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： 2012年 3月17日（土）
放送時間： 午前6:00〜午前6:50（50分）
解説： 皆川達夫
− ショパン 前奏曲集 −
- アーティスト: Maurizio Pollini,Chopin
- 出版社/メーカー: Deutsche Grammophon
- 発売日: 2011/12/20
- メディア: CD
- 購入: 1人 クリック: 7回
- この商品を含むブログ (4件) を見る
「前奏曲集 作品２８」ショパン作曲（３６分１８秒）
（ピアノ）マウリツィオ・ポリーニ
＜グラモフォン ４１３ ７９６−２＞
「夜想曲 嬰ヘ長調 作品１５−２」ショパン作曲（３分０９秒）
（ピアノ）マウリツィオ・ポリーニ
＜グラモフォン ＵＣＣＧ−９６４７〜８＞
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
THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST
01. Louisiana 1927 / Randy Newman
ALBUM: Randy Newman Songbook Vol 1
02. I Shall Be Released / The Brothers & Sisters
ALBUM: Dylan's Gospel
03. When The Ship Comes In / The Chieftains (w. The Decemberists)
ALBUM: Voice Of Ages
04. Hard Times Come Again No More / The Chieftains (w. Paolo Nutini)
ALBUM: Voice Of Ages
05. Pretty Little Girl / The Chieftains (w. Carolina Chocolate Drops)
ALBUM: Voice Of Ages
06. A Song For You / Leon Russell
ALBUM: Retrospective
07. This Masquerade / Leon Russell
ALBUM: Retrospective
08. Seven Years / Norah Jones
ALBUM: Come Away With Me
09. The Glory Of Love / Paul McCartney
ALBUM: Kisses On The Bottom
10. Glory Of Love / Big Bill Broonzy
ALBUM: Sings Folk Songs
11. Introduction〜Waitin' On You / B.B. King
ALBUM: Blues Is King
12. Night Life / B.B. King
ALBUM: Blues Is King
13. Play With Your Poodle / Lightnin' Hopkins
ALBUM: Mojo Hand: The Lightnin' Hopkins Anthology
14. Needed Time / Lightnin' Hopkins
ALBUM: Mojo Hand: The Lightnin' Hopkins Anthology
15. Mojo Hand / Lightnin' Hopkins
ALBUM: Mojo Hand
16. Houston Bound / Lightnin' Hopkins
ALBUM: Mojo Hand
17. Joron / Jan Garbarek/Anouar Brahem
ALBUM: Madar
18. Grazing Dreams / Collin Walcott
ALBUM: Grazing Dreams
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17日（土）
放送時間： 午前9:00〜午前10:55（115分）
ゴンチチ
渡辺亨
− 幸せにする音楽 −
「ハッピー・シャワー」 (ゴンチチ)(3分44秒)
＜EPIC/SONY ESCB1796＞
