In the Fullness of Time & At the End of the Day
Irma Kurtz considers how clich茅s can be convenient truisms that keep us linked to our heritage and community, but also potentially dangerous generalisations.
Irma Kurtz considers the origins and uses of clich茅s.
She finds that, although many of our most often used clich茅s originated with Shakespeare, newly minted clich茅s appear every day. She reflects that clich茅s can be convenient truisms that keep us linked to our heritage and community - but also potentially dangerous generalisations.
To help explain her thesis we hear readings from the works of Shakespeare, Bernard Levin and Daisy Ashford, and music from Ravel, Cole Porter and Frank Loesser.
The readers are Liza Sadovy and Col Farrell.
The producer is Ronni Davis.
A Unique production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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Charles Mingus
Jump Monk
Performer: Charles Mingus
- Mingus at the Bohemia.
- Debut.
- OJCCD-045-2.
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Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen
You've got to accentuate the positive
Performer: Johnny Mercer
- G.I. Jukebox Jive.
- iTunes.
- N/A.
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Cole Porter
Brush up your Shakespeare
Performer: Original Broadway cast (for Kiss me Kate)
- Kiss me Kate and Out of the world.
- Regis Records.
- B004B433MI.
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George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
A foggy day (in London town)
Performer: Frank Sinatra
- Frank Sinatra: Songs for Young Lovers.
- Capitol.
- 4 96986 2.
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Liam Lynch
United States of Whatever
Performer: Liam Lynch
- Fake Songs.
- S-Curve Records.
- 7243 5 84713 04.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Overture - Fantasy
Performer: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paavo Jarvi
- Romeo & Juliet; Symphony No.6.
- Telarc.
- CD-80681.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite #3 In D, BWV 1068 - Air "On The G String"
Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jaime Laredo
- The Pachelbel Canon - Masterpieces for Strings.
- MCA.
- B00000DW9U.
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