January 2017 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
I Love No Leafless Land.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music inspired by trees, with reading by Lucy Briers and Gerard Murphy. Including works by Cecil Day Lewis, DH Lawrence, Gerard Manley Hopkins, WH Davies, Shakespeare, James Thompson and CS Lewis, as well as music by Respighi, Butterworth, Madeleine Dring and Takemitsu.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
I Love No Leafless Land.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music inspired by trees, with reading by Lucy Briers and Gerard Murphy. Including works by Cecil Day Lewis, DH Lawrence, Gerard Manley Hopkins, WH Davies, Shakespeare, James Thompson and CS Lewis, as well as music by Respighi, Butterworth, Madeleine Dring and Takemitsu.
25antimuzak
Sunday 15th January 2017 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Sons and Daughters of the Soil.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of working on the land, with readings by Emilia Fox and Alex Jennings. With texts by Robert Frost, Thomas Hardy, Sasha Dugdale, Dylan Thomas and Virgil, plus music of an agricultural nature from Britten, Debussy, Duke Ellington, Scott Walker and Ivor Gurney.
Time: 17:30 to 18:45 (1 hour and 15 minutes long)
Sons and Daughters of the Soil.
A sequence of poetry, prose and music on the theme of working on the land, with readings by Emilia Fox and Alex Jennings. With texts by Robert Frost, Thomas Hardy, Sasha Dugdale, Dylan Thomas and Virgil, plus music of an agricultural nature from Britten, Debussy, Duke Ellington, Scott Walker and Ivor Gurney.
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