New Homes, Strange Lands
Mark Tully explores the hardships and the joys of making your home in a new country and talks to the Syrian poet, writer and refugee Ghias Aljundi about his experiences.
Mark Tully explores the pleasures, the pain and the potentials of making your home in a new country, both for those who choose to do so and for those forced to by circumstance.
He talks to Syrian poet, writer and refugee Ghias Aljundi about his experiences of becoming a British citizen and he draws on the work of musicians and writers from all round the world, who have lived in more than one country.
There are readings from the work of Salman Rushdie, V.S. Naipaul and Gustavo Perez Firmat and music from Hans Gal and Maryam Mursai.
The readers are Samantha Bond, Sam Dastor and Ivan Pilo.
Presenter: Mark Tully
Producer: Frank Stirling
A Unique Broadcasting Company production for 大象传媒 Radio 4
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Music Played
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
String Quartet No. 12 In F Major, Op 96, American: III Molto Vivace
Performer: Vlachovo kvarteto Praha.- The Very Best of Dvor谩k.
- Naxos.
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Yusef Aden
Qax (The Refugee)
Performer: Maryam Mursal.- The Journey.
- RealWorld/CEMA/Real World Records.
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Hans G谩l
No. 2 Drei Skizzen: Lento e dolce
Performer: Martin Jones.- Hans Gal: The Right Tempo.
- Gramola.
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Lolita
Seemann, Deine Heimat Ist Das Meer
- Seemann, Deine Heimat Ist Das Meer.
- CGH Ventures Inc..
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Duke Ellington
Tourist Point of View
Performer: Duke Ellington.- The Duke Ellington聮s Far East Suite.
- Bluebird.
Readings
Title: Half a Life
Author: V.S. Naipaul听 听 听听
Published by Vintage Books
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Title: Foreign
Author: Carol Ann Duffy
Published by Bloodaxe (in Being Human)
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Title: Bilingual Blues
Author: Gustavo Perez Firmat
Published by Bilingual Press, Tempe Arizona
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Title: Imaginary Homelands
Author: Salman Rushdie听
Published by Granta Books
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Title: The Passport
Author: Mahmoud Darwish
Publisher: The Greenfield Review Press听
Broadcasts
- Sun 8 Nov 2015 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 8 Nov 2015 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 12 Dec 2021 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 12 Dec 2021 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4