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Poetry, prose and music on the theme of home with words by Marilynne Robinson, Emily Dickinson, Yeats, Thom Gunn and DH Lawrence and music by Dvorak, Butterworth, Schubert and Jerome Kern. The readers are Adjoa Andoh and Robert Glenister.

Producer: Fiona McLean.

1 hour, 15 minutes

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Sun 11 Oct 2015 17:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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

  • 00:00

    Toru Takemitsu

    Toward the Sea III 聳 Cape Cod

    Performer: Aur茅ole.
    • KOCH 374492.
    • Tr9.

  • William Carlos Williams

    Nantucket read by Adjoa Andoh

  • John Clare

    The reeking supper waits the labourer home read by Robert Glenister

  • 00:04

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Water Mill

    Performer: The Duke Quartet with Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
    • NAXOS 8557114.
    • Tr4.

  • Emily Dickinson

    Tho聮 I get home so late read by Adjoa Andoh

  • 00:09

    Aaron Copland

    Letter From Home

    Performer: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
    • EMI CDC7497662.
    • Tr3.

  • D.H. Lawrence

    Piano read by Robert Glenister

  • 00:16

    Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen - Traumerei

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4311672.
    • Tr7.
  • 00:19

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Seven Songs Home - Home

    Performer: The Choir of St Mary聮s Music School.
    • UNICORN DKPCD9070.
    • Tr9.

  • Robert Crawford

    Cambuslang read by Robert Glenister

  • 00:21

    Sir James MacMillan

    From Ayrshire

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti and the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4763159.
    • Tr 8.

  • John Burnside

    The Man who was answered by his own self read by Robert Glenister

  • 00:27

    Kurt Weill

    Lonely House

    Performer: Teresa Stratas and the Y Chamber Symphony.
    • NONESUCH 9791312.
    • Tr 9.

  • Thomas Hardy

    At Tea read by Adjoa Andoh

  • 00:32

    Franz Liszt

    Romance oubli茅e

    Performer: H眉seyin Sermet.
    • NA脧VE V4873.
    • Tr2.

  • Philip Larkin

    Home is so Sad read by Robert Glenister

  • 00:36

    The Beatles

    She's Leaving Home

    • PARLOPHONE PCS72112.
    • Tr19.

  • Marilynne Robinson

    Home read by Adjoa Andoh

  • 00:41

    Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Goin聮 Home

    Performer: Art Tatum.
    • PROPERBOX60.
    • Tr1.

  • Richard Wilbur

    Boy at the Window read by Adjoa Andoh

  • 00:45

    Claude Debussy

    The Snow is Dancing

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • DECCA 4430212.
    • Tr 8.

  • Thom Gunn

    A Home read by Robert Glenister

  • 00:49

    Mark-Anthony Turnage

    Twice Through the Heart 聳 China Cup

    Performer: Sarah Connolly with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • LPO0031.
    • Tr 9.
  • 00:54

    Paul Ben-Haim

    Berceuse Sfaradite

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman and David Garvey.
    • RCA82876625172.
    • Tr 4.

  • Seamus Heaney

    Homecomings read by Adjoa Andoh

  • 00:59

    John Dowland

    My Lord Willoughby聮s Welcome Home

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS CD824.
    • Tr16.

  • W.B. Yeats

    The Lake Isle of Inisfree read by Robert Glenister

  • 01:00

    Bedrich Smetana

    From my Homeland - Moderato

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman and Samuel Sanders.
    • EMI CD7473992.
    • Tr 5.

  • Michael Longley

    Homecoming read by Adjoa Andoh

  • 01:05

    Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela

    Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4495152.
    • Tr 6.
  • 00:00

    Toru Takemitsu

    Toward the Sea III 聳 Cape Cod

    Performer: Aur茅ole.
    • KOCH 374492.
    • Tr9.

  • William Carlos Williams

    Nantucket read by Adjoa Andoh

  • John Clare

    The reeking supper waits the labourer home read by Robert Glenister

  • 00:04

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Water Mill

    Performer: The Duke Quartet with Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
    • NAXOS 8557114.
    • Tr4.

  • Emily Dickinson

    Tho聮 I get home so late read by Adjoa Andoh

  • 00:09

    Aaron Copland

    Letter From Home

    Performer: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
    • EMI CDC7497662.
    • Tr3.

  • D.H. Lawrence

    Piano read by Robert Glenister

  • 00:16

    Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen - Traumerei

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4311672.
    • Tr7.
  • 00:19

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Seven Songs Home - Home

    Performer: The Choir of St Mary聮s Music School.
    • UNICORN DKPCD9070.
    • Tr9.

  • Robert Crawford

    Cambuslang read by Robert Glenister

  • 00:21

    Sir James MacMillan

    From Ayrshire

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti and the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4763159.
    • Tr 8.

  • John Burnside

    The Man who was answered by his own self read by Robert Glenister

  • 00:27

    Kurt Weill

    Lonely House

    Performer: Teresa Stratas and the Y Chamber Symphony.
    • NONESUCH 9791312.
    • Tr 9.

