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： 2012年 3月10日（土）
放送時間： 午前7:20〜午前9:00（100分）
ピーター・バラカン
THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST
01. Si Tu Dois Partir / Fairport Convention
ALBUM: Unhalfbricking
02. Don't Think Twice / Stone The Crows
ALBUM: Teenage Licks
03. Hard Times / Bob Dylan
ALBUM: Good As I Been To You
04. The Lakes of Pontchartrain / Paul Brady
ALBUM: The Missing Liberty Tapes
05. Luck of the Draw / Paul Brady
ALBUM: Hooba Dooba
06. The Neck Belly Reels / Sharon Shannon
ALBUM: Transatlantic Sessions III Vol. II
07. Look Down That Lonesome Road / Tim O'Brien
ALBUM: Transatlantic Sessions III Vol. II
08. Reason To Believe / Karen Dalton
ALBUM: 1966
09. Other Side To This Life / Karen Dalton
ALBUM: 1966
10. Pretty Saro / Hedy West
ALBUM: Ballads and Songs from the Appalachians
11. Little Matty Groves / Hedy West
ALBUM: Ballads and Songs from the Appalachians
12. Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man? / Carolina Chocolate Drops
ALBUM: Leaving Eden
13. Country Girl / Carolina Chocolate Drops
ALBUM: Leaving Eden
14. You Don't Miss Your Water / Ruthie Foster
ALBUM: Let It Burn
15. Ring Of Fire / Ruthie Foster
ALBUM: Let It Burn
16. Take My Hand, Precious Lord / Charlie Haden & Hank Jones
ALBUM: Come Sunday
17. Come Sunday / Charlie Haden & Hank Jones
ALBUM: Come Sunday
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： 2012年 3月10日（土）
放送時間： 午前9:00〜午前10:55（115分）
ゴンチチ
藤川パパQ
− 万国ダニー祭 −
「フォギー・ヴァレー」 (ゴンチチ)(3分25秒)
＜EPIC REC.ESCB1901＞
「ライト・イン・オーガスト」 (ダニー・ノーベリー)(3分18秒)
＜LACIES REC.LOVE LACIES 003＞
「ダニーズ・ソング」 (ロギンス&メッシーナ)(4分15秒)
＜CBS/SONY 25DP 5603＞
「ダニー・ボーイ」 (美空ひばり)(3分55秒)
＜コロムビア COCP-33255＞
「ハワイアン・ウェディング・ソング」(ダニー飯田とパラダイスキング)(2分53秒)
＜VICTOR VICG-60405＞
「ピアノ協奏曲 第2番 へ短調 作品21から 第3楽章」ショパン作曲(9分06秒)
(管弦楽)ポーランド祝祭管弦楽団
(ピアノ、指揮)クリスティアン・ツィマーマン
＜DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 002894778446＞
「アイヤ・ハラホロ」 (谷啓)(3分21秒)
＜EMIミュージック・ジャパン TOCT-26974＞
「リオ・トゥ・パナマ」 (ダニーロ・ペレス)(4分38秒)
＜UNIVERSAL UCCV1004＞
「ライダース・イン・ザ・スカイ」(映画“ブルース・ブラザース2000”サントラ盤:
ダン・エンクロイド)(3分07秒)
＜UNIVERSAL USSD53116＞
「アイオワ・シティー」 (エレニ・マンデル)(2分11秒)
＜ZEDTONE NO NUMBER＞
「バック・オン・ザ・ストリート・アゲイン」(ジェームズ・テイラー)(3分01秒)
＜WARNER BROS WPCR-2515＞
「ピアノ協奏曲 第25番 ハ長調 K.503から 第3楽章」モーツァルト作曲(9分43秒)
(ピアノ)ダニエル・バレンボイム
(管弦楽)ニュー・フィルハーモニア管弦楽団
(指揮)オットー・クレンペラー
＜UNIVERSAL 456 722-2＞
「タンジェリン」 (ダニエル・コラン)(3分10秒)
＜RESPECT REC.RES-145＞
「ストレイティー・タチ」(映画“タチ・ダニエル”サントラ盤)(2分05秒)
＜VIRGIN 30761＞
「帰り道は君と一緒」 (ゴンチチ)(1分54秒)
＜EPIC REC.ESCL3738＞
「デサフィナード」 (ジョアン・ジルベルト)(1分56秒)
＜東芝EMI TOCP-8472＞
「デサフィナード」 (ナラ・レオン)(2分46秒)
＜POLYGRAM PHCA-4211＞
「ラ・マキナリア」 (ロス・バン・バン)(3分46秒)
＜DISCO CARAMBA CRACD-1106＞
「アイ・ウィル・オールウェイズ・ラヴ・ユー」(インガー・マリエ)(4分52秒)
＜T.A.C.S.REC.TACS0030＞
Another Country with Ricky Ross
Ricky Ross enters the landscape of Americana and alternative country. Expect to hear both classic and future classics, with Ricky taking a close look at the stories behind the songs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hh26l
Nanci Griffith
Fri 9 Mar 2012
20:05
BBC Radio Scotland
Ricky Ross has an exclusive interview and session with Nanci Griffith.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cvbd2
