音楽の泉
週末の朝に、さわやかなクラシック音楽を、やわらかい解説を添えてお届けする「音楽の泉」。クラシック音楽入門番組として1948年に放送を開始、今まで数々の名曲をご紹介してきました。曲の合間に、音楽学者の皆川達夫さんが楽曲の解説や作品にまつわるエピソードなどを分かりやすく、やわらかい語り口でお伝えします。
ゆったりと流れる時間のおともに、「音楽の泉」でクラシック音楽をお楽しみください。
http://www.nhk.or.jp/r1/shou/ongaku_izumi.html
放送日： 2011年10月15日（土）
放送時間： 午前6:00〜午前6:50（50分）
解説： 皆川達夫
− チャイコフスキー名曲集 −
「ロココ風の主題による変奏曲 作品３３」チャイコフスキー作曲（１７分３５秒）
（チェロ）ムスティスラフ・ロストロポーヴィチ
（管弦楽）ソヴィエト国立交響楽団
（指揮）ゲンナジー・ロジェストヴェンスキー
＜東芝ＥＭＩ ＴＯＣＥ−９４１８＞
「幻想曲“テンペスト”作品１８」チャイコフスキー作曲（２３分００秒）
（管弦楽）ベルリン・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団
（指揮）クラウディオ・アバド
＜グラモフォン ＰＯＣＧ−１０１８３＞
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10月15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：Bert Jansch
THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST
01. Angie / Bert Jansch
ALBUM: Dazzling Stranger
02. Needle Of Death / Bert Jansch
ALBUM: Dazzling Stranger
03. Train On The River / Bert Jansch
ALBUM: Young Man Blues: Live In Glasgow 1962-1964
04. Hallelujah I Love Her So / Bert Jansch
ALBUM: Young Man Blues: Live In Glasgow 1962-1964
05. Blackwaterside / Bert Jansch
ALBUM: Dazzling Stranger
06. Soho / Bert Jansch & John Renbourn
ALBUM: Bert And John
07. East Wind / Bert Jansch & John Renbourn
ALBUM: Bert And John
08. Bells / Pentangle
ALBUM: Dazzling Stranger
09. Wishing Well / Bert Jansch
ALBUM: Dazzling Stranger
10. Reynardine / Bert Jansch
ALBUM: Dazzling Stranger
11. When I Get Home / Pentangle
ALBUM: Dazzling Stranger
12. The Blacksmith / Bert Jansch
ALBUM: Dazzling Stranger
13. Chambertin / Bert Jansch
ALBUM: Dazzling Stranger
14. If I Were A Carpenter / Bert Jansch
ALBUM: Heartbreak
15. Heartbreak Hotel / Bert Jansch & Albert Lee
ALBUM: Acoustic Routes
16. Go Your Way My Love / Anne Briggs & Bert Jansch
ALBUM: Acoustic Routes
17. Three Dreamers / Bert Jansch
ALBUM: Dazzling Stranger
18. The Black Swan / Bert Jansch
ALBUM: The Black Swan
19. Katie Cruel / Bert Jansch w. Beth Orton
ALBUM: The Black Swan
20. Running From Home (Key To The Highway) / Bert Jansch
ALBUM: The River Sessions
世界の快適音楽セレクション
"快適音楽"を求めるギターデュオのゴンチチによる、ノンジャンル・ミュージック番組。
http://www.nhk.or.jp/fm/kaiteki/
放送日： 2011年10月15日（土）
放送時間： 午前9:00〜午前10:55（115分）
ゴンチチ
湯浅学
− とんだりはねたりの音楽 −
「ピン・ポン・ソング」 (ゴンチチ)(4分03秒)
＜ポニーキャニオン PCCA-02102＞
「ホップ・スキップ&ジャンプ」 (ロイ・ミルトン)(2分35秒)
＜P-VINE PCD-1919＞
「チキン・スタッフ」 (ホップ・ウィルソン)(1分59秒)
＜ACE REC. CDCHD240＞
「フロッギー・デイ」 (高柳昌行セカンド・コンセプト)(5分35秒)
＜THREE BLIND MICE TBM-XR-5018＞
「25のノルウェーの民謡と踊りから 飛び跳ねる踊り」グリーグ作曲(2分25秒)
(リコーダー)ミカラ・ペトリ
(ギター)ラルス・ハンニバル
＜BMGファンハウス BVCC-37290＞
「ジャンプ・ステディ・ブルース」 (パイントップ・スミス)(3分20秒)
＜ビクターエンタテイメント MVCE24058＞
「ドランカーズ・ローン・チャイルド」 (ドック・ボッグス)(3分22秒)
＜SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS REC. SFW40108＞
「うさぎのダンス」 (平井英子)(2分22秒)
＜VICTOR VICG60536，60537＞
「アテテ」 (サー・ヴィクター・ウワイフォ)(3分53秒)
＜SOUNDWAY REC.SNDWCD012＞
「三跳び踊り」 (サローマ)(2分50秒)
＜SOUP REC.TW1CD＞
「盛りあがろうよ」 (ビノミオ・デ・オロ)(4分23秒)
＜BOM2051 BOM2051＞
「ローラ」 (菊池雅章)(14分07秒)
＜P.J.L. MTCJ-3004＞
「リンドバーグ・ホップ」 (メンフィス・ジャグ・バンド)(2分48秒)
＜BLUE INTERACTIONS R-9960228＞
「ザ・ジャンパー」 (アップ・セッターズ)(3分30秒)
＜TROJAN REC.CDTAL903＞
「雨上がり」 (小川美潮)(4分08秒)
＜AGOGA AGOGA-002＞
「今日を越えて」 (岡林信康)(4分30秒)
＜BEL AIR MUSIC TGCS-5080＞
「テイラー・メイド」 (ゴンチチ)(1分46秒)
＜EPIC ESCL3738＞
「ベンゴ・ア・デシルテ」 (スティーヴ・ジョーダン)(3分00秒)
＜HACIENDA SC-192＞
「ムォル・クロッケ・ノルレ」 (チャン・ギハと顔たち)(2分20秒)
＜CONTRAREDE CTRD050＞
Sounds of the 20th Century
Jeremy Vine introduces Radio 2's audio journey through the years from 1951 to 2000, helping listeners to relive the music, news, radio, TV and movies of the times
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0103r3t
1978
Thu 13 Oct 2011
22:00
BBC Radio 2
28/50. Radio 2's audio journey through five decades reaches 1978.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0156rlg