「ラヴリー・デイ」 (ビル・ウィザーズ)(4分08秒)
＜SONY MUSIC MHCP2002＞
「アイム・イン・ザ・ムード・フォー・ラヴ」(ファッツ・ドミノ)(2分41秒)
＜GREAT VOICES OF THE CENTURY GVC2021＞
「ユー・ドント・ノウ・ホワット・ラヴ」 (ラリー・コリエル)(2分38秒)
＜VANGUARD 6509-2＞
「クラウドバースト」 (ランバート・ヘンドリックス&ロス)(2分17秒)
＜SONY REC. SRCS7145＞
「サンバ・ジョ・ウン・ミンヌト」 (ホベルト・サー)(4分16秒)
＜UNIVERSAL 60252712478＞
「ハイ・ハイ・ハイ」 (サンディー)(4分17秒)
＜EPIC/SONY ESCB1467＞
「ア・パーフェクト・デイ」 (ボビー・コール)(3分34秒)
＜UBIQUITY REC. LHLP047＞
「ペブルズ&ストーンズ」 (エスター・バリント)(3分32秒)
＜BAR/NONE REC. BRN-CD-152＞
「ユーヴ・メイド・ミー・ソー・ヴェリー・ハッピー」(ブラッド・スウェット&ティアーズ)(4分19秒)
＜SME REC. SRCS9822＞
「ハロー・ヤング・ラヴァーズ」 (メル・トーメ)(3分06秒)
＜POLYDOR.K.K. 20MJ0043＞
「シャル・ウィ・ダンス」 (サントラ“王様と私”から)(4分24秒)
＜ANGEL REC. 724352735129＞
「ダニーの歌」 (ロギンス&メッシーナ)(3分50秒)
＜CBS/SONY SOPW-7＞
「理想の夫婦」 (岸井明、能勢妙子)(2分54秒)
＜ビクターエンタテインメント VICL-63819，63820＞
「幸せな日々」 (ゴンチチ)(2分11秒)
＜EPIC/SONY ESCB1061＞
「エル・エネミーゴ」 (ルイス・アルベルト・スピネッタ)(5分16秒)
＜UNIVERSAL 014043-2＞
「ノ・ペ・ド・ベント」 (マリア・ガドゥ)(3分54秒)
＜SLAP 2352-2＞
「イフ・ノット・アイル・ジャスト・ダイ」 (ラムチョップ)(4分25秒)
＜MERGE 50434＞
「あなたがわたしをわかってくれるなら」(ホセー・アントニオ・メンデス)(3分14秒)
＜EL SUR REC. 004＞
ジャズ・トゥナイト
児山紀芳が世界各国の最先端のジャズから、クラシック・ジャズまで幅広く紹介します。
http://www.nhk.or.jp/fm/jazz/
放送日： 2012年 3月17日（土）
放送時間： 午後11:00〜29日午前1:00（120分）
児山紀芳
− ベシェの名曲“小さな花”誕生60周年 −
「サマータイム」(シドニー・ベシェ・クインテット、ミード・ラクス・ルイス、
テディ・バン、ジョニー・ウィリアムス、シドニー・カトレット)(4分09秒)
＜EMIミュージック/ブルーノート TOCJ-66007＞
「セント・ルイス・ブルース」(シドニー・ベシェ、ギ・ロニオン、クロード・ラバニ、ベルナール・ザカリアス、クリスチャン・アッジ、ローラン・ビアンチーニ、クロード・フィリップス、マスターシュ・ガレピデ、クロード・ルター楽団)(5分52秒)
＜CLASSICS 1358＞
「ロイヤル・ガーデン・ブルース」(シドニー・ベシェ、ギ・ロニオン、クロード・ラバニ、ベルナール・ザカリアス、クリスチャン・アッジ、ローランビアンチーニ、クロード・フィリップス、マスターシュ・ガレピデ、クロード・ルター楽団)(8分51秒)
＜CLASSICS 1384＞
「スィート・ジョージア・ブラウン」(シドニー・ベシェ、ギ・ロニオン、クロード・ラバニ、ベルナール・ザカリアス、クリスチャン・アッジ、ローランビアンチーニ、クロード・フィリップス、マスターシュ・ガレピデ、クロード・ルター楽団)(9分09秒)
＜CLASSICS 1384＞
「ハイ・ソサエティ」(シドニー・ベシェ、ギ・ロニオン、クロード・ラバニ、
ベルナール・ザカリアス、クリスチャン・アッジ、ローランビアンチーニ、クロード・フィリップス、マスターシュ・ガレピデ、クロード・ルター楽団)(4分51秒)
＜CLASSICS 1384＞
「ソサエティ・ブルース」(シドニー・ベシェ、ギ・ロニオン、クロード・ラバニ、
ベルナール・ザカリアス、クリスチャン・アッジ、ローランビアンチーニ、クロード・フィリップス、マスターシュ・ガレピデ、クロード・ルター楽団)(9分02秒)