Featuring an exclusive interview and session with Nanci Griffith, one of country music's biggest stars, who performs live tracks from her twentieth album Intersection. In this special show, Nanci shares stories from her 35 year career, reveals the powerful themes behind her latest release and talks about some of the many artists she's met and worked with. Ricky Ross introduces you to new and classic Americana & alternative country music.
Music played
1. Tom Jones — Evil
2. Dillard & Clark — Train Leaves Here This Morning
3. Bruce Springsteen — Death To My Hometown
4. Woodenbox — Everyone Has A Price
5. Lyle Lovett — Understand You
6. Kathleen Edwards — Change The Sheets
7. Neil Young — Are You Ready For The Country
8. Timber Timbre — Black Water
9. Eugene Twist — Tough Act To Follow
10. Audra Mae — Ne’er Do Wells
11. Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames — Old LA
12. The Jayhawks — Mockingbird Time
- アーティスト: Nanci Griffith
- 出版社/メーカー: Imports
- 発売日: 2012/02/28
- メディア: CD
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13. Suzy Bogguss — Outbound Plane
14. Nanci Griffith — Bethlehem Steel
15. Nanci Griffith — Just Another Morning Here
16. Kathy Mattea — Love At The Five And Dime
17. Nanci Griffith — Never Going Back
18. Nanci Griffith — The Loving Kind
19. Townes Van Zandt — Tecumseh Valley
20. Nanci Griffith — Hell No
I’m Not Alright
21. Loretta Lynn — High On A Mountain Top
22. Emmylou Harris — Gulf Coast Highway
Jazz Record Requests
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Sat 10 Mar 2012
20:30
BBC Radio 3
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d0v9y
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. Nina Simone — African Mailman
Composer: Nina Simone Performers: Nina Simone (p) Jimmy Bond (b) Albert "Tootie" Heath (d) Recorded: New York, 1957
Nina Simone, Charly CDGR295(1), Track 14
3. Dorsey Brothers — Mood Hollywood
Composer: Jimmy Dorsey, Lennie Hayton Performers: Dorsey Brothers Orchestra Recorded: 24 September 1933, New York
Dorsey Brothers - Essential Dorsey Brothers 1928-1935, Universal Music CCM-098-2, Track 6
4. Fats Waller — The Joint is Jumping
Composer: Fats Waller Performers: Fats Waller (p) Recorded: 1941
Misbehavin', Best BSTCD9105, Track 13
5. Donald Lambert — People Will Say We’re in Love
Composer: Rodgers and Hammerstein Performers: Donald Lambert (p) Recorded: 1960
Classics in Stride, Pumpkin 110, S1/7
6. Count Basie — Pensive Miss
Composer: Count Basie, Neal Hefti Performers: Count Basie & His Orchestra – Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley (tp) Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powll (tb) Marshall Royal, Frank Wess (as, fl) Frank Foster, Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bs) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Eddie Jones (b) Sonny Payne (d) Recorded: 18 March 1958, New York
The Kid From Red Bank Volume One, Roulette 2934 001, S2/4
7. Lee Konitz — Blues for Bird
Composer: Lee Konitz Performers: Lee Konitz (as) Recorded: 27 March 1965 at Carnegie Hall, New York
Memorial Concert - Charlie Parker, Mercury SMWL 21040, S2/1
