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Classical scholar and Anglican minister Teresa Morgan reflects on the concept of humility and whether or not it remains relevant today.

Classical scholar and Anglican minister Teresa Morgan reflects on the concept of humility and whether or not it remains relevant today.

With readings from Aesop, Rudyard Kipling and Charles Dickens, alongside music by Aretha Franklin, James Vincent McMorrow and Hubert Parry.

Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for 大象传媒 Radio 4

28 minutes

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Sun 20 Mar 2022 23:30
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Music Played

  • James Vincent McMorrow

    Follow You Down to the Red Oak Tree

    • Early in the Morning.
    • Burning Rope Records.
    • FACTD 8.
    • 7.

  • Sir David Willcocks

    Psalm 131: Lord I am not High Minded

    Performer: Kings College Choir of Cambridge

    • The Psalms of David from King鈥檚, Vol. 3.
    • EMI Music.
    • 66786.
    • 9.

  • Franz Liszt

    II. Purgatorio

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim and Berliner Philharmoniker

    • Dante Symphony.
    • Teldec Classics International GmbH.
    • 77340.
    • 2.

  • Hubert Parry

    Who Can Dwell with Greatness

    Performer: The King's Singers

    • Royal Rhymes and Rounds.
    • Signum Records.
    • SIGCD 307.
    • 15.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Respect

    • Aretha鈥檚 Gold.
    • Rhino.
    • 8227.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    O sing unto the Lord, HWV 249b, "Chandos Anthem No. 4": Duet: O worship the Lord in the be

    Performer: Harry Christophers / The Sixteen

    • Handel: Chandos Anthems, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 0504.
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    O sing unto the Lord, HWV 249b, "Chandos Anthem No. 4": Let the heav'ns rejoice, and let t

    Performer: Harry Christophers / The Sixteen

    • Handel: Chandos Anthems, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 0504.
    • 7.

  • Ravi Shankar

    Raga Jog

    Composer: Ravi Shankar

    • The Ravi Shankar Collection: Three Ragas.
    • EMI Angel / Angel Records.
    • 5673102.
    • 1.

Readings

Title: Fable of the oak and the reeds

Book: Aesop 鈥� The Complete Fables

Author: Aesop

Publisher: Penguin Classics

ISBN: 0140446494

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Book: Tao Te Ching

Author: Lao Tzu

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

ISBN: 0872202321

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Poem: Hymn Before Action

Book: Rudyard Kipling: The Complete Verse

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Publisher: Kyle Cathie

ISBN: 1856269523

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Book: David Copperfield

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd

ISBN: 185326024X

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Book: The Insulted and Injured

Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

ISBN: 0802825907

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Title: The Wilderness

Book: Turtle Island

Author: Gary Snyder

Publisher: New Directions

ISBN: 0811205460

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Apr 2013 06:05
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  • Sun 21 Apr 2013 23:30
    大象传媒 Radio 4
  • Sun 20 Mar 2022 06:05
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  • Sun 20 Mar 2022 23:30
    大象传媒 Radio 4