ウィークエンドサンシャイン
ブロードキャスター、ピーター・バラカンのナビゲートで送るウィークエンド・ミュージックマガジン。独特の嗅覚とこだわりの哲学でセレクトしたグッド・サウンドと、ワールドワイドな音楽情報を伝える。
http://www.nhk.or.jp/fm/sunshine/
放送日： 2011年 9月17日（土）
放送時間： 午前7:20〜午前9:00（100分）
ピーター・バラカン
追悼：Jerry Leiber (part 1)
THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST
http://www.nhk.or.jp/fm/sunshine/playlist.html?st=20110917
01. That's What The Good Book Says (Take 1) / Bobby Nunn & The Robbins
ALBUM: The Leiber & Stoller Story Vol 1: Hard Times
02. Real Ugly Woman / Jimmy Witherspoon
ALBUM: The Leiber & Stoller Story Vol 1: Hard Times
03. Kansas City aka KC Lovin' / Little Willie Littlefield
ALBUM: The Leiber & Stoller Story Vol 1: Hard Times
04. Flesh, Blood and Bones / Little Esther
ALBUM: Better Beware
05. Hound Dog / Big Mama Thornton
ALBUM: There's A Riot Goin' On!
06. Riot in Cell Block #9 / The Robins
ALBUM: There's A Riot Goin' On!
07. Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots / The Cheers
ALBUM: There's A Riot Goin' On!
08. L'Homme A La Moto / Edith Piaf
ALBUM: The Leiber & Stoller Story Vol 1: Hard Times
09. Smokey Joe's Cafe / The Robins
ALBUM: Coasters - 50 Coastin' Classics
10. Hound Dog / Freddie Bell & The Bell Boys
ALBUM: The Leiber & Stoller Story Vol 1: Hard Times
11. Hound Dog / Elvis Presley
ALBUM: Elvis' Golden Records
12. Love Me / Willy & Ruth
ALBUM: Leiber & Stoller present the Spark Records Story
13. Love Me / Elvis Presley
ALBUM: Elvis' Golden Records
14. Ruby Baby / The Drifters
ALBUM: The Leiber & Stoller Story Vol 1: Hard Times
15. Fools Fall In Love / The Drifters
ALBUM: Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-74
16. Lucky Lips / Ruth Brown
ALBUM: Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-74
17. Treat Me Nice / Elvis Presley
ALBUM: Elvis' Golden Records
18. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care / Elvis Presley
ALBUM: Leiber & Stoller Volume 1
19. Don't / Elvis Presley
ALBUM: Leiber & Stoller Volume 1
20. Down in Mexico / The Coasters
ALBUM: Coasters - 50 Coastin' Classics
21. Searchin' / The Coasters
ALBUM: Coasters - 50 Coastin' Classics
22. Young Blood / The Coasters
ALBUM: Coasters - 50 Coastin' Classics
23. Yakety Yak / The Coasters
ALBUM: Coasters - 50 Coastin' Classics
24. Charlie Brown / The Coasters
ALBUM: Coasters - 50 Coastin' Classics
25. That Is Rock & Roll / The Coasters
ALBUM: Coasters - 50 Coastin' Classics
Jazz Library
Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x41z
Gerry Mulligan
Sun 18 Sep 2011
00:00
BBC Radio 3
Brian Priestley joins Alyn Shipton to select key recordings of saxophonist Gerry Mulligan.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014m5qf
Gerry Mulligan was one of the finest baritone saxophonists in jazz history, bringing an effortless grace to the large instrument, enhanced by his skill as a composer and arranger. Brian Priestley joins Alyn Shipton to select Mulligan's key recordings, from his "pianoless" quartet through his sextets and ten-piece bands to the Concert Jazz Band. The music ranges from the early 1950s until the 1990s, and includes Mulligan's final, emotionally charged recordings.
Music played
1. Gerry Mulligan Quartet — My Funny Valentine
Composer: Hart, Rodgers Performers: Art Farmer, t; Gerry Mulligan, bar; Bill Crow, b; Dave Bailey, d. Dec 17, 1958 - Jan 15, 1959.