8. Charlie Parker — The Song Is You (I Hear Music)
Composer: Kern, Hammerstein Performers: Charlie Parker (as) Hank Jones (p) Teddy Kotick (b) Max Roach (d) Recorded: 30 December 1952
Bird On Verve - Volume 7, Verve 817 448-1, S1/5
9. Lester Young — Tea for Two
Composer: Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar Performers: Oscar Peterson (p) Lester Young (ts) Barney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b) J.C. Heard (d) Recorded: 28 November 1952, New York
Lester Young the President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Lonehill Jazz LHJ 10326, Track 3
10. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd — É Luxo Só
Composer: Ary Barroso Performers: Stan Getz (ts) Charlie Byrd (g) Keter Betts (b) Gene Byrd (b) Buddy Deppenschmidt (d) Bill Reichenbach (d) Recorded: 13 February 1962
Jazz Samba, Verve 8100612 (1), Track 6
11. Phil Seamen — Night Train
Composer: Oscar Washington, Lewis P. Simpkins, Jimmy Forrest Performers: Tony Lee (p) Eddie Gomez (b) Phil Seamen (d) Recorded: 22 July 1968
Phil Seaman meets Eddie Gomez, Saga PAN 6306, S1/1
12. Herbie Hancock — Maiden Voyage
Composer: Herbie Hancock Performers: Herbie Hancock (p) Freddie Hubbard (tp) George Coleman (ts) Ron Carter (b) Tony Williams (d) Recorded: 17 March 1965
Maiden Voyage, Blue Note 7243 4 95331 2 7, Track 1
Jazz Library
Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x41z
Paul Motian
Sun 11 Mar 2012
00:00
BBC Radio 3
Martin Speake joins Alyn Shipton for a selection of the essential discs by Paul Motian.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d0vkc
From his early recordings with the Bill Evans trio in the 1950s, Paul Motian remained in the very highest echelons of jazz until his death in November 2011. His former colleague, the saxophonist Martin Speake, who worked with Motian on record and in concert, joins Alyn Shipton for a selection of the essential discs by this most innovative and influential of percussionists. As well as work with Evans, the programme includes pieces by Keith Jarrett, the trio with Joe Lovano and Bill Frisell, and Motian's own Electric Bebop Band.
Music played
1. Bill Evans — Displacement
Composer: Evans Performers: Bill Evans (p); Teddy Kotick (b); Paul Motian (d). Sept 1956.
New Jazz Conceptions, Fifty Second Street, 100, Track 6
2. Lee Konitz — How About You?
Composer: Freed Performers: Lee Konitz (as); Warne Marsh (ts) Bill Evans (p); Jimmy Garrison (b); Paul Motian (d). Half Note NYC, 1959.
Live at the Half Note, Verve, 521 659-2CD, CD 1 Track 2
3. Bill Evans — Witchcraft
Composer: Leigh / Coleman Performers: Bill Evans (p); Scott LaFaro (b); Paul Motian (d). 28 Dec 1959.
Portrait in Jazz, Riverside, OJCCD-088-2, Track 4
4. Paul Bley / John Gilmore / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian — Ida Lupino
Composer: Carla Bley Performers: Paul Bley (p); John Gilmore (ts); Gary Peacock (b); Paul Motian (d). 1964
Turning Point, I.a.I., 123841-2, Track 7
5. Keith Jarrett — Everything I Love
Composer: Cole Porter Performers: Keith Jarrett (p); Charlie Haden (b); Paul Motian (d).