＜CLASSICS 1384＞
「小さな花」 (シドニー・ベシェとオールスターズ)(3分03秒)
＜BMG/VOGUE BVCJ37158＞
「ペリズ・スコープ」(チック・コリア、エディ・ゴメス、ポール・モチアン)(5分25秒)
＜CONCORD JAZZ CJA-33364-02＞
「リトル・ルーティ・トゥーティ」(チック・コリア、エディ・ゴメス、ポール・モチアン)(10分25秒)
＜CONCORD JAZZ CJA-33364-02＞
「トゥトゥ」(コーリー・ウイルクス、ケヴィン・ナボース、グレッグ・スペロ、ジュニアス・ポール、ザヴィア・ブレイカー、カヒル・エル・ザバー)(15分04秒)
＜KATALIST ENTERTAINMENT＞
「クッキン・アット・ザ・コンティネンタル」(ラリー・コリエル、パウル・モレロ、ヘルムート・カゲレル、アンドレアス・ドンベルト)(4分00秒)
＜IN+OUT IOR CD 77108-2＞
「ブルース・フォー・ビレリ」(ラリー・コリエル、パウル・モレロ、ヘルムート・カゲレル、アンドレアス・ドンベルト)(4分14秒)
＜IN+OUT IOR CD 77108-2＞
「シングス・エイント・ホワット・ゼイ・ユースド・トゥ・ビー」(ブルース・ババッド、ラリー・クーンズ、エド・ザック、ルーサー・ヒューズ、スティーヴ・バーンズ)(7分16秒)
＜PRIMROSE LANE PLM-015＞
「デスモンド・ブルー」 (ブルース・ババッド)(6分22秒)
＜PRIMROSE LANE PLM-015＞
「オ・ケ・セラ」(フランシスコ・カフィーソ、ディノ・ルビノ)(3分05秒)
＜JAZZY RECORDS JR 0001＞
「ムーンライト・セレナーデ」(フランシスコ・カフィーソ、ディノ・ルビノ)(7分09秒)
＜JAZZY RECORDS JR 0001＞
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
Punch Brothers
Fri 16 Mar 2012
20:05
BBC Radio Scotland
Featuring an interview and live music from progressive bluegrass band Punch Brothers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d2h0j
Featuring an interview and live music from progress bluegrass band Punch Brothers. Ricky Ross introduces you to new and classic Americana & alternative country music.
Music played
1. Alabama Shakes — Hold On
2. Marty Robbins — They’re Hanging Me Tonight
3. Craig Finn — Jackson
4. My Darling Clementine — 100,000 Words
5. Dean Owens — Springtime
6. Punch Brothers — Kid A
7. Punch Brothers — Rye Whiskey
8. Grizzly Bear — Two Weeks
9. Daniel Rossen — Silent Song
10. The Band Perry — You Lie
11. Justin Townes Earle — Memphis In The Rain
12. Carl Smith — Hey Joe
13. Beach House — Myth
14. Simone Felice — You & I Belong
15. Punch Brothers — Movement & Location
16. Ashton Lane — One Kiss Later
17. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band — This Land Is Your Land