Radio 2's audio journey through five decades reaches 1978. Jeremy Vine introduces a collage of the music, news, people and programmes - as they were heard at the time - without any commentary, analysis, or hindsight.
1978 is the year of Grease, Sid Vicious and the Sultans of Swing. There are great comebacks for Muhammad Ali and Bob Dylan, big wins for Liverpool and Argentina, and chart recognition for Baker Street, Wuthering Heights and the YMCA.
Music played
1. The Boomtown Rats — Rat Trap
2. The Rolling Stones — Miss You
3. Jeff Wayne — War Of The Worlds
4. Nick Lowe — I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass
5. Dire Straits — Sultans Of Swing
6. Chic — Le Freak
7. Gerry Rafferty — Baker Street
6. Jilted John — Jilted John
7. Sham 69 — If The Kids Are United
8. Rod Stewart — Do You Think I'm Sexy?
9. Village People — Ymca
10. Elvis Costello — I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea
11. Genesis — Follow You, Follow Me
12. Electric Light Orchestra — Mr Blue Sky
13. Boney M. — Rivers Of Babylon
14. Bob Dylan — Forever Young
15. Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta & Jeff Conaway — You're The One That I Want
16. The Police — Roxanne
17. The Rutles — I Must Be In Love
18. Blondie — Denis Denis
19. The Undertones — Teenage Kicks
20. Kate Bush — Wuthering Heights
21. Elvis Costello — Radio Radio
22. Meat Loaf — Bat Out Of Hell
Jazz Record Requests
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Sat 15 Oct 2011
17:00
BBC Radio 3
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015ygnm
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. Ken Colyer — Thriller Rag
Composer: Aufderheide Performers: Ken Colyer (tp), Mac Duncan (tb), Ian Wheeler (cl), Johnny Bastable (bjo), Ron Ward (b), Colin Bowden (d) Recorded: 7 May 1957
Serenading Auntie, Upbeat Jazz URCD 173, 11 3’05”
3. Eddie Condon — The Eel
Composer: Freeman Performers: Max Kaminsky (tp), Floyd O’Brien (tb), Pee Wee Russell (cl), Bud Freeman (ts), Joe Sullivan (p), Eddie Condon (banjo), Artie Bernstein (b), Sid Catlett (d) Recorded: 17 November 1933
Topaz, Topaz 1026, 9 3’21”
4. John Sangster — Rivendell
Composer: Sangster Performers: John Sangster (vibes, Marimbaphone, celeste, percussion), Bob Barnard (tp), John McCarthy (cl, ss & ts), Col Nolan (p), George Thompson (b), Len Barnard (d & Washboard), Ian Bloxsom (p) Recorded: 25 August 1973
The Hobbit, Swaggie S1340, 13 4’32”
5. Dizzy Gillespie — My Man
Composer: Yvain, Charles, Pollock, Willemetz Performers: Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Junior Mance (p), Les Spann (g), Sam Jones (b), Lex Humphries (d) Recorded: 17 February 1959
The Ebullient Mr Gillespie & Have Trumpet, Will Excite!, Fresh Sound Records FSR CD580, CD1 Tr 2 4’14”
6. Buddy Rich — The Beat Goes On
Composer: Bono Performers: Quinn Davis (as), Ernie Watts (as & fl), Jay Corre, Robert Keller (ts & fl), Marty Flax (bs), Bobby Shew (tp), Yoshito Murakami, Charles Findley, John Scottiel (tp), Jim Trimble, Ron Meyers, Bill Wimberly (tb), Richard Resnicoff (g), Ray Starling (p), James Gannon (b), Buddy Rich (b) Recorded: 25 February 1967
Big Swing Face, Pacific Jazz CDP8379892, 8 4’50”
7. Benny Goodman — Dizzy Spells
Composer: Goodman, Hampton, Wilson Performers: Benny Goodman (cl), Lionel Hampton (vibes), Teddy Wilson (p), Gene Krupa (d) Recorded: 16 January 1938
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, C2K 65143, CD2 tr 12 5’42”
8. Carmen McRae — ‘Round Midnight
Composer: Monk, Hanighen, Hendricks Performers: Clifford Jordon (ts), Eric Gunnison (p), George Mraz (b), Al Foster (d) Recorded: 1988
Carmen Sing Monk, Bluebird 09026 63841 2, 10 6’28”
9. Gerry Mulligan — Barbara’s Theme
