
Awake!
A sequence of music, poetry and prose united by the theme of awakenings.
Including readings by Peter Marinker and Hattie Morahan from the work of Mary Shelley, A E Housman, Edward Thomas, Anne Bronte and Percy Bysshe Shelley. With music by Handel, Bach, Stravinsky and Britten.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Edward Thomas
The Trumpet, read by Peter Marinka
Anne Bronte
Lines Composed in a Windy Wood, read by Hattie Morahan
William Carlos Williams
Dawn, read by Hattie Morahan
A E housman
Reveille, from A Shropshire Lad, read by Peter Marinker
Philip Larkin
Trees, read by Peter Marinker
Sylvia Plath
Morning Song, read by Hattie Morahan
Tony Connor
A Child Half Asleep, read by Peter Marinker
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein (extract), read by Peter Marinker
Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Mask of Anarchy (extract), read by Peter Marinker
Rita Dove
Adolescence II, read by Hattie Morahan
William Shakespeare
Is it thy will?, read by Hattie Morahan
Gerard Manley Hopkins
I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day, read by Peter Marinker
King James Bible
Psalm 102 (extract), read by Hattie Morahan
Robert Frost
I have been one acquainted with the night, read by Peter Marinker
Broadcasts
- Sun 27 Jun 2010 23:00
- Fri 31 Dec 2010 17:00