18. The Deep Dark Woods — The Place I Left Behind
19. Punch Brothers — Who’s Feeling Young Now?
20. Ryan Adams — Ashes & Fire
21. Carolina Chocolate Drops — Riro’s House
Jazz Record Requests
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Sat 17 Mar 2012
20:30
BBC Radio 3
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d79mn
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. The Chris Barber Jazz and Blues Band — It’s Tight Like That
Composer: Dorsey, Whitaker, arr. Stitzel Performers: Pat Halcox (cnt) Chris Barber (tb, v) Monty Sunshine (cl) Bertie King (as) Lonnie Donegan (bj) Jim Bray (tuba) Ron Bowden Recorded: 30 October 1954
Barber's Best, Decca LK 4246, S2/1
3. Bunny Berigan — The Wearin’ of the Green
Composer: Trad arr. Joe Lippman Performers: Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra – Berigan, Irving, Goodman, Lipkins (tp) Nat Lubovsky, Ray Conniff (tb) Mike Doty Joe Dixon (cl, as) Clyde Rounds, George Auld (ts) Joe Bushkin (p) Dick Wharton (g) Hank Wayland (b) Johnny Blowers (d) Recorded: 26 May 1938
The Pied Piper (1934-40), Bluebird 07863666152(1), Track 18
4. Maxine Sullivan — If I Had a Ribbon Bow
Composer: Trad Performers: Maxine Sullivan (v) John Kirby and his Orchestra – Charlie Shavers (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Russell Procope (as) Billy Kyle (p) John Kirby (b) O’Neil Spenser (d) Recorded: 1 August 1940
Maxine Sullivan 1937-38, Classics CLASSICS991(1), Track 15
5. Benny Waters — Benny’s Bounced Blues
Composer: Benny Waters Performers: Benny Waters (sax) Gregor Beck (d) Jan Jankeje (b) Thilo Wagner (p) Recorded: 1993
Swinging again, Jazzpoint CDJP1037(1), Track 1
6. Milt Jackson — What’s New
Composer: Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke Performers: Milt Jackson (vb) Lucky Thompson (ts) Hank Jones (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Recorded: 23 January 1953
The Jazz Skyline, London LTZC 15074, S2/3
7. Monty Alexander — Could You Be Loved
Composer: Bob Marley Performers: Monty Alexander (p) Dwight Dawes (keys) Robert Angus (g) Trevor McKenzie (b) Glan Browne (b) Rolando Wilson (d) Desmond Jones (perc) Troy Davis (d) Hassan Wiggins (b) Derek DiCenzo (g) Steve Turre (tb, conch shell) Recorded: 1999
Stir It Up - Music of Bob Marley, Telarc CD83469 (1), Track 4
8. Dave Brubeck — Le Souk
Composer: Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck Performers: Paul Desmond (as) Dave Brubeck (p) Bob Bates (b) Joe Dodge (d) Recorded: 14 April 1954
The Essential Dave Brubeck, Columbia/Legacy 510594 2, Disc 1, Track 4
9. Zbigniew Namyslowski Modern Jazz Quartet — Ol’ Man River
Composer: kern, Hammerstein Performers: Zbigniew Namysłowski (as) Tadeusz Wójcik (b) Czesław Bartkowski (d) Włodek Gulgowski (p) Recorded: August 1964
Lola, Decca LK 4644, S2/4
10. Keith Jarrett Trio — Sandu
Composer: Clifford Brown Performers: Keith Jarrett (p) Gary Peacock (b) Jack DeJohnette (d) Recorded: July 1999
Whisper Not, ECM 1724/25, Disc 1, Track 7
11. Benny Goodman — Sing Sing Sing (With A Swing)
Composer: Prima, Mundy Performers: Benny Goodman (cl) Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin, Harry James (tp) Red Ballard, Vernon Brown (tb) Hymie Schertzer (as) George Koenig, Art Rollini, Babe Russin (reeds) Jess Stacy (p) Allan Reuss (g) Harry Goodman (b) Gene Krupa (d) Recorded: 16 January 1938, Carnegie Hall, New York,
At Carnegie Hall - 1938, Columbia/Legacy C2K 65143, Disc 2, Track 14
Jazz Library
Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x41z
Alan Skidmore
Sun 18 Mar 2012
00:00
BBC Radio 3
Saxophonist Alan Skidmore joins Alyn Shipton to select his best recordings.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d7b11
Alan Skidmore is a legendary figure in British jazz and one of its truly individual saxophone voices. To celebrate his imminent 70th birthday, he joins Alyn Shipton to select some of his finest recordings, ranging from work with John Mayall and Eric Clapton to the experimental bands SOS and SOH. He also discusses his work with African musicians and his lifelong love for the music of John Coltrane.