Composer: Mandel Performers: Gerry Mulligan (bs, p), Nick Travis, Don Ferrara, Conte Candoli (tp), Bob Brookmeyer (vibes), Willie Dennis, Alan Ralph (tb), Gene Quill (as & cl), Bob Donovan (as), Jim Reider (ts), Gene Allen (bs, bcl), Buddy Clark (bs), Mel Lewis (d), Zoot Sims (ts) Recorded: Milan November 1960
Gerry Mulligan The Concert Jazz Band, Verve 8389332, 8 5’27”
10. Monty Alexander, Ray Brown & Herb Ellis — Fungi Mama
Composer: Mitchell-Browne-Washington-Bell Performers: Monty Alexander (p), Ray Brown (b), Herb Ellis (d) Recorded: 1982
Triple Treat, Concord Jazz CCD4193, 6 3’46”
11. Art Pepper — Anthropology
Composer: Gillespie-Parker Performers: Art Pepper (as), Al Porcino (tp), Jack Sheldon (tp), Dick Nash (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (ts), Vince de Rosa (French Horn), Bud Shank (as), Bill Perkins (ts), Med Flory (bs), Russ Freeman (p), Joe Mondragon (b), Mel Lewis (d) Recorded: 28 March 1959
Art Pepper + Eleven, Contemporary CSA 75686, 9 3’16”
12. 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, CBS 465129 2, 6’41”
Jazz Library
Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x41z
Jimmy Woode
Sun 16 Oct 2011
00:00
BBC Radio 3
Bassist Jimmy Woode discusses his best records in an archive interview with Alyn Shipton.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tmfdj
Jimmy Woode was one of a dynasty of jazz musicians from Boston, where he began his career with the likes of Charlie Parker and Sidney Bechet. He joined Alyn Shipton during one of his last visits to the UK before his death, to select his finest records, including examples of his work with Ellington, and with the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland band with whom he played after settling in Europe at the end of the 1960s.
Music played
1. Charlie Parker — Now’s The Time
Composer: Parker Performers: Herb Pomeroy, tp; Charlie Parker, as; Sir Charles Thompson, p; Jimmy Woode, b; Kenny Clarke, d. Storyville Club, Boston, 22 Sep 1953.
Charlie Parker At Storyville, Blue Note, CDP 7 85108 2, Tr 5
2. Nat Pierce — Piercin’ Thu’
Composer: Joe Waterhead Performers: Doug Mettome, Ruby Braff, tp; Billy Byers, Matthew Gee, tb; Phil Woods, as; Sam Margolis, ts; Nat Pierce, p; Freddie Green, g ; Jimmy Woode, b; Jo Jones, d. New York City, Aug 1955.
The Swingin' Nat Pierce Band - Kansas City Memories, Fresh Sound, 2232 -2 CD 1, Tr 7
3. Sidney Bechet — Bugle Blues
Composer: Trad. / arr. Bechet Performers: Sidney Bechet, ss; Vic Dickenson, tb; George Wein, p; Jimmy Woode, b; Buzzy Drootin, d. Storyville Club, Boston, 25 Oct 1953.
Jazz At Storyville, Black Lion, 760902, Tr 6
4. Ella Fitzgerald — (You’ll Have to Swing it) Mr Paganini
Composer: Sam Coslow Performers: Ella Fitzgerald, v; Knud Jorgensen, p; Jimmy Woode, b; William Schiopffe, d. Copenhagen, 25 Aug 1961.
Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1, Verve, 000009202 CD1, Tr 22
5. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with the Symphony of the Air — Night Creature (First Movement)
Composer: Ellington Performers: Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, tp; Quentin Jackson, Britt Eoodman, John Sanders, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Rock Henderson, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Jimmy Woode, b; Dave Black, d; with Symphony of the Air. Carnegie Hall, 16 Mar 1955.
Les Suites Sinfoniche, Musica Jazz, 2MJP 1021 Side 1, Tr 2
6. Duke Ellington — Diminuendo And Crescendo in Blue
Composer: Duke Ellington Performers: Duke Ellington, p, dir; Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, tp; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, reeds; Jimmy Woode, b; Sam Woodyard, d. Newport Jazz Festival, 7 July 1956.
