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Learning to Wait

Tom Robinson reflects on wanting and waiting, taking his cue from Richard Church's poem Learning to Wait. With Milan Kundera, TS Eliot and DH Lawrence, plus kd lang and Brin Eno.

Taking his cue from Richard Church's eponymous poem, Tom Robinson considers what's required of us in 'Learning To Wait'.

The poem's paradoxical observation, 'All that I have grasped at I have lost, All I relinquished won', provokes Tom to explore the work of other writers who have reflected on wanting and waiting, including Milan Kundera, TS Eliot and DH Lawrence. With music by KD Lang, Shostakovich and Brian Eno.

Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Aug 2011 23:30

Music Played

  • Philip Glass

    Koyaanisqatsi - Resource

    Performer: Philip Glass Ensemble

    • Philip on Film.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7559 79660-2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 2, Op.102 – 2nd mvt. Andante

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev (piano), English Chamber Orchestra cond. Jerzy Maksymiuk

    • Shostakovich.
    • EMI.
    • 382 234 2.
    • 13.
  • The Rolling Stones

    I Am Waiting

    • Aftermath.
    • Decca.
    • B00006RT4U.
    • 11.
  • k.d. lang

    Still Thrives This Love

    Composer: KD Lang/Ben Mink

    • ±õ²Ô²µÃ©²Ô³Ü±ð.
    • Sire/Warner Bros.
    • 7599-26840-2.
    • 6.
  • Edward Herbert

    Pavan of the Composition of mee Herbert of Cherbury and Castle Island

    Performer: Paul O’Dette (lute)

    • Lord Herbert of Cherbury’s Lute.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • HMU 907068.
    • 12.
  • Brian Eno

    Dunwich Beach, Autumn 1960

    • On Land/Ambient 4.
    • Virgin.
    • B002DKF550.
    • 8.
  • Brother Ty

    Rain

    • Upwards.
    • Big Dada.
    • B00020JPDG.
    • 5.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 2, Op.102 – 2nd mvt. Andante

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev (piano), English Chamber Orchestra cond. Jerzy Maksymiuk

    • Shostakovich.
    • EMI.
    • 382 234 2.
    • 13.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Aug 2011 06:05
  • Sun 21 Aug 2011 23:30

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