What Is There To Say? (on Four Classic Albums), Avid, 1031, CD 2 Tr 6
2. Gerry Mulligan Quartet — Walkin’ Shoes
Composer: Mulligan Performers: Chet Baker, t; Gerry Mulligan, bar; Bob Whitlock, b; Chico Hamilton, d. 15/16 Oct 1952. Los Angeles.
Original Gerry Mulligan – Chet Baker Quartet Complete Recordings, American Jazz Classics, 99031, CD 1 Tr 12
3. The Miles Davis Nonet — Jeru
Composer: Mulligan Performers: Miles Davis, t; Kai Winding, tb; Junior Collins, frh; John Barber, tu; Lee Konitz, as; Gerry Mulligan, bar; A Haig, p; Joe Shulman, b; Max Roach, d. 21. Jan 1949.
Birth of the Cool, Capitol, 7243530117 2 7, Tr 2
4. Gerry Mulligan Quartet — Line For Lyons
Composer: Mulligan Performers: Chet Baker, t; Gerry Mulligan, bar; Carson Smith, b; Chico Hamilton, d. 2 Sep 1952. San Francisco.
Original Gerry Mulligan – Chet Baker Quartet Complete Recordings, American Jazz Classics, 99031, CD 1 Tr 4
5. The Gerry Mulligan Tentette — A Ballad
Composer: Mulligan Performers: Chet Baker, Pete Candoli, t; Ray Siegel, tb; Bob Enevoldsen, vtb; John Graas, frh; Bud Shank, as; Gerry Mulligan, Don Davidson, bar; Joe Mondragon, b; Chico Hamilton, d; 29 Jan 1953.
Modern Sounds, Capitol / Toshiba EMI, TOCJ 5406, Tr 11
6. Gerry Mulligan Quartet — Blues at the Roots
Composer: Mulligan Performers: Jon Eardley, tp; Bob Brookmeyer, vtb; Zoot Sims, ts; Gerry Mulligan, p; Peck Morrison, b; Dave Bailey, d. N.Y., September 22, 1955.
Complete Studio Sessions, Lonehill, 10242, CD 2 Tr 13
7. Gerry Mulligan / Johnny Hodges — 18 Carrots for Rabbit
Composer: Mulligan Performers: Gerry Mulligan, bar; Johnny Hodges, as; Claude Williamson, p; Buddy Clark, b; Mel Lewis, d. July 1960.
Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges (on Four Classic Albums), Avid, 1031, CD 1 Tr 5
8. Gerry Mulligan / Ben Webster — The Cat Walk
Composer: Mulligan Performers: Gerry Mulligan, bar; Ben Webster, ts; Jimmy Rowles, p; Leroy Vinnegar, b; Mel Lewis, d. Nov/Dec 1959. Also on Gerry Mulligan Four Classic Albums on Avid.
Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster, Poll Winners, 27218, Tr 2
9. Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band — Broadway
Composer: Bird, McRae, Woode Performers: Don Ferrara, Conte Candoli, Nick Travis, tp; Bob Brookmeyer, vtb, p; Wayne Andre, tb; Alan Raph, b-tb; Gene Quill, cl, as; Dick Meldonian, as; Zoot Sims, ts; Gene Allen, bars, b-cl; Gerry Mulligan, bars; Buddy Clark, b; Mel Lewis, d. Plaza Sound, New York City, N.Y., July 25-27, 1960.
The Concert Jazz Band, Poll Winners, 2869742, Tr 7
10. Dave Brubeck Trio & Gerry Mulligan — Mexican Jumping Bean
Composer: Furber / Braham Performers: Gerry Mulligan, bar; Dave Brubeck, p; Jack Six, b; Alan Dawson, d. Berlin Philharmonie, November 1970.
Live at the Berlin Philharmonie, Columbia, 01 481415 10, Tr 2
11. Gerry Mulligan — Song For Strayhorn
Composer: Mulligan Performers: Gerry Mulligan, bar; Ted Rosenthal, p; Dean Johnson, b; Ron Vincent, d. April, 1994.
