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The Return

Clare Perkins and Jonathan Keeble with readings on the theme of returning from Shakespeare, Milton and Carol Ann Duffy, with music by Rachmaninov, Haydn, The Beatles and Elvis.

From returning home, music which returns to the same themes, to the biblical story of the Prodigal Son, soldiers coming home from war, the typewriter carriage return and a letter returned to sender. With music by Rachmaninov, Leroy Anderson, Dvo艡谩k, Haydn, The Beatles and Elvis, and readings from Shakespeare, Milton, Carol Ann Duffy, Samantha Harvey, Ezra Pound and Emily Dickinson.

The readers are Jonathan Keeble and Clare Perkins.

Producer in Salford: Nick Holmes

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1 hour, 14 minutes

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Sun 19 Jan 2025 18:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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  • Samantha Harvey

    Orbital read by Clare Perkins

  • 00:02

    Trent Reznor

    Meditation

    Composer: Atticus Ross. Performer: Trent Reznor. Performer: Atticus Ross.
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • John Milton

    Paradise Regained read by Jonathan Keeble

  • 00:05

    Scott Blackwell

    Return to Sender

    Performer: Elvis Presley.
    • AudioSonic Music 1459944431896_AUDS54.
    • Tr 10.

  • Penelope

    Carol Ann Duffy read by Clare Perkins

  • 00:07

    Gabriel Faur茅

    Penelope - Prelude

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Linn CKD550.
    • Tr 1.

  • Lewis Carroll

    Alice in Wonderland read by Jonathan Keeble and Clare Perkins

  • 00:17

    Trad.

    Sumer is icumen in

    Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi G010003746631P.
    • Tr 5.

  • Hugo Williams

    The Moths read by Jonathan Keeble

  • 00:19

    Dave Brubeck

    Blue Rondo a la Turk

    Performer: Jon Batiste.
    • Walt Disney Records 00050087495701.
    • Tr 5.

  • Alan Hollinghurst

    Our Evenings read by Jonathan Keeble

  • Jane Austen

    Pride and Prejudice read by Clare Perkins

  • 00:23

    Jean Sibelius

    Two Serenades, Op. 69 - I; Andante assai

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG) 00028944789522.
    • Tr 4.
  • 00:30

    Phil Ochs

    Song of my Returning

    Performer: Phil Ochs.
    • Rhino.

  • Grace Nichols

    Island Man read by Clare Perkins

  • 00:33

    Bob Marley

    Exodus

    Ensemble: Bob Marley & The Wailers.
    • Universal.

  • The Bible

    Luke 15:11 - 14 and 20 - 24 read by Jonathan Keeble

  • Melvin Dixon

    Going to Africa read by Clare Perkins

  • 00:00

    Leroy Anderson

    The Typewriter

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.
    • RCA Red Seal G010002024472P.
    • Tr 8.
  • 00:41

    Lennon and McCartney

    Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    Performer: The Beatles.

  • Ezra Pound

    The Return read by Jonathan Keeble

  • 00:43

    Sergey Rachmaninov

    5 Morceaux de fantaisie Op.3 no.2; Prelude in C sharp minor

    Performer: Simon Trpceski.
    • Warner Classics 0724355794352.
    • Tr 13.

  • Jofre Rocha

    Poem of Return read by Clare Perkins

  • Walther von der Vogelweide

    Worthy Art Thou, Returning Home read by Jonathan Keeble

  • 00:47

    Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 45 in F 'The Farewell'; Finale - Adagio

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • LSO Live 798293.
    • Tr 11.

  • Emily Dickinson

    I Years had Been from Home read by Clare Perkins

  • 00:51

    Pink Floyd

    Time

    • Pink Floyd Records 5099902984056.
    • Tr 4.

  • William Wordsworth

    I Travelled Among Unknown Men read by Jonathan Keeble

  • 00:53

    Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Goin' Home

    Music Arranger: William Arms Fisher. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Sony Classical G0100044571350.
    • Tr 4.

  • Mark Cocker

    One Midsummer's Day read by Jonathan Keeble

  • Emily Bront毛

    Often Rebuked, but Always Back Returning read by Clare Perkins

  • Wilfred Owen

    The Send-off read by Jonathan Keeble

  • 01:02

    Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 鈥楽ongs Are Sung鈥�: II. Largo cantabile

    Performer: Royal String Quartet.
    • Hyperion 00602448805508.
    • Tr 7.

  • Charlotte Bront毛

    Jane Eyre read by Clare Perkins

  • 01:04

    David Sylvian

    Ghosts

    Performer: Japan.
    • Virgin Records 00077778672852.
    • Tr 8.

  • AE Housman

    Soldiers from the War Returning read by Jonathan Keeble

  • E. Nesbit

    The Railway Children read by Clare Perkins

  • 01:10

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Tempest, Op. 18: IV. Andante con moto

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
    • Chandos 1471259.
    • Tr 5.

  • William Shakespeare

    The Tempest; Epilogue read by Jonathan Keeble

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  • Sun 19 Jan 2025 18:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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