 |
|
|
|
|
PROGRAMME INFO |
|
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
LISTEN AGAIN |
|
|
|
|
PRESENTERS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROGRAMME DETAILS |
|
|
|
Sweet Though In Sadness
This programme is presented by writer and broadcaster Mark Tully.
Music 1: Weep You No More, Sad Fountains composed by John Dowland. From the CD 'John Dowland: Lute Songs'. Performed by Andrew Dalton and Yasunori Imamura. Released on Etcetera. Catalogue number: KTC1030.
Reading 1: Sonnet 8 by William Shakespeare. From the anthology 'Poems To Live By' edited by John Florence. Published by Studymates Ltd. ISBN: 1842850431.
Music 2: Funeral Ikos composed by John Tavener. From the CD 'John Tavener: Ikon of Light; Funeral Ikos; Carol; The Lamb'. Performed by The Tallis Scholars and the Chilingirian String Quartet. Published by Chester Music. Released on Gimell. Catalogue number: CDGIM 005.
Reading 2: The Wreck by Don Paterson. From the poetry collection 'Landing Light'. Published by Faber & Faber. ISBN: 0571220649.
Reading 3: Wedding-Ring by Denise Leverton. From her poetry collection 'New Selected Poems'. Published by Bloodaxe Books.
Music 3: Yesterdays written by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach. From the CD 'Billie Holiday: Jazz Masters 12'. Performed by Billie Holiday, Paul Quinichette, Oscar Peterson, Freddie Green, Ray Brown and Gus Johnson. Released on Verve. Catalogue number: 5198252.
Reading 4: La Pathétique by Lily Brett. From the anthology 'Holocaust Poetry', edited by Hilda Schiff. Published by Harper Collins. ISBN: 0006278752.
Music 4: Quiet City composed by Aaron Copland. From the CD 'The Copland Collection: Orchestral and Ballet Works 1936 - 1948'. Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Aaron Copland. Released on Sony Classical. Catalogue number: SM3K46559.
Reading 5: Excerpt from Childhood by Melvin Konner. Published by Little Brown and Co. ISBN: 0316501840.
Music 5: Song For Guy composed by Elton John. From the CD 'A Single Man'. Performed by Elton John, Ray Cooper and Clive Franks. Released on Rocket. Catalogue number: 8268052.
Reading 6: Excerpt from Just Spirituality In A World of Faiths by Barbara and Tom Butler. Published by Mowbray. ISBN: 0264673379.
Music 6: Um Mitternacht from 'Rückert-Lieder' composed by Gustav Mahler. From the CD 'Mahler: Rückert-Lieder, Kindertotenlieder'. Performed by Waltraud Meier, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and conducted by Lorin Maazel. Released on RCA. Catalogue number: 74321571292
Reading 7: Prayer by Joyce Rupp. From her book 'Little Pieces of Light: Darkness and Personal Growth. Published by Paulist Press International. ISBN: 0809135124.
Music 7: Magnificat in D composed by George Dyson. From the CD 'Evensong & Vespers at King's'. Performed by The Choir of King's College, Cambridge and directed by Stephen Cleobury. Released on Master Tone. Catalogue number: 144.
|
|
|
|
|