Ellington At Newport 1956, Colombia, 88697492052 CD1, Tr 19
7. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra — Happy Anatomy [P.I. Five version]
Composer: Ellington Performers: Ray Nance, tp; Jimmy Hamilton, ts, cl; Duke Ellington, p; Jimmy Woode, b; Jimmy Johnson, d. June 1959.
Anatomy Of A Murder, Columbia, CK 65569, Tr 11
8. Jimmy Woode — Man From Potter's Crossing
Composer: Woode Performers: Clark Terry, tp; Mike Simpson, fl; Porter Kilvert, as; Paul Gonsalves, ts; Ramsey Lewis, p; Jimmy Woode, b; Sam Woodyard, d. 19 Feb 1957.
The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode, Argo, LP630, Tr 4
9. Idrees Sulieman — I Can’t Get Started
Composer: Duke / Gershwin Performers: Idrees Sulieman, tp; Bud Powell, p; Jimmy Woode, b; Joe Harris, d. Koblenz, 3 Jan 1963.
Americans In Europe, Vol. 1, Aris/GRP, 11502, Tr 3
10. The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band — Going Straight
Composer: Boland Performers: Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman, Derek Watkins, Kenny Wheeler, tp; Åke Persson, Nat Peck, Eric van Lier, tb; Derek Humble, Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, Tony Coe, Sahib Shihab, reeds; Francy Boland, p; Jimmy Woode, b; Kenny Clarke, d; Kenny Clare, d. Cologne, Germany, 5 Sep 1969.
At Her Majesty's Pleasure..., Rearward, RW 137, Tr 7
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
Jacqui Dankworth
Sun 16 Oct 2011
23:30
BBC Radio 3
Julian Joseph talks to singer and actress Jacqui Dankworth.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015yh01
In this interview with Julian Joseph on Jazz Line-Up, Jacqui Dankworth speaks openly and passionately about how her late father, John Dankworth, inspired her in her development as a singer. Jacqui is also an actress and has and still does appear on the large and small screen. But it's Jazz where she feels at home still performing with her mother, Cleo Laine. Jacqui made this album "It Happens Quietly" in collaboration with her father and guides us though what was a difficult process of laying vocal tracks on the already recorded rhythm tracks from her dad, especially as you can hear him counting in the band at the start of the numbers, they leave the count in on the CD for one of the tracks in his memory.
Jacqui has the best of British jazz on this album including her musical director Malcolm Edmunston, Tim Garland on reeds, Steve Brown, drums, her brother Alec on bass and Ben Davis on cello on one track.
Music played
1. Serge Chaloff — Oh Baby
Performers: Serge Chaloff (Sax), Boots Mussulli (Alto Sax), Russ Freeman (Piano), Jimmy Woode (Bass), Buzzy Drootin (Drums) Composer: Murphy
Boss Baritone, Proper Note Properbox 15
2. Jacqui Dankworth — The Man
Performers: Jacqui Dankworth (Vocal), Sir John Dankworth (Sax), Malcolm Edmunstone (Piano), Chris Allard, (Guitar), Alec Dankworth (Bass), Andrew Bain (Drums) Composer: Jacqui Dankworth/John Dankworth
It Happens Quietly, Specific Jazz SPEC 014
3. Jacqui Dankworth — It Happens Quietly
Performers: Jacqui Dankworth (Vocal), Tim Garland (Sax), Malcolm Edmunstone (Piano), Chris Allard, (Guitar), Alec Dankworth (Bass), Andrew Bain (Drums) Composer: John Dankworth, Buddy Kaye
It Happens Quietly, Specific Jazz SPEC 014
4. Tigran — What The Waves Brought
Performers: Tigran Hamasyan (Piano) Composer: Tigran Hamasyan
A Fable, Verve Promo n/a
5. Andrew McCormack, Jason Yarde — Dark to Bright
Performers: Andrew McCormack (Piano), Jason Yarde (Sax) Composer: Jason Yarde
Places and other Spaces, Edition EDN 1028
6. Phil Robson — Telegram
Performers: Phil Robson (Guitar), Mark Turner (Sax). Gareth Lockrane (Flute), Michael Janisch (Acoustic Bass), Ernesto Simpson (Drums) Composer: Phil Robson
The Immeasurable Code, Whirlwind Records Ltd WR 4620
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
Michael Johnson
Sun 16 Oct 2011
11:15
BBC Radio 4
Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015ygxd
Kirsty Young's castaway is the athlete Michael Johnson.
He is the only person ever to hold world records in the 200 and 400 metres at the same time and, by the time he hung up his legendary gold trainers, his haul of medals included five Olympic golds.
His upright running style earned him the nickname 'the duck'. He says: "They called me a really fast duck! I was ranked number one in the world - I'm so far ahead of the other people, why am I the one that's wrong?"
Producer: Leanne Buckle.