Life Between the Exit Signs, Collectables, 6254, Track 10
6. Keith Jarrett — (If the) Misfits (Wear It)
Composer: Jarrett Performers: Dewey Redman (ts); Keith Jarrett (p, ss); Charlie Haden (b); Paul Motian (d); Danny Johnson (perc); 24 Feb 1973 Village Vanguard.
Fort Yawuh, BGO, 715, CD 1 Track 1
7. Paul Motian Trio — Conception Vessel
Composer: Motian Performers: Joe Lovano, (ts): Bill Frisell, (g, synth); Paul Motian (d). 1984.
It Should’ve Happened a Long Time Ago, ECM, 1283, Track 3
8. Charlie Haden — Blues in Motian
Composer: Performers: Geri Allen, (p); Charlie Haden (b); Paul Motian (d). 14 or 15 Sept 1987.
Etudes, Soul Note, 121162, Track 6
9. Paul Motian Trio — Liza
Composer: Gershwin Performers: Joe Lovano (ts); Charlie Haden (bass); Bill Frisell (g); Paul Motian (d). 1988.
On Broadway Vol 1, Winter and Winter, 29.81, Track 1
10. Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band — Bird Feathers
Composer: Parker Performers: , Chris Cheek (reeds); Ben Monder, Steve Cardenas (g) Anders Christensen (b); Paul Motian (d); July 2000.
Europe, Winter and Winter, 910 063-2, Track 2
11. Bill Frisell / Paul Motian / Ron Carter — Introduction
Composer: Motian Performers: Bill Frisell (g); Paul Motian (d); Ron Carter (b). 2006.
Bill Frisell / Paul Motian / Ron Carter, Nonesuch, 79897, Track 8
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
Kit Downes and Special Guests
Sun 11 Mar 2012
23:00
BBC Radio 3
Julian Joseph presents concert music from pianist Kit Downes and special guests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d0w30
Julian Joseph presents concert music from pianist Kit Downes and special guests including cellist Lucy Railton and drummers Seb Rochford & James Maddren.Recorded at Kings Place, London in front of a capacity crowd.The performance features two contrasting sets, the first in duo with Polar Bear drummer Seb Rochford, and the second featuring the quartet playing of Kit Downes (Grand Piano/Hammond Organ), Seb Rochford (Drums), James Maddren (Drums) and Lucy Railton (Cello).
Music played
1. Kit Downes (Piano), Seb Rochford (Drums), James Maddren (Drums) — Jan Johansson
Composer: Kit Downes BBC Recording, recorded at Kings Place, London on Saturday 4th February 2012
2. Kit Downes (Piano), Seb Rochford (Drums), James Maddren (Drums) — Eerano (1)
Composer: Sebastian Rochford BBC Recording, recorded at Kings Place, London on Saturday 4th February 2012
3. Kit Downes (Piano), Seb Rochford (Drums), James Maddren (Drums) — Old Dogs
Composer: Kit Downes BBC Recording, recorded at Kings Place, London on Saturday 4th February 2012
4. Kit Downes (Piano), Seb Rochford (Drums), James Maddren (Drums) — Eerano (2)
Composer: Sebastian Rochford BBC Recording, recorded at Kings Place, London on Saturday 4th February 2012
5. Kit Downes (Piano), Seb Rochford (Drums), James Maddren (Drums) — Buffaffaffo
Composer: Kit Downes BBC Recording, recorded at Kings Place, London on Saturday 4th February 2012
6. Kit Downes (Piano), Seb Rochford (Drums), James Maddren (Drums) — Eerano (3)
Composer: Sebastian Rochford BBC Recording, recorded at Kings Place, London on Saturday 4th February 2012
7. Kit Downes (Piano), Seb Rochford (Drums), James Maddren (Drums), Lucy Railton (Cello) — What’s The Rumpus
Composer: Kit Downes BBC Recording, recorded at Kings Place, London on Saturday 4th February 2012
8. Kit Downes (Piano), Seb Rochford (Drums), James Maddren (Drums), Lucy Railton (Cello) — Two Ones
Composer: Kit Downes BBC Recording, recorded at Kings Place, London on Saturday 4th February 2012
9. Kit Downes (Piano), Seb Rochford (Drums), James Maddren (Drums), Lucy Railton (Cello) — Bleydays
