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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

• 00:00

  George Antheil

  20 Preludi de La Femme 100 Tetes – after Max Ernst

  Performers: Daniele Lombardi (piano)

  • NUOVA ERA 7240.

• William Carlos Williams

  The Great Figure read by Carolyn Pickles

• 00:01

  George Gershwin

  Three Preludes

  • Americana.
  • PHILIPS 4629482.
• 00:02

  Stephen Sondheim

  Finishing the Hat

  Performers: Mandy Patinkin (George), Musical Direction (Paul Gemignani)

  • Sunday in the Park with George.
  • RCD1-5042.

• Robert Browning

  My Last Duchess read by Alex Jennings

• 00:09

  Ned Rorem

  String Quartet no 4 – Child Holding a Dove

  Performers: Emerson String Quartet

  • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4743212.

• Christina Rossetti

  In an Artist’s Studio read by Carolyn Pickles

• 00:11

  Modest Mussorgsky

  Scenes from an Exhibition

  Performers: Branford Marsalis (soprano saxophone)

  • Romances for Saxophone.
• 00:15

  Nat King Cole

  Mona Lisa (feat. Les Baxter and His Orchestra)

  • The Essential Nat King Cole.
  • EMPORIO EMTBX335.

• William Carlos Williams

  Landscape with the Fall of Icarus read by Alex Jennings

• 00:19

  René Gerber

  Trois Paysages de Breughel – Hunters in the Snow

  Performers: Societe d’Orchestre de Bienne Kammerensemble de Berne, Marie-Louise De Marval (piano), Theo Loosli (conductor)

  • GALLO GALLOCD549.

• William Carlos Williams

  Hunters in the Snow read by Alex Jennings

• WalterALTER de la MARE

  Breughel’s Winter read by Carolyn Pickles

• 00:26

  Einojuhani Rautavaara

  Symphony no 8 'The Journey' – Fourth Movement

  Performers: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen – conductor

  • NAXOS 8570069.

• E.M. Forster

  Room with a View read by Alex Jennings

• 00:36

  Trittico Botticelliano

  The Birth of Venus

  Performers: The City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox – conductor

  • COLLINS CLASSICS 13492COL.
• 00:41

  Scottish Chamber Orchestra

  …..as others see us…..

  • CATALYST 82876642852.

• Emily Dickinson

  I Would not Paint read by Carolyn Pickles

• 00:45

  Morton Feldman

  Rothko Chapel

  Performers: University of California Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Philip Brett – Director

  • NEW ALBION NA039CD.

• Billy Collins

  Study in Orange and White read by Alex Jennings

• 00:52

  Kenneth Fuchs

  Out of the Dark

  Performers: Timothy Jones (French Horn), London Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta (conductor)

  • NAXOS 8559224.

• Thom Gunn

  Painting by Vuillard read by Alex Jennings

• 00:59

  Ned Rorem

  String Quartet no 4 – Death of Harlequin

  Performers: Emerson String Quartet

  • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4743212.

• Fleur Adcock

  Leaving the Tate read by Carolyn Pickles

• 01:05

  James Rhodes

  La Mer – Jeux de Vagues

  Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

  • DECCA 4304442.