Music played
1. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton — Have You Heard
Composer: Mayall Performers: John Mayall, p, org, hca, v; Eric Clapton, g; John McVie, b; Hughie Flint, d; Alan Skidmore, ts; John Almond, bar; Derek Healey, t. March 1966.
Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, Audio Fidelity, 56, Track 9
2. Alan Skidmore Quintet — Old San Juan
Composer: John Warren Performers: Alan Skidmore, ts; Kenny Wheeler, t; John Taylor, p; Harry Miller, b; Tony Oxley, d. 1969
Once Upon A Time, Dutton Vocalion, 8406, Track 4
3. Alan Skidmore Quintet + Guests — Jack Knife
Composer: Surman Performers: Alan Skidmore, ts; Malcolm Griffiths, tb; John Taylor, p; Chris Laurence, b; Tony Levin, d. 1970
Tcb, Dutton / Volcalion, 8481, Track 1
4. S.O.S. (Skidmore - Osborne - Surman) — Where's Junior
Composer: Skidmore - Osborne - Surman Performers: Mike Osbone, as; Alan Skidmore, ts; John Surman, ss, bar. Jan 1975
S.O.S., Ogun, CD 019, Track 4
5. S.O.H. (Skidmore - Oxley – Haurand) — Percussion 10/Ruby Doo'
Composer: Skidmore - Oxley - Haurand Performers: Alan Skidmore, ts, ss; Tony Oxley, d; Ali Haurand, b. 1983
Live In London, Jazzwerkstatt, 016, Track 4
6. Alan Skidmore with Hannover Philharmonie NDR Orchestra — It’s Easy to Remember
Composer: Rodgers, Hart Performers: Alan Skidmore, ts; Hannover Philhamonie NDR Orchestra 1998.
After The Rain – A Collection of Ballads, Miles Music, unknown, Track 2
7. Alan Skidmore Quartet — Crescent
Composer: Coltrane Performers: Alan Skidmore, ts; Jason Rebello, p; Dave Green, b; Stephen Keogh, d. 1991
Tribute to Trane, Miles Music, CDMM075, Track 4
8. Alan Skidmore with Amampondo — Joyful Reunion
Composer: Skidmore / Amampondo Performers: Alan Skidmore, Steve Melling, p; Arnie Somogyi, b; Gary Husband, d. 2004
The Call, Provocateur, 1018, Track 2
9. Alan Skidmore's Ubizo — Sweet S.A.
Composer: Skidmore Performers: Alan Skidmore, ts; Ingolf Burkhardt, t and flugelhorn; Steve Melling, p; Arnie Somogyi, db; Stephen Keogh, d; Michael Ludonga, Simpiwe Matole, Mandla Lande, Risenga Makondo, Mzwandile Qotoyi, African drums, percussion, piano, marimba, kudu horn, vocals. 2002
Ubizo, Provocateur, 1036, Track 1
10. Alan Skidmore Quartet — Resolution
Composer: Coltrane Performers: Alan Skidmore, Mike Gorman, Aidan O’Donnell, Ian Palmer, 2010.
Impressions of John Coltrane, Jazzwerkstatt, 92006, CD 2 Track 2
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
Anna Ford
Sun 18 Mar 2012
11:15
BBC Radio 4
Journalist Anna Ford is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dh7cb
Kirsty Young's castaway is the broadcaster Anna Ford.
One of the first high profile women in news, she worked for Granada, ITV and the BBC before retiring after more than thirty years on our screens. One of her professional pairings was presenting the News at 10 with Reginald Bosanquet, she remembers how he would try to unsettle her during broadcasts: "I adored Reggie, he would land either obscene poems or love poems on my script just before I was to about to read it to camera and I would catch just a sight of this and it was almost impossible not to laugh."
Producer: Leanne Buckle.