  • Thomas Hardy

    At Tea read by Adjoa Andoh

  • 00:32

    Franz Liszt

    Romance oubli茅e

    Performer: H眉seyin Sermet.
    • NA脧VE V4873.
    • Tr2.

  • Philip Larkin

    Home is so Sad read by Robert Glenister

  • 00:36

    The Beatles

    She's Leaving Home

    • PARLOPHONE PCS72112.
    • Tr19.

  • Marilynne Robinson

    Home read by Adjoa Andoh

  • 00:41

    Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Goin聮 Home

    Performer: Art Tatum.
    • PROPERBOX60.
    • Tr1.

  • Richard Wilbur

    Boy at the Window read by Adjoa Andoh

  • 00:45

    Claude Debussy

    The Snow is Dancing

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • DECCA 4430212.
    • Tr 8.

  • Thom Gunn

    A Home read by Robert Glenister

  • 00:49

    Mark-Anthony Turnage

    Twice Through the Heart 聳 China Cup

    Performer: Sarah Connolly with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • LPO0031.
    • Tr 9.
  • 00:54

    Paul Ben-Haim

    Berceuse Sfaradite

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman and David Garvey.
    • RCA82876625172.
    • Tr 4.

  • Seamus Heaney

    Homecomings read by Adjoa Andoh

  • 00:59

    John Dowland

    My Lord Willoughby聮s Welcome Home

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS CD824.
    • Tr16.

  • W.B. Yeats

    The Lake Isle of Inisfree read by Robert Glenister

  • 01:00

    Bedrich Smetana

    From my Homeland - Moderato

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman and Samuel Sanders.
    • EMI CD7473992.
    • Tr 5.

  • Michael Longley

    Homecoming read by Adjoa Andoh

  • 01:05

    Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela

    Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4495152.
    • Tr 6.

Producer Note

This edition of Words and Music looks at the idea of home - the domestic, memories of childhood, feelings of being alone at home, exile and homecoming.聽

The programme begins with William Carlos Williams鈥� short poem, 鈥楴antucket鈥�, evoking a summer鈥檚 day on the island off Cape Cod, with the bed at the heart of the room. It鈥檚 heard alongside Takemitsu鈥檚 Toward the Sea - Cape Cod. Then comes John Clare鈥檚 鈥楾he reeking supper waits the labourer home鈥� which, like Vaughan Williams鈥� 鈥楾he Water Mill鈥�, tells the story of a happy, busy, family home.

Childhood memories are heard in D.H. Lawrence鈥檚 poem, 鈥楶iano鈥�, with the adult poet recalling the sound of a woman singing 鈥榯aking me back down the vista of years鈥�. Peter Maxwell Davies鈥� 鈥楽even Songs Home鈥� is a sequence telling of an hour in a child鈥檚 life as they make their way back from school in the Orkneys. Here, you鈥檒l hear the lovely final song, 鈥楬ome鈥�, in which the aroma of a bacon sandwich welcomes the child. Robert Crawford鈥檚 poem, 鈥楥ambuslang鈥�, tells of his parents still living in the childhood home that he left long ago heard alongside James MacMillan鈥檚 鈥楩rom Ayrshire鈥�, his musical evocation of Robert Burns鈥� 鈥楥a鈥� the Yowes to the Knowes鈥�, itself an expression of coming home. Franz Liszt鈥檚 鈥楻omance oubliee鈥� accompanies Thomas Hardy鈥檚 鈥楢t Home鈥�, a short poem in which a young wife makes tea in her new home for a woman, unaware to her, is her husband鈥檚 first love and for whom he still yearns.

The American novelist Marilynne Robinson, heard recently on Free Thinking on Radio 3, was the starting point for this programme. Her masterpiece, 鈥楬ome鈥�, tells the story of a prodigal son returning to his Congregational minister father鈥檚 house in Iowa. You鈥檒l hear it with the Beatles鈥� 鈥楽he鈥檚 Leaving Home鈥�, the story of another child and her bewildered parents and Art Tatum鈥檚 version of Dvorak鈥檚 鈥楪oing Home鈥�.

Another aspect of home is heard in Mark-Anthony Turnage鈥檚 鈥楾wice Through the Heart鈥�, a musical setting of Jackie Kay鈥檚 poems about a woman convicted of the murder of her husband after years of domestic abuse. Now, in 鈥楥hina Cup鈥�, sung by Sarah Connolly, she remembers her old home and her new, a prison cell.

鈥楬ome鈥� ends with Michael Longley鈥檚 鈥楬omecoming鈥�, the story of Odysseus鈥� return and Sibelius鈥� beautiful 鈥楾he Swan of Tuonela鈥�, evoking his Finnish home in a tale of a man leaving home to venture into the underworld.

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  • Sun 7 Dec 2014 17:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Sun 11 Oct 2015 17:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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