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Travellers' Tales

Texts and music about travellers, with readings by Stella Gonet and Nicholas Farrell. With Tennyson and Margaret Atwood, plus Debussy, Telemann and Rimsky-Korsakov.

In this edition of Words and Music, the readers Stella Gonet and Nicholas Farrell set sail on a sea of tall tales told by travellers.

Since the ancient Greek poet Homer hailed the exploits of Odysseus there has been an appetite for the true, almost true and downright fabricated stories of travellers: their adventures, the strange sights they saw and the creatures they sometimes loved and left behind. These tales are reflected in from Debussy, Telemann, Rimsky-Korsakov and the Tiger Lillies with words by Sir John Mandeville, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Margaret Attwood.

Producer: Natalie Steed.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 Nov 2011 18:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

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

  • 00:00

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Intrada, Gulliver Suite for Two Violins

    Performer: Andrew Manze, Caroline Balding

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907137.

  • Matthew Francis

    Of Circumnavigation, read by Stella Gonet and Nicholas Farrell

  • 00:01

    Frank Bridge

    III Moonlight; Suite "The Sea"

    Performer: Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley

    • CHANDOS CHAN8473.
  • 00:07

    Robert Schumann

    Von fremden L盲ndern und Menschen, Kinderszenen

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz

    • CBS CD42409.

  • Anon

    The Land of Cockayne, read by Nicholas Farrell

  • 00:11

    Locke/Tyner/Arr McClintock

    Big Rock Candy Mountain

    Performer: Harry McClintock

    • MERCURY 1700692.
  • 00:13

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Sea and Sinbad's Ship, Scheherezade

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski

    • RCA VD87743.

  • Homer, translated by Robert Fagles

    The Odyssey, read by Stella Gonet

  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    Kubla Kahn, read by Nicholas Farrell

  • 00:25

    Judith Weir

    El Rey de Francia

    Performer: The Schubert Ensemble of London

    • COLLINS CLASSICS 14532.

  • Sarah Maguire

    The Pomegranates of Kandahar, read by Stella Gonet

  • 00:26

    Trad/Arr Voix Bulgares

    Kalimankou Denkou (The Evening Gathering)

    Performer: Le Mystere Des Voix des Bulgares

    • 4AD GAD 603 CD.

  • Margaret Atwood

    Siren Song, read by Stella Gonet

  • 00:34

    Oliver Knussen

    Barbershop Quintet and Recessional; Where the Wild Things Are

    Performer: London Sinfionetta, conducted by Oliver Knussen

    • UNICORN DKPCD9044.

  • Louise Gluck

    Circe鈥檚 Torment, read by Stella Gonet

  • 00:37

    Henry Purcell

    Prelude, Sailor and Chorus: Come away fellow sailors, The Sailor's Dance, Dido and Aeneas

    Performer: St James鈥檚 Singers, St James鈥檚 Baroque Players, conducted by Ivor Bolton

    • TELDEC 4509911912.
  • 00:39

    Richard Hawley

    The Sea Calls, Lady's Bridge

    Performer: Richard Hawley

    • MUTE CDSTUMM278.

  • Thomas Hardy

    When I Set Out for Lyonesse, read by Nicholas Farrell

  • 00:46

    James Rhodes

    La cath茅drale engloutie, Pr茅ludes

    Performer: Walter Giesking

    • EMI CDH7610042.

  • Alfred Lord Tennyson

    The Mermaid, read by Stella Gonet

  • 00:54

    Henri Duparc

    L'invitation au voyage

    Performer: Sarah Walker, mezzo soprano, Roger Vignoles, piano

    • HYPERION CDA66323.

  • George Szirtes

    Seeking North, read by Stella Gonet

  • 01:00

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Presto, Trumpet Concerto

    Performer: Scottosh National Orchestra, Trumpet, John Wallace, conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies

    • COLLINS CLASSICS 11812.

  • 鈥淪ir John Mandeville鈥�

    From the Travels of Sir John Mandeville, From Joseph Addison Essay in the Spectator, November 23, 1710, read by Nicholas Farrell

  • 01:07

    Jacques Martin

    Flying Robert

    Performer: The Tiger Lillies

    • WARNER BROS 3984265222.

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  • Sun 16 Jan 2011 22:15
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Sun 13 Nov 2011 18:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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