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Rescue at Sea

Music evoking sea adventure and rescue from Debussy, Ravel, Anna Clyne and Mumford and Sons alongside readings from Eva Ibbotson, E Annie Proulx and Abdulrazak Gurnah.

Evocations of seascapes lie behind some of the loveliest music and writing ever made and this programme, in honour of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's 200-year history, looks to the full range of encounters with the waves. We will hear the imagined words of children planning sea adventure in Michael Morpurgo and Eva Ibbotson, the terrifying descriptions of cliff-like waves in Sebastian Junger鈥檚 The Perfect Storm, The Shipping News from E Annie Proulx , swashbuckling tales from Patrick O鈥橞rian and tales of trade in the Horn of Africa from Abdulrazak Gurnah. We will hear the Irish RNLI lifeboat helm and poet Eleanor Hooker's poem Float to Live and more. All of these are accompanied by sea-inspired music 鈥� orchestral pieces from the likes of Peter Maxwell Davies, that come close to aural metaphor for the ocean itself to sea shanties and traditional sea hymns giving thanks for rescue. We will journey out hopeful, encounter a sudden storm, face disaster, rescue and return to port as seasoned sea dogs. The readers are Carla Henry, Josh Bryant Jones and Blue Lights actor Martin McCann.

Producer in Salford: Olive Clancy

Readings:
Katherine Mansfield - A Little Boys Dream
Zora Neale Thurston - Their Eyes Were Watching Gods
Michael Morpurgo - Kensuke鈥檚 Kingdom
Amy Sackville - Orkney
Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island
Abdulrazak Gurnah - By the Sea
Patrick O鈥橞rian - The Nutmeg of Consolation
Horace - Stormy Seas
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (extract)
Eva Ibbotson - Journey to the River Sea
Thomas O鈥機rohan - A currach in the midst of a storm
Yann Martel - Life of Pi
William Shakespeare - The Tempest
E Annie Proulx - The Shipping News
Sebastian Junger - The Perfect Storm
Ben Fogle/James Cracknell - The Crossing
Alfred, Lord Tennyson - The Kraken
Bruce Chatwin - In Patagonia
Eleanor Hooker - Float to Live
William Wordsworth - Grace Darling (extract)
Oliver Jeffers - Lost and Found
Derek Mahon - Everything is Going to Be Alright

1 hour, 14 minutes

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Sun 6 Oct 2024 18:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

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

  • 00:01

    Philip Glass

    Choosing Life

    Performer: Martin Jacoby.
    • Silent Star Music.
    • Tr 1.

  • Katherine Mansfield

    A Little Boys Dream

  • 00:02

    Philip Glass

    Choosing Life

    Performer: Martin Jacoby.
    • Classical Chillout Lullabies.
    • Silent Star Music.
    • 1.
  • 00:03

    Charles Trenet

    La Mer

    Singer: Charles Trenet. Ensemble: Ensemble.
    • Cafe de Paris 40 Classic French Cafe Songs.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • 00:03

    Charles Trenet

    La Mer

    Performer: Charles Trenet and Ensemble.
    • EMI.
    • Tr 2.

  • Zora Neale Thurston

    Their Eyes Were Watching Gods

  • 00:06

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Performer: David Le Page.
    • Labyrinths.
    • Sigum Classics.
    • 1.
  • 00:07

    Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Performer: David Le Page.
    • Sigum Classics/Naxos of America.
    • Tr 11.

  • Michael Morpurgo

    Kensuke鈥檚 Kingdom

  • Amy Sackville

    Orkney

  • 00:12

    Trad, arr The Hands Free

    Kellam鈥檚 Reel/Rusty Gully

    Performer: The Hands Free.
    • New Amsterdam.
    • Tr 18.
  • 00:13

    Trad.

    Kellam's Reel

    Ensemble: The Hands Free.
    • The Hands Free.
    • New Amsterdam.
    • 1.

  • Robert Louis Stevenson

    Treasure Island

  • 00:15

    Maya Youssef

    The Sea

    Performer: Maya Youssef.
    • Syrian Dreams.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • 00:15

    Maya Youssef

    The Sea

    Performer: Maya Youssef.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • Tr 9.

  • Abdulrazak Gurnah

    By the Sea

  • 00:19

    David Gray

    Sail Away With Me

    • IHT records.
    • Tr 3.
  • 00:20

    David Gray

    Sail Away with Me

    • The Best of David Gray.
    • IHT Records.
    • 3.
  • 00:21

    Elisabeth Lutyens

    En Voyage 1 Overture

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Box of Delights.
    • Lyrita.
    • 1.
  • 00:21

    Elisabeth Lutyens

    En Voyage 1 Overture

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Lyrita.
    • Tr 4.