The Final Recordings, Telarc, 83517, Tr 13
12. Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band — I’m Gonna’ Go Fishin’
Composer: Ellington Performers: Gerry Mulligan, bar, con; Don Ferrara, Conte Candoli, Phil Sunkel, tr; Bob Brookweyer, val-trom; Wayne Andre, trom; Alan Raph, b-trom; Gene Quill, cl, as; Jim Reider, ts; Dick Meldonian, as; Gene Allen, bs, b-cl; Buddy Clark, b; Mel Lewis, d.
The Concert Jazz Band At Newport 1960, Solar Records, 4569890, Tr 9
Jazz Record Requests
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Sat 17 Sep 2011
17:00
BBC Radio 3
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014m38j
Music played
1. Wynton Marsalis — Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) (JRR Signature Tune)
Composer: Wynton Marsalis Performers: Wynton Marsalis (tp), Marcus Roberts (p), Todd Williams (ts), Dr Michael White (cl), Danny Barker (bj), Teddy Riley (tp), Freddie Lonzo (tb), Reginald Veal (b), Herlin Riley (d) Recorded: 28 October 1988
The Majesty of the Blues, 1989 CD CBS 465129 2
2. Ray Bryant — Prayer Song
Composer: Ray Bryant Performers: Ray Bryant (p), George Duvivier (b), Grady Tate (d) Recorded: January 1976
Here’s Ray Bryant, Pablo 2310 764, S2/4 4’32”
3. George Lewis — Hindustan
Composer: Wallace, Weeks Performers: Avery ‘Kid’ Howard (tp), Jim Robinson (tb), George Lewis (cl), Joseph Robichaux (p), Alcide ‘Slow Drag’ Pavageau (b), Joe Watkins (d) Recorded: 31 January 1959 Manchester Free Trade Hall
The George Lewis Ragtime Band: In Concert 1959, Five O Four 504CD58, 5 6’52”
4. Eddie Lang — A Little Love, A Little Kiss
Composer: Silesu Performers: Eddie Lang (g) Recorded: 26 May 1927
Blue Guitars, Parlophone PMC 7019, S1/5 3’00”
5. Ralph Sutton — Swing that Music
Composer: Louis Armstrong, H. Gerlach Performers: Ralph Sutton (p), Bob Barnard (tp), Milt Hinton (b), Len Barnard (d) Recorded: 25 August 1983
Partners in Crime, Sackville SKCD 22023, 1 4’00”
6. Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath — Sonia
Composer: Feza Performers: Chris McGregor (p), Mike Osborne, Dudu Pukwana (as), Evan Parker (ts), Bruce Grant (bs), Harry Beckett, Mark Charig (tp), Radu Malfatti (tb), Johnny Dyani, Harry Miller (b), Louis Moholo (d) Recorded: 10 May 1977
Procession, Ogun OG 524, A2 4’20”
7. Clare Teal — Chasing Cars
Composer: Gary Lightbody Performers: Clare Teal (v), Grant Windsor (p), Bryony James (cello) Recorded: 2010
Hey Ho, Absolute CDMUDCT1, 10 4’50”
8. J.J. Johnson — It’s Alright with Me
Composer: Porter Performers: J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Dick Katz (p), Milt Hinton (b), Al Harewood (d) Recorded: January 1955
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding Quintet – Complete Fifties Studio Recordings, Lonehill Jazz LHJ10179, CD2 tr 5 5’04”
9. Benny Carter — My One and Only Love
Composer: Guy Wood/Robert Mellin Performers: Benny Carter (as), Don Abney (p), George Duvivier (b), Louis Bellson (d) Recorded: 1954
Benny Carter 3,4,5 The Verve Small Group Sessions, Verve 849 395 2, 10 3’51”
10. Kathy Stobart — Rain
Composer: Lyttelton Performers: Humphrey Lyttelton (tp), Tony Coe (as), Kathy Stobart (ts), John Picard (tb), Ian Armit (p), Eddie Taylor (d), Brian Brocklehurst (b) Recorded: 26 November 1957
Kath Meets Humph, Parlophone PMD 1052, S2/1 4’08”
11. Woody Herman — Opus de Funk and Theme
Composer: Noble, Bishop, Corday, Silver Performers: Nat Pierce (p), Gary Klein (ts), Bill Chase, Dusko Goykovich (tp), Henry Southall (tb), Woody Herman’s Orchestra Recorded: June 1965
Woody’s Winners, CBS 21110, S2/3 10’47”
Jazz Line-Up
Programme exploring jazz music, focussing both on established, mainstream players and on the new generation of younger artists..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnmw
Mulatu Astatke, Pat Metheny
Sun 18 Sep 2011
23:00
BBC Radio 3
Claire Martin presents Mulatu Astatke in concert plus an interview with Pat Metheny.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014m93l
Claire Martin with concert music from the 'father of Ethiopian jazz' Mulatu Astatke with his Steps Ahead band recorded at this year's Glasgow Jazz Festival. There's also a rare chance to hear Mulatu speaking of his memories of meeting and working with jazz legend Duke Ellington in Ethiopia. Plus Kevin Le Gendre interviews jazz guitarist Pat Metheny in celebration of his new solo record 'What's It All About' which sees the master guitarist re-imagine works by Paul Simon, Henry Mancini, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Lennon and McCartney.
