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Each week the programme examines some of the larger questions of life by taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through Music, prose and poetry.
It brings together the thoughts, ideas and works of the great thinkers, theologians, poets and composers. Something Understood has a multi-faith approach, often bringing in examples from Eastern philosophy as well as the Western Christian world.
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Stories
This programme is presented by Hugh Lupton, storyteller, on stories as a chain of voices.
Music 1: Lesotho Women's dance from a private recording by Hugh Lupton.
Reading 1: The Stone Book written and read by Alan Garner, from the Stone Book Quartet, published by Flamingo Modern Classics, ISBN: 0006551513.
Music 2: Lamentationes Jeremaiae by Thomas Tallis, performed by the Choir of King's College Cambridge, on DECCA 455 029-2
Music 3: Keeooaadi There by The Incredible String Band, from The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, on Elektra, 7559-60835-2
Reading 2: from Three Poems of Incarnation by Kathleen Raine, read by Alison Clark, from Collected Poems, 1935-80 published by HarperCollins, ISBN: 0048210501
Reading 3: read by Ted Hughes, from Tales from Ovid, Penguin Audiobooks ISBN: 0141802480
Music 4: Nibiro Ghono Andare from the original soundtrack to Mahabharata by Peter Brook and Sarmila Roy. Available on Realworld/Virgin 7777 86164 2
Music 5: a private recording of Duncan Williamson singing 'Thomas the Rhymer'
Reading 4: Fairy Tale by Miroslav Holub, read by Paul Millar. From The Rattle Bag edited by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes. Faber and Faber Ltd ISBN: 057111976X
Music 5: St George's Day by Robert Harbron, from the album Ghosts, English Acoustic Collective, published by RUF on RUFCD09
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