  • Patrick O鈥橞rian

    The Nutmeg of Consolation

  • Horace

    Stormy Seas

  • 00:25

    Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Il Barbiere Di Siviglia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 19.
  • 00:25

    Gioachino Rossini

    Il barbiere di Siviglia - Act 2, Temporale

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • Tr 19.

  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (extract)

  • 00:28

    Edward Elgar

    Where corals lie

    Singer: Janet Baker. Performer: Jacqueline du Pr茅. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Sea Pictures for mezzo-soprano and Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 8.
  • 00:28

    Edward Elgar

    Where corals lie

    Singer: Janet Baker. Performer: Jacqueline du Pr茅. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • EMI.
    • Tr 8.

  • Eva Ibbotson

    Journey to the River Sea

  • 00:32

    Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate

    Tracing Mississippi: IV. Hashi Hiloha (Sun Thunder)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.
    • Works by Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate.
    • Azica Records.
    • 4.
  • 00:32

    Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate

    Tracing Mississippi: IV. Hashi Hiloha (Sun Thunder)

    Performer: San Francisco Symphony.
    • Azica Records.
    • Tr 4.

  • Thomas O鈥機rohan

    A currach in the midst of a Storm

  • Yann Martel

    Life of Pi

  • 00:38

    Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt: Storm; Peer Gynt鈥檚 Journey Home

    Performer: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony.
    • Tr 15.
  • 00:39

    Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt

    Performer: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Peer Gynt's Homecoming (Peer Gynt Suite No 2 Op 55).
    • Sony.
    • 15.

  • William Shakespeare

    The Tempest

  • 00:41

    Rued Langgaard

    Symphony no. 15 "S酶stormen" Storm at Sea - BVN 375

    Performer: Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Rued Langgaard: The Complete Symphonies Vol. 6 - Symphonies nos. 8, 14, 15.
    • Danacord Records.
    • 12.
  • 00:41

    Rued Langgaard

    Symphony no. 15 "S酶stormen" Storm at Sea - BVN 375

    Performer: Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Danacord Records.
    • Tr 12.

  • E Annie Proulx

    The Shipping News

  • 00:45

    James Horner

    The Perfect Storm

    Performer: The Band of HM Royal Marines, Plymouth.
    • Clovelly Recordings.
    • 10.
  • 00:48

    James Horner

    The Perfect Storm

    Performer: The Band of HM Royal Marines, Plymouth.
    • Home from the Sea.
    • 10.

  • Sebastian Junger

    The Perfect Storm

  • Ben Fogle/James Cracknell

    The Crossing

  • 00:52

    Nitin Sawhney

    Transitions

    Performer: Nitin Sawhney.
    • Helen Grimuad Water.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • 00:52

    Nitin Sawhney

    Water: Transitions I

    Performer: Nitin Sawhney.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Alfred, Lord Tennyson

    The Kraken

  • 00:54

    John Bacchus Dykes

    Eternal father, strong to save

    Performer: Huddersfield Choral Society.
    • The Hymns Album.
    • EMI.
    • 17.
  • 00:54

    John Bacchus Dykes [1823-1876]

    Eternal father, strong to save

    Performer: Huddersfield Choral Society.
    • EMI.
    • 17.

  • Bruce Chatwin

    In Patagonia

  • 00:57

    Fontella Bass

    Rescue Me

    • Now that I found a Good Thing.
    • Jewell Records.
    • 1.
  • 00:57

    Fontella Bass

    Rescue Me

    • Jewel Records.
    • 1.
  • 01:00

    Penguin Cafe

    Rescue

    Orchestra: Penguin Cafe.
    • The Imperfect Sea.
    • Erased Tapes.
    • 7.

  • Eleanor Hooker

    Float to Live read by Eleanor Hooker

  • 01:00

    Penguin Cafe

    Rescue

    Performer: Penguin Cafe.
    • Erased Tapes.
    • 7.
  • 01:05

    Anna Clyne

    In the Gale

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • For the Birds The Birdsong Project.
    • The Birdsong Project.
    • 1.

  • William Wordsworth

    Grace Darling (extract)

  • 01:05

    Anna Clyne

    In the Gale

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • The Birdsong Project.
    • 3.

  • Oliver Jeffers

    Lost and Found

  • 01:11

    Ernest Chausson

    Poeme de l'amour et de la mer - Op 19 interlude

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille.
    • Poeme de l'amour et de la mer.
    • Alpha.
    • 2.
  • 01:09

    Mumford & Sons

    Afer the Storm

    Performer: Mumford & Sons.
    • Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC.
    • 12.

  • Derek Mahon

    Everything is Going to Be Alright

  • 01:11

    Ernest Chausson

    Po猫me de l'amour et de la mer, Op.19 - Interlude

    Performer: Orchestre national de Lille.
    • Alpha.
    • Track 2.

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  • Sun 6 Oct 2024 18:00
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