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Life on Hold

Elaine Storkey reflects on the moments when our normal lives are put on hold. What does it mean for your ordinary life to be suddenly, unexpectedly interrupted?

What does it mean for our ordinary lives to be unexpectedly interrupted? When we struggle with a bereavement, caring for a loved one or attempt to recover after being suddenly uprooted, we can feel that time has come to a stand still.

Elaine Storkey reflects on the moments when we experience an unexpected pause in our normal lives and how we learn to set them in motion again.

With readings from John Milton, Anne Enright and Nahida Izzat and music by Paul Robeson, Bach and Mahalia Jackson.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree Production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 19 Aug 2012 23:30

Music Played

  • Gilad Atzmon

    Exile

    Performer: Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble

    • Exile.
    • Enja.
    • JENJ 3305-2.
    • 7.
  • Paul Robeson

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

    • The Essential Paul Robeson.
    • Vanguard.
    • 73110.
    • 24.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita Pour Violon Seul Et Orchestre No 2 En Fa Majeur Op 50

    Performer: Yehudi Menuhin

    • Les Chefs-D'oeuvre Du Violon.
    • Deutsche Gram France.
    • B00004VE6Q.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Shabalala

    Wenyukela

    Performer: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    • Wenyukela.
    • Heads Up Records.
    • 3083.
    • 1.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Psalm 112: Beatus vir

    Performer: Edward Higginbottom & Oxford New College Choir

    • Agnus Dei.
    • Erato Disques.
    • 10.
  • Rev. B. W. Smith

    His Eye is on the Sparrow

    Performer: Mahalia Jackson

    • Just as I Am.
    • Simitar Distribution.
    • 5708.
    • 4.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 19 Aug 2012 06:05
  • Sun 19 Aug 2012 23:30