Modernism in the 1920s
Lisa Dwan and Anthony Howell with readings from the age of Joyce, Eliot and jazz, featuring music from Stravinsky and Schoenberg to Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton.
Lisa Dwan and Anthony Howell with readings from the age of Joyce, Eliot and jazz, featuring music from Stravinsky and Schoenberg to Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton. Including Ezra Pound decrying the state of modern critics, Franz Kafka worrying about those daring airmen, and Joyce's Molly Bloom revelling in the fact she said yes. With a focus of the Proms season being on music from 1922, this Words and Music marks some of the key books published that year and music evoked by them.
Readings:
William Carlos Williams, Kora In Hell, read by Anthony Howell
Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room, read by Lisa Dwan
T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land, ready by T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot, Preludes, read by Anthony Howell
‘Aramis’, Review of Ulysses by James Joyce, The Sporting Times, 1st April 1922, read by Anthony Howell
Virginia Woolf, Reflections on Ulysses by James Joyce, private latter, read by Lisa Dwan
James Joyce, Ulysses, Speech of John F. Taylor, read by James Joyce
James Joyce, Ulysses, read by Lisa Dwan
Tommaso Marinetti, The Futurist Manifesto, read by Anthony Howell
Franz Kafka, Airplanes at Bresica, read by Anthony Howell
Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blonds, read by Lisa Dwan
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Jazz Age, read by Lisa Dwan
Ezra Pound, Canto III, read by Ezra Pound
Adolf Loos, Ornament & Crime, read by Anthony Howell
Amy Lowell, The Artist, read by Lisa Dwan
Ezra Pound, Hugh Selwyn Mauberley, read by Anthony Howell
H.D, Sheltered Garden, read by Lisa Dwan
Claude McKay, On Broadway, read by Lisa Dwan
Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past, read by Anthony Howell
Producer: Luke Mulhall
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Lord Gainford addressing ?listeners-in? from the new Savoy Hill studios
00:02Fats Waller
Birmingham Blues
Performer: Fats Waller.- Complete Jazz Series 1922 ? 1926 884385893170.
- TR2.
00:02Fats Waller
Birmingham Blues
William Carlos Williams
Kora In Hell, read by Anthony Howell
00:06Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, op.26, ii. Tema con variazioni
Performer: Yevgeny Kissin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado.- Deutsche Grammophon 439 898-2.
- TR5.
00:06Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto no.3 (2nd mvt: Theme and Variations)
Performer: Evgeny Kissin. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.Virginia Woolf
Jacob?s Room, read by Lisa Dwan
00:12Arnold Schoenberg
Serenade, Op. 24, Song Without Words
Performer: Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, Robert Craft.- Naxos 85572522.
- TR6.
00:12Arnold Schoenberg
Serenade, Op.24 (6th mvt: Song without Words)
Conductor: Robert Craft.T.S. Eliot
The Waste Land, ready by T.S. Eliot
00:16Arthur Honegger
Antigone
Performer: Heinz Holliger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Phillips 431052.
- TR10.
00:16Arthur Honegger
Antigone
Performer: Heinz Holliger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.T.S. Eliot
Preludes, read by Anthony Howell
00:19Alban Berg
String Quartet, Op.3 i. Langsam
Performer: Alban Berg Quartett.00:20Alban Berg
String Quartet, Op.3 (1st mvt: Langsam)
Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.Aramis
Review of Ulysses by James Joyce, The Sporting Times, 1st April 1922, read by Anthony Howell
Virginia Woolf
Reflections on Ulysses by James Joyce, private latter, read by Lisa Dwan
James Joyce
Ulysses, Speech of John F. Taylor, read by James Joyce
00:25Kevin McDermott
Those Seaside Girls
00:25Harry B. Norris
Those Seaside Girls
Performer: Kevin McDermott & Ralph Richey.- Sunphone Records 61604.
- TR9.
James Joyce
Ulysses, read by Lisa Dwan
00:32Carlos Chávez
Energia for Nine Instruments
Ensemble: La Camerata. Ensemble: Tambuco Percussion Ensemble. Conductor: Eduardo Mata.- Dorian DOR90215.
- TR9.
00:32Carlos Chávez
Energia
Ensemble: La Camerata. Ensemble: Tambuco. Conductor: Eduardo Mata.Tommaso Marinetti
The Futurist Manifesto, read by Anthony Howell
00:37George Antheil
Ballet Mechanique, for pianos, percussion, electric buzzers and airplane propellers
Orchestra: Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Spalding.- Naxos 8.559060.
- TR5.
00:37George Antheil
Ballet Mechanique
Orchestra: Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Spalding.Franz Kafka
Airplanes at Bresica, read by Anthony Howell
Anita Loos
Gentlemen Prefer Blonds, read by Lisa Dwan
00:42Jelly Roll Morton
King Porter Stomp
Performer: Jelly Roll Morton.- Edel Records 0193602ERE.
- TR3.
00:43Jelly Roll Morton
King Porter Stomp
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Jazz Age, read by Lisa Dwan
00:46Louis Armstrong
Coal Cart Blues
Performer: Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra.00:46Louis Armstrong
Coal Cart Blues
Ezra Pound
Canto III, read by Ezra Pound
00:50Igor Stravinsky
Pulccinella, Serenata, Larghetto: Mentre L'erbatta
Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Andrew Foster-Williams. Performer: Yakov Kreizberg.- OPMC Classics 001.
- CD3 TR15.
00:50Igor Stravinsky
Serenata (Pulcinella)
Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.Adolf Loos
Ornament & Crime, read by Anthony Howell
00:54Anton Webern
5 Canons on Latin Texts op.16 i. Christus factus est
Singer: Christiane Oelze. Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Deutsche Grammophon 437 786-2.
- TR25.
00:54Anton Webern
5 Canons on Latin Texts, Op.16
Singer: Christiane Oelze. Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.Amy Lowell
The Artist, read by Lisa Dwan
00:55Anton Webern
5 Canons on Latin Texts op.16 ii. Dormi Jesu
Singer: Christiane Oelze. Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Deutsche Grammophon 437 786-2.
- TR26.
Ezra Pound
Hugh Selwyn Mauberley, read by Anthony Howell
00:58Anton Webern
5 Canons on Latin Texts op.16 iv. Asperges me
Singer: Christiane Oelze. Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Deutsche Grammophon 437 786-2.
- TR28.
H.D.
Sheltered Garden, read by Lisa Dwan
01:01Duke Ellington
The Mooche
Performer: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.01:01Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
The Mooche
Claude McKay
On Broadway, read by Lisa Dwan
01:05Arnold Schoenberg
Suite for Piano op.25 v. Menuett & Trio
01:05Arnold Schoenberg
Suite for piano, Op.25 (5th mvt: Minuet and Trio)
Performer: N.F.I.Marcel Proust
Remembrance of Things Past, read by Anthony Howell
01:13Erik Satie
Ludions, Chanson du Chat
Performer: Philippe Entremont. Performer: Régine Crespin. Performer: Régine Crespin.Broadcasts
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