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.
Programme details: 19 June 2005
New God: presented this week by Mike Wooldridge.
Music 1: "N'Zambi" Performed by Andre' Mingas. From the compilation 'Adventures in Afropea- Vol.3.' Released on Warner. Catalogue number: 9362456692. Track 4.
Reading 1: Extract from "The Inland Sea" by Jenny Joseph. From 'The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Women Poets', edited by Jeni Couzyn. Published by Bloodaxe Books Ltd. ISBN 0 90642780 0.
Music 2: "Kaddish" composed by Leonard Bernstein. From the CD 'Symphony No.3; Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis.' Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ann Murray and Jamie Bernstein. Published by BBC Symphony Orchestra. Released on Chandos. Catalogue number: 60595. Track 1.
Reading 2: Extract from 'Spirituality Revolution' by David Tacey. Published by Brunner-Routledge. ISBN: 1583918744. P159.
Music 3: "The Resurrection of Eve", by Jerome Moross. From the CD 'Symphony No.1, The Last Judgement'. Performed by The London Symphony Orchestra. Released on Koch International Classics. Catalogue number: 2404072. Track 5.
Reading 3: "In Whom We Live and Move and Have our Being" by Denise Levertov from 'New Selected Poems' . Published by Bloodaxe. ISBN: 1852246537.
Reading 4: Extract from 'The Heart of Christianity' By Marcus Borg. Published by Harper Collins. ISBN: 0060730684. P67.
Music 4: 'Offering Chant' - Traditional. From The CD 'Rain Of Blessings- Vajra Chants', Performed by Lama Gyurme & Jean - Phillipe Rykiel. Released on Real World. Catalogue No. #48814. Track 2.
Reading 5: Poem "The Song Of The Bird" by Anthony De Mello. Published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc. ISBN: 0385196156. Pages 3-4.
Reading 6: Poem "The Way of The Flesh" by Anthony De Mello. Published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc. ISBN: 0385196156. Pages 24-25.
Music 5: "Maya" Susheela Raman. From the CD 'Salt Rain'. Released on Narad Music. Catalogue number: 72438-50955-2-8. Track 2.
Reading 7: Extract from "God: A Guide For The Perplexed" by Keith Ward. Published by One World, Oxford. ISBN: 1 851682322. Pages 240-241.
Music 6: "For The Creator (O Quam Mirailis)" by Hildegard Von Bingen words and music comprised and performed by Richard Souther. Released on EMI. Catalogue number: 7243 55524621. Track 8.
Reading 7: "A Priest At Prayer" by David Scott. From 'Selected Poems' Published by Bloodaxe. ISBN: 1852244267. Page 158.
Music 7: "Alleluia and Fugue" by Alan Hovaness. From the album 'Celestial Gate' Performed by The Orchestra of Flanders, conducted by Rudolf Werthen. Released on Telarc Digital. Catalogue number: CD80392. Track 5.