Music played
1. Eminem — Lose Yourself.
Composer: Bass, Mathers, Resto
Curtain Hall: the Hits, Polydor
2. McFadden & Whitehead — Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
Composer: Cohen, McFadden, Whitehead
Soul Years 1979, Knight Records
3. Al Green — Tired of Being Alone
Composer: Green
Al Green: Greatest Hits, HI
4. Joe Cocker — Up Where We Belong
Composer: Nitzsche/Jennings/Saint Marie
Just The Two Of Us, Epic
5. Aretha Franklin — Ain’t Nothin’ Like the Real Thing
Composer: Ashford/Simpson
Aretha Franklin: Greatest Hits CD1, GLOBAL
6. 2Pac — Me Against the World
Composer: Tupac Shakur
Death Row Greatest Hits CD1
7. Ray Charles — Let’s Get Stoned
Composer: Simpson/Ashford/Armstead
Ray Charles: The Classic Years CD2, EUK
8. Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jaques Morelenbaum & Everton Norton — Endless Flight
Composer: Ryuichiro Sakamoto
Babel soundtrack, Concord
Desert Island Discs Revisited
Kirsty chooses favourites from the Desert Island Discs archive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zwlh8
PD James
Sun 16 Oct 2011
10:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Kirsty Young explores the choices of the crime writer PD James.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015zzmv
Desert Island Discs Revisited with Kirsty Young explores the choices of the author of Cover Her Face in the first of a series featuring crime writers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/df3d41fe#p00947h9
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00947h9
P D James was born in Oxford, later moving to Ludlow on the Welsh Borders where she experienced a childhood which she says had more in common with a Victorian childhood than anything today. She was a well-behaved, quiet child who entertained herself and her siblings by telling and writing stories. Phyllis attended an old-fashioned grammar school where she enjoyed English lessons. She says "I knew I was going to write books".
Because of financial pressures at home, she had to leave school at sixteen, first following her father into the tax office, then in a theatre where she met her husband, who was training to be a doctor. World War Two intervened and, because her husband returned from work in the Medical Corps with a severe mental illness, Phyllis had to be the main breadwinner, working as principal hospital administrator at the North West Regional Hospital Board, London in charge of five psychiatric hospitals. It wasn't until she was thirty-nine years old, whilst working in the hospital, that Phyllis began her first novel, Cover Her Face. "I knew it was something I was going to do, and it was just that life was so busy I didn't get round to it". She chose the name P D James because it looked good on a book jacket, and crime genre because she didn't want to draw on autobiographical details.
The book was immediately accepted by a publisher, and in 1979 she gave up her other jobs to become a full-time writer, focusing on Detective Adam Dalgleish of Scotland Yard as her main character. P D James was awarded the OBE in 1982, she has chaired the Booker Prize panel of judges, has been on the BBC Board of Governors, was made an Associate fellow, Downing College, Cambridge in 1986 and made a Life Peer in 1992. Her books have made her a household name and she is now working on her 17th novel.
Favourite track: The Opening Chorus of the St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Pencils and paper
Music played
1. Johann Sebastian Bach — St Matthew Passion - Kommt, ihr Töchter
Choir: Monteverdi Choir & London Oratory Junior School
St Matthew Passion, Archiv
2. Gabriel Fauré — Agnus Dei (from Requiem)
Choir: Kings College Choir, Cambridge
Faure's Requiem, EMI
3. Gerry Grey — A String of Pearls
Orchestra: Universal International Orchestra
The Glen Miller Story, MCA
4. Jean Sablon — J'attendrai
25 Continental All Time Greats, ASV
5. Antonio Vivaldi — Concerto for Two Trumpets in C major
Soloist: Philip Jones & John Wilbraham Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Neville Marriner
Baroque Weekend, Decca
6. Oscar Wilde — Extract from Importance of Being Earnest
Artist: Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell & Sir John Gielgud
Voice of Poetry, Pearl
http://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Gielgud-Dame-Edith-Evans/dp/B000000X1I/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1319928889&sr=1-3
7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Ave verum corpus
Choir: Hatfield Philharmonia Chorus
Classics - Carols, Redbridge Recordings
8. Gilbert & Sullivan — Is life a boon? (from The Yeoman of the Guard)
Soloist: Kurt Streit Orchestra: Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields
Gilbert & Sullivan's Yeoman of the Guard, Philips
Private Passions
Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnv3
Lucinda Lambton
Sun 16 Oct 2011
12:00
BBC Radio 3
Michael Berkeley's guest is photographer, writer and broadcaster Lucinda Lambton.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015ygrd
Michael Berkeley's guest on Private Passions this week is the photographer, writer and broadcaster on architectural subjects, Lucinda Lambton. Her enthusiasms range from the history of the lavatory to architecture for animals, vanishing Victoriana, and The Great North Road. She has researched, written presented some 55 films for the BBC and 25 for ITV, including Lucinda Lambton's A-Z of Britain, a 26-part BBC TV series, and Sublime Suburbia, a series of four films for ITV about the architectural and historic delights of London's suburbs. She gives talks throughout the British Isles and the USA, including for the National Trust, is a regular contributor to prominent newspapers and magazines, and has made several series on architecture for Radio 4.
her musical passions range from a Bach Brandenburg Concerto to Mozart's charming piano variations on the nursery rhyme 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' (better known in the UK as 'Twinkle, twinkle little star'), Weber's overture to 'Oberon', Joan Sutherland singing the famous Doll's Song from Act 1 of Offenbach's opera 'The Tales of Hoffmann', Yehudi Menuhin playing the astonishingly virtuosic last movement of Paganini's Violin Concerto No.1, music by a Cajun band from Louisiana, and two more well-known pieces from America, a country that Lucinda Lambton particularly loves.
