
Route Nationale
A journey around provincial France, as Jonathan Firth and Haydn Gwynne read poetry and prose by Paul Verlaine, Gillaume Apollinaire, Elizabeth David and Peter Mayle, with accompanying music by Ravel, Berlioz, Canteloube, Cécile Chaminade and Charles Trenet.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Charles Tomlinson
La Rochelle read by Jonathan Firth
Heather Phillipson
Le Parc read by Haydn Gwynne
Elizabeth David
French Country Cooking (extract from introduction) read by Haydn Gwynne
Duncan Forbes
Gironde July read by Jonathan Firth
Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary (extract) read by Haydn Gwynne
Arthur Rimbaud, translated by Martin Sorrell
To Music read by Jonathan Firth
Peter Mayle
A Year in Provence (extract) read by Jonathan Firth
Kate Bingham
Beaujolais read by Haydn Gwynne
Guillaume Apollinaire, translated by Oliver Bernard
Autumn Crocuses read by Jonathan Firth
Mary O’Donnell
Café Terrace at Night, 1888 read by Haydn Gwynne
Paul Verlaine
The Noise of Bars read by Jonathan Firth
Pascalle Monnier, translated by Cole Swensen
Summer read by Haydn Gwynne
Jacques Dupin, translated by Paul Auster
Even If the Mountain read by Jonathan Firth
Paul de Roux, translated by Stephen Romer
The Cold Again read by Jonathan Firth
Jacques Réda, translated by Stephen Romer
Autumn Distance read by Haydn Gwynne
Broadcast
- Sun 15 Aug 2010 22:45