Music played
1. Booker T. & The MG's — Time Is Tight
Composer: Steve Cropper, Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn, Al Jr. Jackson, Booker T. Jones
I Love Sixties, Virgin/EMI VTDCD 769
2. Gretchen Parlato — Blue In Green
Performers: Gretchen Parlato (Vocals), Taylor Eigsti (Piano), Derrick Hodge (Bass), Kendrick Scott (Drums), Dayna Stephens (Sax) Composer: Davis Arranger: Robert Glasper, Gretchen Parlato
The Lost and Found, Obliq Sound OS 113
3. Soweto Kinch — On The Treadmill
Composer: Soweto Kinch
The New Emancipation, Soweto Kinch Recordings SKP 2CD
4. Bill Frisell & Vinicius Cantuaria — La Curva
Performers: Bill Frisell (Guitar), Vinicius Canturia (Percussion & Guitar) Composer: Vinicius Cantuaria, Bill Frisell
LaGrimas Mexicanas, Naïve NJ 621011
5. Pat Metheny — Slow Hot Wind
Performers: Pat Metheny Composer: Henry Mancini, Normal Gimbel
What’s It All About, Nonesuch 7559 79647-0
6. Pat Metheny — Garota De Ipanema
Performers: Pat Metheny Composer: Antonio Carlos Jobim/Vinicius De Moraes
What’s It All About, Nonesuch 7559 79647-0
7. Pat Metheny — Betcha By Golly Wow
Performers: Pat Metheny Composer: Thomas Bell/Linda Creed
What’s It All About, Nonesuch 7559 79647-0
8. Liane Carroll with Kirk Whalum — Moanin’
Performers: Liane Carroll (Vocals, Piano), Kirk Whalum (Sax) Composer: Liane Carroll
Up And Down, Quiet Money Recordings
9. Duke Ellington — Amed
Performers: Duke Ellington (Piano), Harry Carney, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves (Reeds), Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, Chuck Conners (Trombones), Cootie Williams, William ‘Cat’ Andesron, Mercer Ellington, Herbie Jones (Trumpets), John Lamb (Bass), Rufus Jones (Drums) Composer: Ellington
Far East Suite, Bluebird82876 55614-2
10. Mulatu Astatke and His Steps Ahead Band — Dewell
Composer: Mulatu Astatke Recorded: Glasgow Jazz Festival, 30th June 2011, The Platform, Glasgow
11. Mulatu Astatke and His Steps Ahead Band — Yakermesaw
Composer: Mulatu Astatke Recorded: Glasgow Jazz Festival, 30th June 2011, The Platform, Glasgow
12. Tigran Hamasyan — What The Waves Brought
Composer: Tigran Hamasyan
A Fable, Verve/Universal Promo n/a
Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley in 1942, and the format is simple: a guest is invited by Kirsty Young to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnmr
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs
Martin Clunes
Sun 18 Sep 2011
11:15
BBC Radio 4
Actor and presenter Martin Clunes joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014m6rc
Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor Martin Clunes.