Music played
1. Johann Sebastian Bach — Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat (3rd movement, Allegro)
Performers: The Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
OISEAU LYRE 414 187-2
2. Julia Ward Howe — The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Performers: Reinald Werrenrath (baritone), Josef Pasternack (conductor)
VICTOR B-19377
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Variations on ‘Ah, vous dirai-je Maman’, K265
Performers: Clara Haskil (piano)
DG 437 676-2
4. Carl Maria von Weber — Overture to Oberon
Performers: Berlin PO/Herbert Von Karajan
DG 020 102-2
5. Trad — America the Beautiful
Performers: Ray Charles
RHINO 605748
6. Jacques Offenbach — Les oiseaux dans la charmille (The Tales of Hoffman, Act 1)
Performers: Joan Sutherland (Olympia), Jacques Charon (Spalanzani), The Orchestra of the Suisse Romande/Richard Bonynge
DECCA 417 363-2
7. Nicolò Paganini — Violin Concerto No 1 in D (part of the 3rd movement, Rondo, allegro spiritoso)
Performers: Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Paris SO/Pierre Monteux
EMI CDH 565959-2
8. Savoy Family Cajun Band — J'ai passé devant ta porte
Performers: Savoy Family Cajun Band
FESTIVALINK R 1691304
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
The Parish Priest
Sun 16 Oct 2011
17:00
BBC Radio 3
Music and readings on the life of the parish priest, with Celia Imrie and Michael Kitchen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015zsdq
Music, poetry and prose about the day to day life of the parish priest, with actors Celia Imrie and Michael Kitchen. Priests appear in major and minor roles in literature from Biblical times to the present day and frequently play a pivotal or catalyst part in the dramatic plot twists. Think of Mr Collins in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, or Obadiah Slope in Trollope's Barchester novels. Many priests have themselves been poets, such as R.S. Thomas and John Donne, whose work is featured along with the view points of long suffering vicars' wives, often the power behind the parish throne. Priests are often portrayed in novels and poetry as distinctive characters who are either malevolent, self absorbed, objects of desire or saintly. Rarely are they ordinary, frequently they are comical. Music surrounds the life of the church and the programme features works by Handel, J.S. Bach, William Harris, James MacMillan and Saint-Saens , and includes poetry and prose by, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, John Pritchard (Bishop of Oxford) and Thomas Hardy.
Producer Helen Garrison.
Producer's Note
For those of us whose only encounters with priests are when we attend Christenings, weddings and funerals, or “hatching, matching and despatching” ceremonies, the image created is rather sketchy. Through screen portrayals one would imagine that priests are usually either rather distant, saintly people who don’t say much unless it’s written in a prayer book, or that they are malevolent abusers of power, or incompetent, well-meaning buffoons completely out of touch with the real world. As the wife of a parish priest myself, I would say that the nearest TV has come to reality is probably a combination of “The Vicar of Dibley” and the more recent “Rev”. Dawn French showed, possibly for the first time, that a priest is human and could be vulnerable, wise, gullible and funny. In “Rev”, Tom Hollander’s put upon vicar floundering in a modern inner London parish reflected my husband’s life so accurately we wondered if the writer had been spying on us.
I have tried to reflect all the above perceptions, both stereotypical and real, in the texts and music in this programme, focussing mainly on the Anglican Church and starting at the top with the most famous musical priest of all - Zadok. Handel’s anthem was written for George II’s coronation and has been performed at every British coronation since whilst the new monarch is being anointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who most likely will have started his career as a curate in some obscure parish somewhere.
Crashing back down to earth, the anonymous writer of the poem read by Michael Kitchen clearly has first hand experience of parish life and neatly sums up many of the issues faced by a newly qualified curate.
The lofty “pale young curate” in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Sorcerer probably would not have bothered himself with such lowly concerns, but certainly enjoys the adoration he receives from women. As nuptials are celebrated and wedding cake is consumed during Saint-Saens’ frilly and delightful piece for piano and orchestra, the women in the congregation swoon as various preachers stand in the pulpit. Anthony Trollope’s Obadiah Slope is one of the great fictional clergy creations (famously portrayed by Alan Rickman in a TV adaption some years ago) and consciously wields his self-serving charisma over women, whilst Mark Twain’s preacher sets all hearts aflutter, as does the duplicitous “Deacon Jones”. Harvey and the Wallbangers, some might remember, had a huge cult following in the 1980s and this was one of their most popular songs, performed with the usual immaculate gloss during a live show somewhere in London.