Composer: Kit Downes BBC Recording, recorded at Kings Place, London on Saturday 4th February 2012
10. Kit Downes (Piano), Seb Rochford (Drums), James Maddren (Drums), Lucy Railton (Cello) — Autumn in New York
Composer: Vernon Duke BBC Recording, recorded at Kings Place, London on Saturday 4th February 2012
11. Kit Downes (Piano), Seb Rochford (Drums), James Maddren (Drums), Lucy Railton (Cello) — Jan Johansson
Composer: Kit Downes BBC Recording, recorded at Kings Place, London on Saturday 4th February 2012
12. Kit Downes (Piano), Seb Rochford (Drums), James Maddren (Drums) — Vincent
Composer: Don MacLean BBC Recording, recorded at Kings Place, London on Saturday 4th February 2012
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
Jackie Mason
Sun 11 Mar 2012
11:15
BBC Radio 4
American comedian Jackie Mason is the latest castaway interviewed by Kirsty Young.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d24vq
Kirsty Young's castaway is the American comedian Jackie Mason.
His one-man shows have been pulling in audiences for more than fifty years. Like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather before him, he trained initially as a rabbi - and quickly acquired a reputation for being very funny.
"The people who heard my sermons kept saying to me; 'Rabbi, why aren't you a comedian?' I said to myself, maybe I should take the hint."
Producer: Leanne Buckle.
Music played
1. Perry Como — Accentuate the Positive
Composer: Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
Yesterday And Today: A Celebration In Song CD2, RCA
2. Dinah Washington — Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Composer: P. F Webster and S Fain
Dinah Discovered, Mercury
3. Manfred Lewandowsky — Kol Nidre
Legendary Cantors, Prima Voce
4. Patsy Cline — Wayward Wind
Composer: Lebowsky and Newman
The Patsy Cline Collection: Moving Along, MCA
5. Crystal Gayle — Cry
Composer: Kohlman
The Best Of Crystal Gayle, Warner Brothers
6. Timi Yuro — It Must Be Him
Composer: Gilbert Becaud / Hal David / Maurice Vidalin
Hurt, Instant
7. The Platters — My Prayer
Composer: Georges Boulanger & Jimmy Kennedy
The Best Of The Platters: Enchanted, Rhino
8. Susan Boyle — I Dreamed a Dream
Composer: Boublil, Kretzmer, Schonberg
I Dreamed A Dream
Private Passions
Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnv3
Trevor Peacock
Sun 11 Mar 2012
12:00
BBC Radio 3
Michael Berkeley is joined by stage and TV actor Trevor Peacock.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d0vkm
Michael Berkeley welcomes the distinguished stage and TV actor Trevor Peacock, whose most famous TV role is Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley. He has appeared in many other TV programmes, from Madame Bovary and The Old Curiosity Shop to EastEnders, Jonathan Creek, Hotel Babylon and Last of the Summer Wine; and has had starring roles in BBC Shakespeare adaptations, including the title-role in Titus Andronicus and Feste in Twelfth Night. During his long stage career he has been particularly asociated with the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester. A noted songwriter, he wrote the 1960s pop classic 'Mrs Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter', as well as other hits.
His private musical tastes are wide-ranging, from English classics such as Walton's Belshazzar's Feast and Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis to Dvorak's Symphony No.8, Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin and Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony, as well as music by Gershwin and Ernest Tomlinson.