He became a household name in the 1990s in the comedy "Men Behaving Badly" and, in the years since, has performed at The National Theatre, presented a number of natural history documentaries and become the gruff GP in the comedy drama "Doc Martin."
His prominent ears are among his trademarks and he reveals that early in his career he turned down an opportunity to have them pinned back. He said: "I just didn't fancy it - maybe I hadn't noticed them".
Record: Sailing - Rod Stewart
Book: Puckoon by Spike Milligan
Luxury: An electric guitar
Producer: Leanne Buckle.
Music played
1. T. Rex — Hot Love
Composer: Bolan
T. Rex –Greatest Hits, Universal
2. Bob Marley & The Wailers — Get Up Stand Up
Composer: Bob Marley,/Peter Tosh
Bob Marley & the Wailers: Africa Unite: The Singles Collection, Tuff Gong
3. Roxy Music — Avalon
Composer: Ferry
The Best of Roxy Music, Virgin
4. Chuck Berry — Reelin’ and Rockin’
Composer: Chuck Berry
The Best of Chuck Berry, Universal
5. Frank Zappa — Doreen
Composer: Frank Zappa
You Are What You Is, EMI
6. Rod Stewart — Sailing
Composer: Gavin Sutherland
The Best of Rod Stewart, Warner
7. Emily Clunes & her Friend Daisy — Your Song
Composer: Elton John
8. Fun Lovin' Criminals — We Have All the Time in the World
Composer: John Barry/Hal David
Bag of Hits, EMI
Desert Island Discs Revisited
Kirsty chooses favourites from the Desert Island Discs archive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zwlh8
Nigella Lawson
Sun 18 Sep 2011
10:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra
The choices of the cookery writer and TV chef Nigella Lawson.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014r11m
Desert Island Discs Revisited with Kirsty Young explores the choices of the cookery writer and TV chef in the first of a series featuring chefs and cooks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/b690f390#p009379c
This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the broadcaster, cook, mother and domestic goddess Nigella Lawson. She came from a privileged background - her father, the former Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson, her mother the society beauty and heir to the Lyons Corner House empire Vanessa Salmon. After graduating from Oxford, she wrote a restaurant column for the Spectator. She became deputy literary editor of the Sunday Times in 1986 and it was on that paper that she met John Diamond - the couple married three years later. She credits him with uncovering her potential - suggesting she wear more flattering clothes and make-up, encouraging her food writing and investing faith and pride in her.
He came up with the title of her first book How to Eat. It was a huge success and was followed by a second, award-winning book How to be a Domestic Goddess, which held out hope to would-be goddesses that even the most meagre skills could produce stunning results. But her life has been tainted by cancer. Her mother died of liver cancer in her 40s and her sister Thomasina was in her 30s when she died of breast cancer. When her husband had hospital tests for a cyst on his neck it was Nigella who chased up the doctors to find out the results and interrupted EastEnders to tell him that he too had been diagnosed with the disease. John Diamond died in 2001, leaving Nigella to bring up their two children, Cosima and Bruno. She has written a further two books and her series Nigella Bites has been bought up by American television. She says "I suppose I do think that awful things can happen at any moment, so while they are not happening you may as well be pleased."
Private Passions
Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnv3
Aminatta Forna
Sun 18 Sep 2011
12:00
BBC Radio 3
Michael Berkeley's guest is Glasgow-born author Aminatta Forna.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014m927
Michael Berkeley's guest this week is the Glasgow-born author Aminatta Forna, whose first book, 'The Devil that Danced on the Water' - a memoir of Sierra Leone where her dissident father was eventually arrested and executed by the regime - was runner-up for the 2003 Samuel Johnson Prize. Her next book, the novel 'Ancestor Stones', described by the Washington Post as 'a richly patterned mosaic of African culture and history', won several international awards; while her latest novel, 'The Memory of Love', set during the Sierra Leonean civil war of the 1990s, has been shortlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction and won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa). She is a trustee of the Royal Literary Fund, has published essays and articles, and writes for radio and TV.
