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Ethical and religious discussion examining the larger questions of life. Newspaper columnist Lucy Mangan examines that sense of longing on the cusp between pleasure and pain.

The newspaper columnist Lucy Mangan suspects that the human inclination to yearn is as much suited to a stoic soul as a romantic one.

She considers what draws us to this state between pleasure and pain, asking what it reveals of our relationship to love, loss and learning, as well as our longing for a sense of completeness.

With reference to the writings of, among others, Edmund Spenser, DJ Enright and AE Housman, and music by Townes van Zandt and the Fado singer Mariza.

Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 24 Feb 2013 23:30
大象传媒 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Glen Campbell

    Wichita Lineman

    • Wichita Lineman.
    • Capitol.
    • 52039.
    • 1.

  • Mariza

    Desejos V茫os

    • Transparente.
    • Times Square Records.
    • 9047.
    • 14.

  • Ute Lemper

    Eine kleine Sehnsucht (A Little Yearning)

    Composer: Friedrich Holl盲nder

    • Berlin Cabaret Songs.
    • Decca.
    • 4526012.
    • 16.

  • Kronos Quartet

    Lachrymae Antiquae

    Composer: John Dowland

    • Early Music.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7559 79457-2.
    • 4.

  • Townes Van Zandt

    Kathleen

    • Legend 鈥� Townes Van Zandt.
    • Snaf.
    • SNAF 831 CD.

  • ANOHNI and the Johnsons

    Hope There's Someone

    • Hope There鈥檚 Someone.
    • Rough Trade.
    • RTRADSCD 229.
    • 1.

  • King's College Choir of Cambridge, cond. Stephen Cleobury

    Come Down, O Love Divine, hymn ("Down Ampney")

    Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

    • Best Loved Hymns.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 57026.
    • 4.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 24 Feb 2013 06:05
    大象传媒 Radio 4
  • Sun 24 Feb 2013 23:30
    大象传媒 Radio 4