Music played
1. Antonin Dvorak — 1st mvt of Symphony no 8 in G major (op 88)
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra/Andrew Davis
CBS M2YK45618
2. Sir William Walton — Babylon was a great city’ from ‘Belshazzar’s Feast
Performers: John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/André Previn
EMI CDC7476242
3. Maurice Ravel — Prélude’ from ‘Le tombeau de Couperin
Performers: Anne Queffélec (piano)
VIRGIN CLASSICS VC7592332
4. Ernest Tomlinson — ‘Dick’s Maggot’ from First Suite of English Folk-Dances
Performers: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Ernest Tomlinson
MARCO POLO 8223513
5. Thomas Tallis — Fantasia on a Theme (excerpt)
Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CFP CDCFPSD4754
6. George Gershwin — ‘Gone’ from Porgy & Bess
Performers: Cbs 4509852
Miles Davis (Orchestra dir by Gil Evans)
7. Dmitri Shostakovich — 1st mvt from Symphony no 10 (op 93) (excerpt)
Performers: Emi Cdc7473502
Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon Rattle
8. Alain Romans — Quel temps fait-il a Paris’ from ‘M. Hulot’s Holiday
Performers: The original soundtrack recording
POLYGRAM 8369832POLYG
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 Haunting
Sun 11 Mar 2012
18:30
BBC Radio 3
Texts and music on the theme of haunting, with readings by Emilia Fox and Jamie Glover.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d0w2r
This week's Words and Music takes the theme of The Haunting, with Emilia Fox and Jamie Glover reading a selection of poetry and prose exploring some of literature's most chilling supernatural hauntings - but also the idea of being haunted by a lover, the past or a place. Berlioz's 'Dies irae' from his 'Symphonie Fantastique' opens the programme - a piece haunted by the composer's vision of female perfection - followed by arguably the most famous haunted character in literary history, Shakespeare's Hamlet, reflecting on the appearance of his father's spirit. Thomas Hardy's 'The Haunter' and D.H Lawrence's 'Silence' capture the melancholy of being haunted by the memory of a loved one, while Shirley Jackson's 'The Haunting of Hill House' and Edgar Allan's Poe's 'The Haunted Palace' provide unsettling examples of haunted house literature. In Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice', his anti-hero Aschenbach wanders the labyrinthine Venetian streets, haunted by an obsessive sexual impulse; we hear Benjamin Britten's otherworldly musical imagining of the tale. And in Tennyson's poem 'A Spirit Haunts the Year's Last Hours' and Sir Arnold Bax's 'Into the Twilight', we glimpse nature in its haunted state: with the fading autumnal moments of the year, the spectral approach of winter and the growing shadows of the evening.
Producer's Note
‘One need not be a chamber to be haunted’ wrote the poet Emily Dickinson. It is that idea which I have set out to explore in this edition of Words and Music: haunting can mean a visitation from the supernatural but it can also mean the eerie return of a memory or an episode from the past. We begin somewhere in the middle of these definitions with the ‘Dies irae’ from Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique’, a piece which deals with witches’ sabbaths but also with a recurring vision of ideal femininity. Berlioz sought to paint a musical picture of his own romantic infatuation – and that impulse haunts each movement of the piece. Against this menacing musical backdrop we hear perhaps the most famous theatrical response to a ghostly visitation: Hamlet’s avowals of vengeance after his father’s appearance from beyond the grave. In Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Haunter’ and Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’ we get a glimpse of the world from the haunter’s perspective – with voices trapped behind an invisible other worldly screen. Debussy’s ‘Syrinx’ provides the ideal counterpoint for ‘The Haunter’’s ethereal presence, hovering unnoticed on the peripheries of the living world. Leontia Flynn’s ‘The Exorcism’ is rooted firmly in the land of the living – with the poet haunted by nothing more ghostly than her past self. An extract from Benjamin Britten’s ‘Death in Venice’ sees the human voice being used to hair-raising effect. Britten’s anti-hero Aschenbach’s sexual obsession with a beautiful young boy has seen him reduced to a wraith-like figure, haunting the labyrinthine streets of Venice in pursuit of his forbidden beloved. We finish with a homage of sorts to the master of hauntings in poetry and prose: Edgar Allen Poe. In Ginsberg’s ‘Haunting Poe’s Baltimore’ we enter the subterranean realm of Poe’s grave, to the ambient strains of Miles Davis. We then finish our journey under the spectral eye of Poe himself, with his poem ‘The Haunted Palace’, where Berlioz again provides the soundtrack for a final twirl around a ghostly ballroom.