Thomas Hardy’s narcissistic priest in his poem “In Church”, read by Celia Imrie, reveals how much of a calculated and nuanced performance preaching can be, which may not always be a bad thing if the message is to get across effectively. There is no doubt about the effectiveness of Charles Dickens’ preacher, with girls fainting as he describes the fires of hell. Nina Simone’s rendition of “Go to Hell” makes it sound almost a pleasant and jolly place to be until you listen to the words of the song.
The young Tom Sawyer thrills at the idea of a child leading a lion in the Bible text chosen by his preacher, so long as it’s a tame one, and would probably have enjoyed joining in with singing “All things bright and beautiful” on the Children’s Hour recording, though maybe not with the same cut glass accents of the hand picked little angels introduced by Uncle Mac.
The cliché of a charismatic preacher, righteous in the pulpit and tyrannical in the community, makes frequent appearances in drama and literature, but the young Jane Eyre shows some quick thinking when confronted by the threat of eternal damnation by her own domineering priest. Avoid Hell by staying well and not dying – sorted! The music here is one of my favourite films scores by the incomparable Malcolm Arnold. The 1961 film “Whistle down the Wind” tells the story of a group of children (starring a youthful Hayley Mills) who discover a fugitive in the barn and mistake him for Jesus. Arnold has a unique talent to touch hearts with his almost manipulative writing and the poignancy of the story leaves a stronger impression thanks to the music.
In any community death is never far away, but unless it affects us personally it is mostly kept hidden these days. For a parish priest it is a part of every day life and one of the most important social functions he or she will perform is not only to officiate at funerals, but to act as an unofficial bereavement counsellor to the remaining loved ones. A professional counsellor would have had years of specific training to do this, whereas a priest relies much more heavily on their natural sympathetic nature (which tends to go with the job) and years of experience. John Pritchard’s eloquently written book “The life and work of a priest” is a profound source of wisdom and experience and his description of how a priest should approach a bereaved family goes straight to the heart of what parish clergy find most challenging – the death of a child.
J.S. Bach’s music is inextricably linked with his own immovable faith and the words in his motet “O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht” appeal to Christ to open wide the gates of Heaven. In my opinion, Bach’s music will always be appropriate in the most tragic of circumstances, but James MacMillan’s searing setting of similar words, dedicated to the dead of the Dunblane tragedy in 1996, also easily rises to the challenge.
Benjamin Britten’s Nicolas grows jauntily from a baby to a Bishop, returning the mood to a happier place, and here we can savour some comedy with the self important Mr Collins from Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” (enjoy the characterisation provided by Celia Imrie), along with “The Vicar of Bray” who is happy to adapt his ministry to the whims of whoever is on the throne at the time.
Much of daily clergy business is fairly mundane and Simon Nash in his crime mystery novel “Unhallowed murder” has written perhaps one of the best descriptions I have yet seen of the sheer tedium of PCC meetings. Michael Kitchen’s deadpan, sardonic interpretation will resonate with anybody who has ever attended a meeting in a cold church.
Another constant pressure for clergy is that everybody wants a piece of them, and for Sweeney Todd that is no metaphor, as he and Mrs Lovett tuck into “A Little Priest” for supper. Adey Grummet’s hilarious account of life as a vicar’s wife in “Suddenly he thinks he’s a sunbeam” reflects my own experience very accurately, with beggars ringing the doorbell every day and asking for train fares to attend funerals in Scotland (a very common “story”, and on at least one occasion at our vicarage it was to the funeral of the same parent who had died a few months previously).
The Anglican Church will always be in crisis, whether it be with financial worries, falling congregation numbers or wrestling with controversial decisions about who should and shouldn’t be ordained. However, R.S. Thomas, who himself was an Anglican clergyman, in his poem “The Priest” comes to the conclusion that whatever people may think, the priest is still a necessary and important part of the community. He or she will always continue to pray for the souls of the parish, whether or not they venture through the church door. As William Harris’s exquisite setting of (priest) John Donne’s prayer “Bring us o Lord” fade away, and the bells ring across Ketèlbey’s sentimentalised meadow, the prayers continue to be said by priests all over the world.
Producer: Helen Garrison
Music and featured items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.