Music played
1. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra — It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t got that Swing
Composer: Duke Ellington & Irving Mills
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra/ Vol.4 1943, Circle
2. Johann Sebastian Bach — Bach Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in D Minor
Artist: Yeudi Menuhin and David Oistrakh conducted with the Great Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Orlov.
Menuhin - Beethoven, Revelation
3. Dawn Chorus — Seasonal birdsong (sound effects) recorded in May in Kent
Sound Effects, BBC
4. Bob Dylan — Masters of War
Composer: Bob Dylan
The FreeWheelin’ Bob Dylan, CBS
5. Isaac Albéniz — Mallorca
Artist: Julian Bream
Julian Bream: plays Granados and Albeniz, RCA
6. James Taylor — Carolina in My Mind
Composer: Taylor
James Taylor Greatest Hits, CBS
7. Paul Simon — You can call me Al
Composer: Paul Simon
Graceland, WARNER BROS
8. Tino Rossi — J’Attendrai
Composer: Oliver/Poterat
Paris After Dark, Pathe Marconi
Private Passions
Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnv3
Paul Scharner
Sun 18 Mar 2012
12:00
BBC Radio 3
Michael Berkeley's guest for Sport Relief is Austrian footballer Paul Scharner.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d7b19
Michael Berkeley's guest for the Sport Relief appeal this week is the Austrian footballer Paul Scharner, who currently plays in the Premier League for West Bromwich Albion. he started his career playing for Viennese and Salzburg clubs, before joining Norwegian club SK Brann in 2004. In December 2005 he signed to Wigan Athletic, scoring the winning goal in the Carling Cup against Arsenal in his first match. Over the next five years he played every outfield position for Wigan except left back. In August 2010 he joined West Brom, where he has found his best form playing in his favoured role of central midfield.
His musical choices for Private Passions reflect his Austrian background, and feature works by Mozart, Beethoven and the Strauss family, as well as pieces by Grieg and Vivaldi.
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
Education
Sun 18 Mar 2012
18:30
BBC Radio 3
Texts and music on the theme of education. Readings by Richard Wilson and Celia Imrie.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d7b28
This week's Words and Music explores the theme of education. Richard Wilson and Celia Imrie read poetry and prose exploring educational experience, from primary school nature tables and terrifying school mistresses, to the 'cloistral hush' of Oxford University and the darker resonances of learning in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Musical accompaniment includes work by Barber, Schumann and Britten as well as Bartok, Leopold Mozart, Rufus Wainwright and Brahms.
Producers Note
This week’s Words and Music invites you to take a place at the front of the class for an exploration of poetry, prose and music on the theme of An Education. Teachers, students, and the pursuit of knowledge have loomed large in many of the great works of fiction. We hear from Dickens’ implacable school master Mr Gradgrind, whose fact-obsessed diatribe to his pupils makes for a troubling insight into Victorian education. Later in the programme, Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ offers a glimpse of the darker side of the noble pursuit of knowledge. Some of our best loved pieces of music were composed for educational purposes; Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestr’a opens the programme in lively style, later Bartok’s piano music ‘For Children’ may take you back to weekly childhood piano lessons. And in the poem ‘Thanking My Mother for Piano Lesson’s, the poet Diane Wakoski recalls the piano tuition of her youth, and the feelings of joy and security it brought. She recalls tackling pieces by Chopin – and we hear his delicate but joyful Barcarolle underpinning her memories. We move from the pupil’s desk to the other side of the classroom in work which explores the perspective of the teacher. Mr Chips reflects on his first ever struggle to control a class, while a beleaguered school master longs for the bell to ring in D.H Lawrence’s ‘Afternoon in School’. Sir Malcolm Arnold’s film music for ‘The Belles of St Trinians’ offers the perfect mischievous counterpoint to Enid Blyton’s depiction of a French lesson about to go off the rails in Malory Towers. Our journey ends with an arrival; with William Wordsworth recalling his early days at Cambridge University in an extract from ‘The Prelude’. His description of the excitement of seeing the city reveal itself for the first time and the intoxicating sense of freedom as he embarked on life as a young adult, captures perfectly the carefree, youthful joy of student days.
