Running with the Crowd
Mark Tully examines crowds and considers the positive and negative behaviour that being part of such large groups brings out in people.
Mark Tully considers the idea of 'Running with the Crowd' from the Gordon Riots in the eighteenth century to Woodstock in the 60s or the Arab Spring a few months ago. He asks why it is that being part of a crowd moves individuals in different ways than the same event experienced alone, and examines the positive and negative aspects of being part of a crowd.
With the help of the work of Peter Ackroyd, Dannie Abse, V.S. Naipaul and Shakespeare and with music by J. S. Bach, Malcolm Arnold, Joni Mitchell and Aaron Copeland, Mark Tully picks his way through different crowds and asks whether they are destructive or empowering.
The readers are Hattie Morahan and Dan Stevens.
Producer: Frank Stirling
A Unique production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
"Sie schrieen aber noch mehr", St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performer: John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Olaf B盲r, Patrick Russill
- J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion.
- Decca.
- B001LR2MB6.
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Malcolm Arnold
Peterloo
Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra (Conducted by Rumon Gamba)
- Malcolm Arnold Overtures.
- Chandos Records Ltd.
- CHAN 10293.
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Joni Mitchell
Woodstock
Performer: Joni Mitchell
- Hits.
- Warner.
- B000002N9Z.
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Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Performer: Aaron Copland
- Aaron Copland: El Salon Mexico, Appalachian Spring.
- Sony.
- B00009PAIA.
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Tuatha
Kumbh Mela
Performer: Tuatha
- Invocation.
- CDBY.
- B001494WPU.
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Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II - You'll Never Walk Alone
Performer: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus, Susan. Bullock and 大象传媒 Proms audience
Broadcasts
- Sun 6 Nov 2011 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 6 Nov 2011 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4