00:00
George Frideric Handel — Zadok the Priest
Performer: The King’s Consort, Performer: The Choir of the King’s Consort Performer: Robert King (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67286, CD 1 Tr 16
00:06
Anon., from ‘Godly and Righteous, Peevish and Perverse’, compiled R. Chapman
Parish Ministry, read by Michael Kitchen
00:08
Howard Goodall — Theme from ‘The Vicar of Dibley’ (The Lord is my Shepherd)
Performer: George and the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Performer: Stephen Darlington (conductor)
London Records DIBCD 1, Tr 1
00:11
Gilbert & Sullivan — The air is charged/Time was, when love and I were well acquainted (The Sorcerer)
Performer: Jeffrey Kitch (tenor) - Dr Daly, vicar of Ploverleigh Performer: D’Oyly Carte Opera Company Performer: The New Symphony Orchestra Performer: Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
Naxos 8.110785, CD 1 Tr 5
00:11
Lady Saba Holland
A memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith (extract), read by Celia Imrie
00:15
Adey Grummet
Suddenly he thinks he’s a sunbeam (extract), read by Celia Imrie
00:15
Camille Saint-Saëns — Wedding Cake
Performer: Stephen Hough (piano) Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sakari Oramo (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67331/2, CD 1 Tr 10
00:21
Robert Dodsley
An Epigram, read by Celia Imrie
00:21
Anthony Trollope
Barchester Towers (extract), read by Michael Kitchen
00:22
Mark Twain
The adventures of Tom Sawyer (extract), read by Celia Imrie
00:22
Lange/Heath/Loring — Deacon Jones
Performer: Harvey and the Wallbangers
Gott discs GottCD015, Tr 18
00:25
Thomas Hardy
In Church, read by Celia Imrie
00:25
Morton Gould — Spirituals: III A little bit of sin
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Walter Susskind (conductor)
Everest EVC 9003, Tr 4
00:27
Charles Dickens
Reprinted pieces (extract), read by Michael Kitchen
00:27
M. Bailey, Jr — Go to Hell
Performer: Nina Simone
Global RADCD84, Tr 17
00:30
Bible reading from Choral Evensong at St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Wisdom 4, vv 10-15, read by Canon Martin Shaw
00:31
Uri Caine — Dark Flame (after Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn - St Anthony of Padua)
Performer: Uri Caine and friends
Winter and Winter 910 095-2, Tr 13
00:32
Mark Twain
The adventures of Tom Sawyer (extract), read by Celia Imrie
00:33
Martin Shaw (after trad. English melody) — Hymn: All things bright and beautiful
Imperial War Museum RRCD244/WM, Tr 18
00:35
Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre (extract), read by Celia Imrie
00:36
Malcolm Arnold — Theme from Whistle down the wind
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 9100, Tr 6
00:39
Johann Sebastian Bach — O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht BWV 118b
Performer: The Monteverdi Choir Performer: The English Baroque Soloists Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 429 782-2, Tr 5
00:48
John Pritchard, Bishop of Oxford
The life and work of a priest (extract), read by Michael Kitchen
00:50
James MacMillan — A child’s prayer (dedicated to the dead of Dunblane)
Performer: The Choir of Westminster Cathedral Performer: Martin Baker (Master of Music)
Hyperion CDA67219, Tr 12
00:54
R.S. Thomas
Sure, read by Celia Imrie
00:54
Benjamin Britten — St Nicholas: The birth of Nicolas
Performer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Performer: Harry Briggs (treble) Performer: Corydon Singers Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Matthew Best (conductor)
Hyperion CDA66333, Tr 2
00:57
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (extract), read by Celia Imrie
00:59
Trad. English, arr. Sir Charles Mackerras — The Vicar of Bray
Performer: Owen Brannigan (bass) Performer: Hendon Grammar School Choir Performer: Pro Arte Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
EMI 5 85912 2, Tr 17
01:02
Simon Nash
Unhallowed murder (extract), read by Michael Kitchen
01:02
William 'Count' Basie — Blues in the church
Performer: Count Basie Trio
Pablo CD 2310.712, Tr 4
01:07
David Runcorn
Self Management, from ‘The Vicar’s Guide’, ed. David Ison, read by Celia Imrie
01:08
Stephen Sondheim — Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street - A little priest
Performer: Angela Lansbury (Mrs Lovett) Performer: Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd) Performer: Original cast recording Performer: Paul Gemignani (musical director)
RCA Red Seal 3379-2-RC, CD 1 Tr 21
01:12
Anonymous
The Bishop’s Mistake, read by Michael Kitchen
01:13
Adey Grummet
Suddenly he thinks he’s a sunbeam (extract), read by Celia Imrie
01:15
Wynton Marsalis — Sunday Blessing
Performer: Big Band Performer: Wynton Marsalis (conductor)
Sony SK 51239
01:17
Brian Patten
Jesus Christ was out walking, read by Celia Imrie
01:18
R.S. Thomas
The Priest, read by Michael Kitchen
01:20
Choral Evensong at St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Creed
01:20
William Harris — Bring us, O Lord God
Performer: Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford Performer: John Harper (director)
Alpha CDCA 914, Tr 13
01:23
Choral Evensong at St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Blessing, The Very Reverend Raymond Furnell, Provost of St Edmundsbury
01:23
Albert W Ketèlbey — Bells across the meadow
Performer: The New London Orchestra Performer: Ronald Corp (conductor)
Hyperion CDA66868, Tr 12
01:28
John Pritchard, Bishop of Oxford
The life and work of a priest (extract), read by Michael Kitchen