Music and featured items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.
00:01
Benjamin Britten — Extract from The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Performer: LSO, conducted by Benjamin Britten
Decca, 458595-2, 1
00:01
Charles Dickens
Extract from Hard Times, Richard Wilson
00:03
Georges Bizet — Children’s Games, March
Performer: L’orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Ernest Ansermet
Decca, 458595-2, CD 2, Tr. 8
00:05
Jane Kenyon
Trouble with Math in a One-Room Country School, Celia Imrie
00:06
Joseph Haydn — Finale from Sonata in E flat Hob. XVI: 49
Performer: Alfred Brendl (piano)
Philips, 416644-2, CD 1, Tr. 6
00:10
Clive Sansom
School Mistress Miss Humm, Richard Wilson
00:12
Roger Waters — Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
Performer: Pink Floyd
EMI, 8312432, CD1, Tr. 3
00:15
D.H Lawrence
Afternoon in School The last Lesson, Celia Imrie
00:17
Johannes Brahms — Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Performer: Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Riccardo Muti
Philips, 422334-2, 5
00:27
Béla Bartók — For Children, Volume 1, no. 2 (Children’s Song)
Performer: Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
Hungaroton, HCD12304, 2
00:28
James Hilton
Extract from Goodbye Mr Chips, Richard Wilson
00:30
Cooke/Alpert/Adler — Wonderful World
Performer: Sam Cooke
RCA, ND89903, 5
00:32
Fleur Adcock
Extract from Nature Table, Celia Imrie
00:33
Leopold Mozart (attrib. Haydn) — Toy Symphony, 1st mvt.
Performer: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Decca, 458595-2, CD 2, Tr. 32
00:36
Edward Lucie-Smith
The Lesson, Richard Wilson
00:37
Robert Schumann — Traumerei from Kinderszenen, Op 15, no. 7
Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)
Hyperion, CDA67780, 7
00:40
Sir Malcolm Arnold, arr. Christopher Palmer — Comedy Suite from The Belles of St Trinian’s
Performer: Paul Janes (piano), BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Ramon Gamba
Chandos, CHAN 9851, 18 & 19
00:40
Enid Blyton
Extract from First Term at Malory Towers, Celia Imrie
00:43
Perry Brass
I Think the New Teacher's Queer, Richard Wilson
00:43
Black/London — To Sir With Love
Performer: Al Green
Hi Records, hiukcd141, 23
00:46
Geoffrey Burgon — Brideshead Revisited
Performer: The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Geoffrey Burgon
Silva Screen, FILMCD117, 1
00:46
Evelyn Waugh
Extract from Brideshead Revisited, Richard Wilson
00:50
Robert Southey
His Books, Celia Imrie
00:51
Johann Sebastian Bach — Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV. 565
Performer: Simon Preston (organ)
DG, 427668-2, 1
00:49
Mary Shelley
Extract from Frankenstein, Richard Wilson
00:54
Benjamin Britten — Act Two, scene 4 (extract)
Performer: Helen Donath (Governess), Michael Ginn (Miles), Robert Tear (Quint), members of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Sir Colin Davis
Philips, 446325-2, CD 2, Tr.4
00:58
Frédéric Chopin — Barcarolle in F sharp Op. 60
Performer: Nelson Goerner (piano)
EMI, 6316662, CD2, Tr. 25
00:59
Diane Wakoski
Thanking My Mother for Piano Lessons, Celia Imrie
01:06
Johann Strauss II — Studenten Polka Op. 263 (RV 263)
Performer: CSSR Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Richard Edlinger
Marco Polo, 1897146, 7
01:10
William Wordsworth
Residence at Cambridge, extract from The Prelude. Richard Wilson
01:10
Elgar arr. John Cameron — Lux aeterna (Nimrod)
Performer: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, directed by Stephen Cleobury
EMI Classics, 2289440, 2