Several of her choices recall her childhood experiences of music: she tried to learn piano and has always loved Bach's keyboard music, which she listens to while writing. She went to school in Malvern, where she first encountered Elgar's Cello Concerto, which helped her write the love scene in 'The Memory of Love'; while an extract from Prokofiev's ballet 'Romeo and Juliet' recalls her early love of opera and ballet. Tchaikovsky's first Piano Concerto was also an early passion from her schooldays, while she became interested in the improvisatory nature of jazz during a year spent in the USA. While writing her first book she used to go to Westminster Abbey, particularly to hear church music, and Rodrigo Leao's 'Ave Mundi' marries her enthusiasm for sacred music and dance. Finally her African heritage is celebrated in the music of Ali Farka Toure.
Music played
1. Johann Sebastian Bach — ‘Andante’ from Italian Concerto in F (BWV971)
Performers: Alfred Brendel (piano)
PHILIPS 4544092
2. Sir Edward Elgar — 1st mvt from Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85
Performers: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Yehudi Menuhin
PHILIPS 4163542
3. Louis Armstrong/Jelly Roll Morton — Wild Man Blues
Performers: Dr Michael White (clarinet), Steve Pistorious (piano)
VERVE 5177772
4. Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev — Montagues and Capulets from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Ballet Suite Op 64
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra/Efrem Kurtz
EMI CDZ7625302
5. Ali Farka Touré — ‘Sega’ (trans The Grass Snake) Peul (of the Fula People)
Performers: Ali Farka Toure (njarka), Hamma Sankare (calabash), Oumar Toure (congas)
WORLD CIRCUIT WCD040
6. Rodrigo Leão — Ave Mundi
Performers: Rodrigo Leão
COLUMBIA 4814532
7. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — 3rd mvt from Piano Concerto no 1 in B flat minor Op 23
Performers: Andras Schiff (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Sir Georg Solti
DECCA 4172942
Words and Music
A sequence of classical music mixed with well-loved and less familiar poems and prose.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x35f
Nine Lives
Sun 18 Sep 2011
18:30
BBC Radio 3
Texts and music on the theme of cats. Readings by Juliet Stevenson and Kenneth Cranham.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014m92h
From the mew of the pussycat to the roar of the lion, Nine Lives pays homage to the musicality and poetry of the feline form. Juliet Stevenson and Kenneth Cranham read poetry and prose from Rudyard Kipling, T.S. Eliot, Lewis Carroll, Ruth Padel and Grace Nichols accompanied by music from Saint-Saens, Rossini, Telemann, John Tavener, Ravel and Tchaikovsky.
Producer: Baya Cat
Producer's Note
Love them or loathe them the cat is an animal which evokes strong feelings and a wealth of artistic responses.
The cat loving poet Peter Porter’s funny ‘Mort aux Chats’, places itself in the anti-cat camp. 'Cats watch too much television, they can sleep through storms, they stabbed us in the back last time…. Death to all cats! The Rule of Dogs shall last a thousand years!' Telemann’s ‘Cantata’ offers another diatribe but with reason. Lamenting the death of his beloved canary, Telemann vents his rage on the cat that took its life. No doubt he would approve of another work in tonight’s programme, Anne LeBaron’s ‘Dog-Gone Cat Act’, so-called because the harp strings upon which the piece is played are made from catgut.
But whilst some denounce the cat as greedy, lazy, selfish creatures, there will always be those who praise them. In celebration of the majesty of big cats, we come face-to-face with the lion – king of the jungle – in Saint-Saens’s Carnival of the Animals, meet The Tyger in John Tavener’s musical representation of the William Blake poem and explore the exulted position of the jaguar in Mayan mythology in Ruth Padel’s ‘Saviour’. The place of cats in religion is also touched upon by Peter Porter and Grace Nichols, both of whom mention the cats of Ancient Egypt. Benjamin Britten sets to music Christopher Smart’s ‘Jubilate Agno’, a work dedicated to the glory of God.
