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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.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Last on

Sun 3 Aug 2014 18:15

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Claudio Monteverdi

    Toccata from L'Orfeo

    Performer: The English Baroque Soloists, Cond. John Eliot Gardiner

    • ARCHIV4192502.
  • Homer

    The Odyssey Book 1, Invocation to the Muse, Jasper Britton

  • Frank L Baum

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Imogen Stubbs

  • 00:02

    Harold Arlen

    Somewhere Over The Rainbow

    Performer: Judy Garland

    • HALLMARK707552.
    • 2.
  • 00:05

    Henry 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

  • 00:09

    Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes: Storm

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Andre Previn

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    • 28.
  • 00:13

    K.Weill/Whitman

    Beat! Beat! Beat!

    Performer: Simon Keenlyside, Piano Malcolm Martineau

    • SONY CLASSICAL 88697944242.
    • 28.
  • Euripides translated by Rachel Hadas

    from Helen, Imogen Stubbs

  • 00:18

    Buffy Sainte鈥怣arie

    Universal Soldier

    Performer: Buffy Saint-Marie

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    • 7.
  • 00:20

    William Walton

    Gloria from Christopher Columbus Suite

    Performer: City of London Sinfonia, Cond. Richard Hickox

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    • 3.
  • 00:23

    Edward Elgar

    King Arthur Suite: The Queen's Tower at Night

    Performer: Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Cond. George Hurst

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  • T.H. White

    from The Once and Future King, Imogen Stubbs

  • 00:27

    Richard Strauss

    Don Quixote

    Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker, Cello Rostropovich, Cond. Herbert von Karajan

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    • 1.
  • John Fairfax

    The Imperfect Knight, Jasper Britton

  • 00:35

    Richard Strauss

    Don Quixote

    Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker, Cello Rostropovich, Cond. Herbert von Karajan

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    • 1.
  • 00:37

    Harrison Birtwistle

    Gawain - Overture

    Performer: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Cond. Elgar Howarth

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  • U.A. Fanthorpe

    Not My Best Side, Jasper Britton, Imogen Stubbs

  • 00:41

    John Williams

    Landspeeder Search/Attack of the Sand People

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra

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  • 00:42

    George Frideric Handel

    Bradamante's aria Vorrei vendicarmi from Alcina

    Performer: Il Complesso Barocco

    • ARCHIV 4777374.
  • 00:46

    Anton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

  • 00:53

    Joan Baez

    Ring Them Bells

    Performer: Joan Baez

    • GRAPEVINE GRACD208.
    • 2.
  • Thomas Malory

    Le Morte D鈥橝rthur, Jasper Britton

  • 00:57

    John Tavener

    A Hymn to the Mother of God

    Performer: The Sixteen, Members of The Duke Quartet, Cond. Harry Christophers

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  • from Vergil鈥檚 Georgics,

    Book IV, translated by Cecil Day, Lewis Imogen Stubbs

  • 00:59

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Orpheus with his lute

    Performer: Allan Clayton. Performer: James Baillieu.

    Performer: David Daniels

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS VC5454002.
    • 14.
  • from Beowulf

    Jasper Britton

  • 01:03

    B茅la Bart贸k

    The Miraculous Mandarin

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Istv谩n Kert茅sz

    • SONY CLASSICS SMK45837.
    • 19.
  • 01:05

    Arvo P盲rt

    Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten

    Performer: Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Cond. Dennis Russell Davies

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    • 2.
  • Alfred, Lord Tennyson

    from The Idylls of the King, Jasper Britton and Imogen Stubbs

  • 01:10

    Trad.

    Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Performer: The Sixteen, Cond. Harry Christophers

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    • 25.
  • Thomas Malory

    from Le Morte d鈥橝rthur, Imogen Stubbs

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