Berlin
Poems and music on the theme of the city of Berlin, with readings by Henry Goodman and Liz Sutherland.
Tonight鈥檚 actors are Henry Goodman and Liz Sutherland and you should probably listen out too for the supporting cast which includes Hitler and John F Kennedy!
Hausmusik
Oktett, Op.20
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Mendelssohn: Octet. Quintet No 1
EMI CDC7499582
Track 8
Joseph Roth
Extract from Flight Without End
Reader: Henry Goodman
U2
Zoo Station
From Achtung Baby
ISLAND CIDU28
Track 1
Erich Kastner
Extract from Emil and the Detectives
Reader: Henry Goodman
Ute Lemper, John Mauceri
Moritat von Mackie Messer
Composer: Kurt Weill
From Ute Lemper sings Kurt Weill
DECCA425204-1
Track 3
Georg Heym
The Demons of the Cities
The Faber Book of 20th Century German Poems
Reader: Henry Goodman
Ernst Busch
Der Graben
Composer: Hanns Eisler
Der politische Tucholsky
Deutsche Grammophon LPMS 44025
Track 8
Bertolt Brecht
Of poor B.B
The Faber Book of 20th Century German Poems
Reader: Henry Goodman
Wiener Philharmoniker
Wozzeck
Composer: Alban Berg
Wozzeck
Deutsche Grammophon 423 587 -2
Track 10
Alfred Doblin
Extract from eighth book of Berlin Alexanderplatz
Reader: Liz Sutherland
Berliner Philharmoniker
Ein Heldenleben
Richard Strauss
Deutsche Grammophon 439 039 -2
Track 1
Erich Kastner
Das Kastnerbuch
Reader: Liz Sutherland
Buchberger Quartett
Ouverture zum 鈥淔liegende Hollander鈥 wie sie eine schlechte Kurkapelle morgens um 7 am Brunnen vom Blat spielt, fur Streichquartett
Composer: Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik
WER 6197-2 286 197-2
Track 12
Anthony Beevor
Extract from - Berlin 鈥 The Downfall
Reader: Henry Goodman
Dennis Russell Davies and Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra
Low Symphony
Philip Glass
Low Symphony
Phillips 475 075-2
Track 1
Peter Schneider
Extract from The Wall Jumper
Reader: Henry Goodman
Dennis Russell Davies and Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra
Low Symphony
Philip Glass
Low Symphony
Phillips 475 075-2
Track 1
Nazim Hikmet
Autobiography
Reader: Liz Sutherland
The Symphony Orchestra of the Southwest German Radio
Vergangenes 鈥 number 2 of the Funf Orchesterstucke op. 16
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg 鈥 Funf Orchesterstucke op.16
WERGO WER6018550
Track 2
James Fenton
A German Requiem
Reader: James Fenton
Einsturzende Neubauten
Steh auf Berlin
Einsurzende Neubauten
Kollaps
ZICKZACK ZZ 65
Track 8
Anna Funder
Extract from Stasiland
Reader: Liz Sutherland
Ensemble Modern 鈥 Josef Bierbichler
Anmut sparet nicht noch Muhe
Heiner Goebbels/Hanns Eisler
Eislermaterial
CD Code: ECM 4616482
Track 1
Gunter Grass
In the Egg
The Faber Book of 20th Century German Poems
Reader: Liz Sutherland
Rufus Wainwright
Going to a Town
From Release the Stars
GEFFEN1733587
Track 2
Emine Sevgi Ozdamar
Extract from The Bridge of the Golden Horn
Reader: Liz Sutherland
3Phase
Der Klang der Familie
Sven Rohrig and Matthias Roeingh
Best of Reactive Volume 2
REACT MUSIC REACTCD197
Track 7
Durs Grunbein
Trilce, Cesar
Ashes for Breakfast
Reader: Liz Sutherland
Bertolt Brecht
To those born later
The Faber Book of 20th Century German Poems
Reader: Henry Goodman
Philharmonia Choir and Orchestra
Ebarme Dich
J.S.Bach
Matthaus Passion
EMI 7243 5 675388 2 2
CD 2 track 16