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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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On The Road Again
Today's programme is presented by Fergal Keane.
Music 1: On the Trail from 'Grand Canyon Suite' composed by Ferde Grofé. From the CD 'Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite/Ives: Orchestral Set No. 2'. Performed by the London Festival Orchestra and conducted by Stanley Black. Published by The Decca Record Company Limited, London and released on 448 956-2.
Reading 1: Excerpt from The Memories of Rose Wilder Lane. From 'American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940'.
Reading 2: Returned to Say by William Stafford. Taken from PoemHunter.com.
Reading 3: When I Set Out For Lyonesse by Thomas Hardy. From the book 'Satires of Circumstance'. Taken from Thomas Hardy and his Wessex.
Music 2: You Rambling Boys of Pleasure (Trad). From the CD 'After The Break'. Performed by Planxty. Released on Tara Records Ltd: TARA CD 3001.
Reading 4: An Old Woman of the Roads by Padraic Colum. Taken from Bartleby.com
Music 3: The Moving On Song written by Ewan MacColl. From the CD 'Black and White: Ewan MacColl (The Definitive Collection)'. Performed by Ewan MacColl. Published by Ewan MacColl Ltd. Released on Cooking Vinyl: COOKCD038.
Reading 5: Excerpt from '1688: A Global History' by John E Wills. Published by
Granta Books. ISBN: 1862074828.
Music 4: In The Street of the Ouled Naïls from ''Beni Mora (Oriental Suite)' composed by Gustav Holst. Performed by Tim Hugh, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra and conducted by David Lloyd-Jones. From the CD 'Holst: Beni Mora/Somerset Rhapsody'. Published by HNH International ltd. Released on Naxos: 8.553696.
Reading 6: Excerpt from The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. From 'A Streetcar Named Desire and Other Plays'. Published by Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN: 0141182563.
Music 5: America written by Paul Simon. From the CD 'Simon and Garfunkel: Greatest Hits'. Performed by Simon and Garfunkel. Published by Paul Simon. Released on CBS. Catalogue number: CDCBS 69003.
Reading 7: Excerpt from On the Road by Jack Kerouac. Published by Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN: 0140274154.
Music 6: Passport composed by Charles Parker, Jnr. From the CD 'Bird's Best Bop on Verve'. Performed by Charlie Parker. Released on Verve: 527 452-2.
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