On a lighter note there’s the enigmatic Cheshire Cat in Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’; Puss in Boots and the White Cat from Tchaikovsky’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’; and what feline-themed programme would be complete without T.S. Eliot’s ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’? You’ll hear the coolest of cats, Macavity, who would surely appreciate a burst of jazz, here Charlie Singleton’s ‘Cat’s Paw’. Rudyard Kipling’s ‘The Jungle Book’ runs throughout the programme: the grandfather reciting passages in Tea Obreht’s novel ‘The Tiger’s Wife’; the Overture from the Disney adaptation; the sumptuous description of Bagheera the Black Panther; and Percy Grainger’s setting of Kipling’s poetry to music.
Producer: Baya Cat
Music and featured items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.
00:00
Camille Saint-Saëns Camille Saint-Saëns — Le Carnaval des animaux: Introduction et Marche royale du Lion
Performer: Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire, Gidon Kremer, Isabelle van Keulen, Tabea Zimmermann, Mischa Maisky, Georg Hortnagel
Philips, Tr1
00:02
Thea Obreht
The Tiger’s Wife, read by Juliet Stevenson
00:03
George Bruns — Jungle Book Overture
Pickwick, Tr1
00:05
Rudyard Kipling
The Jungle Book, read by Kenneth Cranham
00:06
Aaron Copland Aaron Copland — Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and the Mouse
Performer: Mark Anderson
Nimbus, Tr22
00:10
Alan Brownjohn
Mad Animals, read by Kenneth Cranham
00:11
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Sleeping Beauty: Le Chat botte et la chatte blanche
Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon, CD2 Tr6
00:13
Katherine Pierpoint
Cats Are Otherwise, read by Juliet Stevenson
00:15
Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann — Canary Cantata
Performer: Dorothee Mields, Ewald Demeyere
Accent, Tr22 & 23
00:19
Yann Martel
Life of Pi, read by Kenneth Cranham
00:21
Anne LeBaron — Dog-Gone Cat
Performer: Anne LeBaron
Mode, Tr1
00:25
Yann Martel
Life of Pi, read by Kenneth Cranham
00:27
John Tavener John Tavener — The Tyger
Performer: Westminster Abbey Choir, Martin Neary
Sony Classical, Tr3
00:33
Peter Porter
Mort aux Chats, read by Kenneth Cranham
00:35
Maurice Ravel Maurice Ravel — L’enfant et les Sortileges: "Oh ma tete! Oh ma tete!"
Performer: Armin Jordan & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Isabel Garcisanz, Philippe Huttenlocher
Erato, Tr10
00:37
T.S. Elliot
Macavity read by Juliet Stevenson
00:39
Charlie Singleton — Cat’s Paw
Performer: Lou Donaldson, Charlie Singleton, Morris Lane, Kelly Owens, Teddy Cromwell, Lester Jenkins
Classics, Tr18
00:42
Jennifer Rahim
The Wild Cat, read by Juliet Stevenson
00:43
Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Rossini — Dueto di due Gatti
Performer: Lux Musica, Linda Burman-Hall, Patrice Maginnis, Brian Staufenbiel, Boyd Jarrell
Kleos Classics, Tr23
00:47
Ruth Padel
Jaguar Quartet: I Saviour, read by Kenneth Cranham
00:48
César Franck César Franck — Le Lion et le Coq
Performer: RTBF Symphony Orchestra, Andre Vandernoort
Autographe, Tr6
00:53
Percy Grainger Percy Grainger — Night-Song in the Jungle
Performer: The Polyphony Orchestra, Libby Crabtree, John Mark Ainsley, David Wilson-Johnson
Hyperion, Tr4
00:54
Grace Nichols
Tabby, read by Juliet Stevenson
00:54
Erno Dohnanyi — Nocturne - Cats on the Roof
Performer: Lawrence Schubert
Naxos, Tr19
01:01
Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland, read by Juliet Stevenson
01:03
Robert Smith Robert Smith — The Lovecats
Performer: The Cure
Fiction, Tr8
01:07
Alistair Reid
Curiosity, read by Kenneth Cranham
01:10
Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten — For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffrey, Rejoice in the Lamb
Performer: Sir David Willcocks, Philip Ledger, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
EMI, Tr14