Music and featured items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.
00:00
Hector Berlioz — Dies irae from Symphonie fantastique
Performer: LSO, conducted by Pierre Boulez
Sony Classical, SM3K64703, CD3, Tr. 6
00:01
Shakespeare
Hamlet, act One scene five, Jamie Glover.
00:02
Johannes Brahms — Walpurgisnacht
Performer: Gill Shaham (violin), Jonathan Feldman (piano)
DG, 463483-2, 6
00:04
Claude Debussy — Syrinx
Performer: Marisa Robles (flute)
Virgin Classics, VC791148-2, 7
00:04
Thomas Hardy
The Haunter, Emilia Fox.
00:06
Shirley Jackson
Extract from The Haunting of Hill House, Jamie Glover.
00:08
Stanislaw Moniuszko — The Haunted Manor, overture
Performer: Orchestra of the Polish National Opera Warsaw
EMI Classics, 5574892, CD 1, Tr. 1
00:12
Toni Morison
Extract from Beloved, Emilia Fox.
00:13
N/A — Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Performer: Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Dimitri Alexeev (piano)
EMI, 7470262, 1
00:16
D.H Lawrence
Silence, Jamie Glover.
00:17
Aaron Copland — Quiet City
Performer: New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein
DG, 419170-2, 5
00:24
Leontia Flynn
Excorcism, Emilia Fox.
00:24
Neil Hannon — Songs of Love (theme from Father Ted)
Performer: The Divine Comedy
Setanta, SETCD025, 6
00:28
Susan Hill
Extract from The Woman in Black, Jamie Glover.
00:31
Felix Mendelssohn — Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 53 No. 4 Adagio in F ‘Sadness of Soul’
Performer: Daniel Barenboim (piano)
DG, 453061-2, Cd 1, Tr. 1
00:33
Benjamin Britten — Death in Venice, act two, scene thirteen.
Performer: James Bowman (Apollo), John Shirley-Quirk (Dionysus), Peter Pears (Aschenbach)
London, 425669-2, CD2, Tr. 12
00:36
Emily Dickinson
Time and Eternity, Emilia Fox.
00:37
Ludwig van Beethoven — Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70 No. 1, ‘Ghost’, second mvt.
Performer: The Borodin Trio
Chandos, CHAN9296, 2
00:48
Maurice Ravel — Oiseaux tristes from Miroirs
Performer: Louis Lortie (piano)
Chandos, CHAN8647, 10
00:49
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Haunted Houses
00:52
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
A Spirit Haunts the Year’s Last Hours, Emilia Fox.
00:53
Arnold Bax — Into the Twilight
Performer: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Vernon Handley
Chandos, CHAN10446
00:57
Thom Gunn
To Isherwood Dying, Jamie Glover.
00:58
John Kander — So What? From Cabaret
Performer: Lotte Lenya, Harold Hastings and Orchestra
Sony Classical, MHK60647, 17
01:01
Miles Davis — He Loved Him Madly
Performer: Miles David
Columbia, CK67909, 4
01:02
Allen Ginsberg
Haunting Poe’s Baltimore, Jamie Glover.
01:03
Edgar Allan Poe
The Haunted Palace, Emilia Fox.
01:06
Hector Berlioz — Un bal from Symphonie fantastique
Performer: LSO, conducted by Pierre Boulez
Sony Classical, SM3K64703, CD3, Tr. 2
