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Courtroom Drama

From Harper Lee's crusading lawyer Atticus Finch to Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury, Dickens's Jarndyce v Jarndyce to The Merchant of Venice and Jocelyn Pook's film score.

Readings about lawyers and courtrooms, from Harper Lee's crusading lawyer Atticus Finch, Dickens's Jarndyce v Jarndyce case from Bleak House that gets stuck in the Court of Chancery for decades, and part of Arthur Miller's witch-hunt drama The Crucible. Music includes Jocelyn Pook's score for The Merchant of Venice, Philip Glass's music for The Crucible, Woody Guthrie's tale of the Philadelphia Lawyer, and court scenes from Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes and Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury. And there's classic archive from an episode called Twelve Angry Men, which was part of Tony Hancock's TV series.

Our readers are Paterson Joseph and Emily Pithon.

Readings:

The Secret Barrister by The Secret Barrister
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
The Trial by Franz Kafka
The Owl by Emily Dickinson
Matthew Chapter XXVII from the King James Bible
Pilate鈥檚 Wife by Carol Ann Duffy
The Lawyer鈥檚 Ways by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman
Warning by David Sullivan
Tragedy at Law by Cyril Hare
The Case Won by William Cowper
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Winslow Boy by Terrence Rattigan

Producer: Nick Holmes

1 hour, 14 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 Jul 2022 17:30

Music Played

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

  • 00:00

    Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta, 4th Mvt. [Theme for 鈥楥rown Court鈥 TV series]

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • DECCA.
    • 4783186.
  • 00:00

    Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.
  • The Secret Barrister

    The Secret Barrister read by Emily Pithon

  • Scott Turow

    Presumed Innocent read by Paterson Joseph

  • 00:04

    Jocelyn Pook

    The Merchant of Venice; Courtroom Drama

    Performer: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Decca 00028947563679.
    • 13.
  • 00:08

    Jocelyn Pook

    The Merchant of Venice; Courtroom Portia

    Performer: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Decca 00028947563679.
  • William Shakespeare

    The Merchant of Venice read by Emily Pithon

  • 00:00

    Philip Glass

    The Crucible; Cue 1A

    Performer: Miranda Cuckson. Performer: Jeffrey Zeigler.
    • Orange Mountain.
    • 1.
  • 00:10

    Philip Glass

    The Crucible

    Performer: Miranda Cuckson. Performer: Jeffrey Zeigler.
  • Arthur Miller

    The Crucible read by Paterson Joseph and Emily Pithon

  • 00:12

    Ethel Smyth

    The Prison; the Deliverance

    Orchestra: The Experiential Orchestra. Conductor: James Blachly.
    • Chandos CHSA5279.
    • 9.
  • 00:12

    Ethel Smyth

    The Deliverance (The Prison)

    Orchestra: Experiential Orchestra. Conductor: James Blachly.
  • Franz Kafka

    The Trial read by Paterson Joseph

  • 00:17

    Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor Op. 67

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Sony Classical G010003145191Y.
    • 4.
  • 00:17

    Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Trio no.2, Op.67

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
  • 00:23

    Woody Guthrie

    Philadelphia Lawyer

    Performer: Woody Guthrie.
    • Supreme Media 887845832351.
    • 14.
  • 00:23

    Woody Guthrie

    Philadelphia Lawyer

  • Emily Dickinson

    The Owl read by Emily Pithon

  • 00:04

    Jocelyn Pook

    The Merchant of Venice

  • 00:05

    Benjamin Britten

    Peter Grimes; Prologue

    Singer: David Kelly. Singer: Owen Brannigan. Singer: Peter Pears. Singer: Lauris Margaret Elms. Singer: Claire Watson. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
    • Decca 00028948304011.
  • 00:26

    Benjamin Britten

    Peter Grimes (Prologue)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
  • The King James Bible

    Matthew Chapter XXVII read by Paterson Joseph

  • 00:33

    Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Jesus Christ Superstar; Pilate and Christ

    Singer: Ian Gillan. Singer: Barry Dennen.
    • UMC.
    • 00600753933152.
    • 5.
  • 00:33

    Andrew Lloyd Webber

    (Pilate and Christ) Jesus Christ Superstar

    Singer: Ian Gillan. Singer: Barry Dennen.
  • Carol Ann Duffy

    Pilate鈥檚 Wife read by Emily Pithon

  • Paul Laurence Dunbar

    The Lawyer鈥檚 Ways read by Paterson Joseph

  • 00:37

    Dinah Washington

    Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair

  • 00:37

    George Brooks

    Send Me To The 鈥楲ectric Chair

    Performer: Dinah Washington.
    • Verve Reissues 00602508357381.
    • 3.
  • Charles Dickens

    Bleak House read by Paterson Joseph

  • 00:43

    Arthur Sullivan

    Trial by Jury

    Singer: Donald Maxwell. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
  • 00:43

    Arthur Sullivan

    Trial by Jury

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Singer: Donald Maxwell. Choir: Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos CHAN10321.
  • Dorothy L. Sayers

    Strong Poison read by Emily Pithon

  • 00:49

    Shirley Collins

    Mowing the Barley (The Lawyer)

  • 00:49

    Trad. English

    Mowing the Barley (The Lawyer)

    Performer: Shirley Collins.
    • Vintage Masters Inc. 886788990043.
    • 8.
  • Walt Whitman

    Song of the Open Road read by Paterson Joseph

  • 00:51

    George Harrison

    Sue me, Sue you Blues

  • 00:51

    George Harrison

    Sue Me, Sue You Blues

    Performer: George Harrison.
    • UMC 00602547208828.
    • 2.
  • 00:53

    Thomas Newman

    Erin Brockovich OST; Useless

    Performer: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Sony Classical G010000934613Z.
    • 1.
  • 00:53

    Thomas Newman

    Erin Brockovich

  • David Sullivan

    Warning read by Emily Pithon

  • Cyril Hare

    Tragedy at Law read by Paterson Joseph

  • 00:55

    Alan Silvestri

    Judge Dredd

  • 00:55

    Alan Silvestri

    Judge Dredd OST; Main Theme

    Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Alan Silvestri. Conductor: Alan Silvestri.
    • 550 Music/Epic Soundtracks G010001412431K.
    • 6.
  • 00:58

    Dave Frishberg

    My Attorney Bernie

    Performer: Dave Frishberg.
    • Concord Records 00013431446224.
    • 9.
  • 00:58

    Dave Frishberg

    My Attorney Bernie

  • William Cowper

    The Case Won read by Paterson Joseph

  • 01:02

    Tony Hancock

    Hancock's Half Hour: Twelve Angry Men

    Performer: Tony Hancock.
    • Vintage Brits.
    • 4.
  • 01:04

    Brett Dean

    Twelve Angry Men

    Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Brett Dean.
  • 01:04

    Brett Dean

    12 Angry Men

    Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Brett Dean.
    • BIS BISCD1696.
    • 4.
  • Harper Lee

    To Kill a Mockingbird read by Emily Pithon

  • Terence Rattigan

    The Winslow Boy read by Paterson Joseph and Emily Pithon

  • 01:09

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonore; Prisoners鈥 Chorus

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Archiv.
    • 4534612.
    • 1.

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