Quest
Jasper Britton and Imogen Stubbs read poetry and prose on the theme of Quest, ranging from Homer to L Frank Baum with music by Purcell, Dvorak, Strauss and Bartok.
Dragons, damsels, storms and the terrors of the Underworld confront the hero on his journey in this edition of Words and Music on the theme of Quest.
Jasper Britton and Imogen Stubbs read poetry and prose ranging from Homer, Malory and Tennyson to TH White, L Frank Baum and UA Fanthorpe, with music by Monteverdi, Purcell, Bartok, Dvor谩k, Richard Strauss, Birtwistle and Arvo P盲rt.
First broadcast 14 April 2013
Producer Philippa Ritchie.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00
Claudio Monteverdi
Toccata from L'Orfeo
Performer: The English Baroque Soloists, Cond. John Eliot Gardiner
- ARCHIV4192502.
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Homer
The Odyssey Book 1, Invocation to the Muse, Jasper Britton
Frank L Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Imogen Stubbs
00:02Harold Arlen
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Performer: Judy Garland
- HALLMARK707552.
- 2.
00:05Henry Purcell
King Arthur, Hither this way
Performer: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Cond: John Eliot Gardiner
- ERATO 2292452112.
- 9.
T.H. White
from The Once and Future King, Imogen Stubbs
00:09Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes: Storm
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Andre Previn
- EMICDC7476672.
- 28.
00:13K.Weill/Whitman
Beat! Beat! Beat!
Performer: Simon Keenlyside, Piano Malcolm Martineau
- SONY CLASSICAL 88697944242.
- 28.
Euripides translated by Rachel Hadas
from Helen, Imogen Stubbs
00:18Buffy Sainte鈥怣arie
Universal Soldier
Performer: Buffy Saint-Marie
- VANGUARD652114.
- 7.
00:20William Walton
Gloria from Christopher Columbus Suite
Performer: City of London Sinfonia, Cond. Richard Hickox
- CHANDOS8824.
- 3.
00:23Edward Elgar
King Arthur Suite: The Queen's Tower at Night
Performer: Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Cond. George Hurst
- CHANDOS6582.
T.H. White
from The Once and Future King, Imogen Stubbs
00:27Richard Strauss
Don Quixote
Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker, Cello Rostropovich, Cond. Herbert von Karajan
- EMI CDC7493082.
- 1.
John Fairfax
The Imperfect Knight, Jasper Britton
00:35Richard Strauss
Don Quixote
Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker, Cello Rostropovich, Cond. Herbert von Karajan
- EMI CDC7493082.
- 1.
00:37Harrison Birtwistle
Gawain - Overture
Performer: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Cond. Elgar Howarth
- COLLINS CLASSICS70412.
U.A. Fanthorpe
Not My Best Side, Jasper Britton, Imogen Stubbs
00:41John Williams
Landspeeder Search/Attack of the Sand People
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.Performer: London Symphony Orchestra
- RCA01026587722.
00:42George Frideric Handel
Bradamante's aria Vorrei vendicarmi from Alcina
Performer: Il Complesso Barocco
- ARCHIV 4777374.
00:46Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
The Golden Spinning Wheel
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Istv谩n Kert茅sz
- DECCA 4529462.
Homer
The Odyssey, Book VI - Odysseus encounters Nausicaa, Jasper Britton
00:53Joan Baez
Ring Them Bells
Performer: Joan Baez
- GRAPEVINE GRACD208.
- 2.
Thomas Malory
Le Morte D鈥橝rthur, Jasper Britton
00:57John Tavener
A Hymn to the Mother of God
Performer: The Sixteen, Members of The Duke Quartet, Cond. Harry Christophers
- CORO COR16015.
from Vergil鈥檚 Georgics,
Book IV, translated by Cecil Day, Lewis Imogen Stubbs
00:59Ralph Vaughan Williams
Orpheus with his lute
Performer: Allan Clayton. Performer: James Baillieu.Performer: David Daniels
- VIRGIN CLASSICS VC5454002.
- 14.
from Beowulf
Jasper Britton
01:03B茅la Bart贸k
The Miraculous Mandarin
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Istv谩n Kert茅sz
- SONY CLASSICS SMK45837.
- 19.
01:05Arvo P盲rt
Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten
Performer: Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Cond. Dennis Russell Davies
- ECM8177642.
- 2.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
from The Idylls of the King, Jasper Britton and Imogen Stubbs
01:10Trad.
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Performer: The Sixteen, Cond. Harry Christophers
- CORO.
- 25.
Thomas Malory
from Le Morte d鈥橝rthur, Imogen Stubbs
Broadcasts
- Sun 14 Apr 2013 18:30大象传媒 Radio 3
- Sun 3 Aug 2014 18:15大象传媒 Radio 3