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Joy and Sorrow

Patrick Baladi (The Office) and Charlotte Martin (The Archers) read poetry and prose on the universal joys and sorrows of life, with live music from Olivia Chaney and Xhosa Cole.

Actors Patrick Baladi (The Office/Bodies) and Charlotte Martin (The Archers) read poetry and prose on the universal joys and sorrows of life – from childhood to parenthood, falling in love and falling out of love, grief, loss, and contentment in old age. With live music from singer and multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney, and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Young Jazz Musician of the Year saxophonist Xhosa Cole. Featured writers include Khalil Gibran, Ted Hughes, Charlotte Bronte, Nick Hornby, and E.E Cummings.

Recorded at the 2022 Contains Strong Language Festival in Birmingham.

Producers: Ruth Thomson and Nick Holmes

1 hour, 14 minutes

Last on

Sun 18 Sep 2022 17:30

Music Played

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

  • 00:01

    Olivia Chaney

    I Wish

    • Circus of Desire.
    • Olivia Chaney.
  • 00:05

    Karl Suessdorf

    Moonlight in Vermont

    Performer: Xhosa Cole. Performer: Steve Saunders.
  • 00:13

    Clair Omar Musser

    Etude in C major, Op.6 no.10

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • 00:17

    Olivia Chaney

    Bogeyman

  • 00:22

    Duke Ellington

    Isfahan

    Performer: Xhosa Cole. Performer: Steve Saunders.
  • 00:27

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major, BWV.1050 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
  • 00:36

    Olivia Chaney

    Roman Holiday

  • 00:42

    Ottorino Respighi

    Italiana (Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no.3)

    Orchestra: I Solisti Veneti. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.
  • 00:46

    Xhosa Cole

    Andy's Shuffle

  • 00:53

    Henry Purcell

    O Solitude

    Singer: Olivia Chaney.
  • 00:58

    James McMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: The Sixteen.
  • 01:02

    Sigmund Romberg

    Softly as in a Morning Sunrise

    Performer: Steve Saunders. Performer: Xhosa Cole.
  • 01:09

    Olivia Chaney

    House on a Hill

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  • Sun 18 Sep 2022 17:30

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