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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 5月19日（土）
放送時間： 午前6:00〜午前6:50（50分）
解説： 皆川達夫

−　ベートーベンの序曲と交響曲　−

ベートーヴェン：交響曲第4番 [Import]

「交響曲　第４番　変ロ長調　作品６０」
（指揮）カルロス・クライバー
（管弦楽）バイエルン国立歌劇場管弦楽団
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Symphony-No-4-Ludwig-van/dp/B000028AY1/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1337396171&sr=1-1
「“プロメテウスの創造物”序曲　作品４３」
（指揮）レナード・バーンスタイン
（管弦楽）ウィーン・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団

「“アテネの廃虚”序曲　作品１１３」
（指揮）オイゲン・ヨーフム
（管弦楽）バンベルク交響楽団

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 5月19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. This Land Is Your Land / Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
ALBUM: Naturally
02. Time Is Tight / Booker T. & The MGs
ALBUM: The Very Best of Booker T. & The MGs
03. Booker-Loo / Booker T. & The MGs
ALBUM: The Very Best of Booker T. & The MGs
04. Mrs. Robinson / Booker T. & The MGs
ALBUM: The Very Best of Booker T. & The MGs
05. Melting Pot / Booker T. & The MGs
ALBUM: The Very Best of Booker T. & The MGs
06. Philly Dog / Booker T. & The MGs & The Mar-Keys
ALBUM: The Monterey International Pop Festival
07. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) / Otis Redding
ALBUM: The Monterey International Pop Festival
08. Try A Little Tenderness / Otis Redding
ALBUM: The Monterey International Pop Festival
09. In The Midnight Hour / Wilson Pickett
ALBUM: In The Midnight Hour
10. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay / The Staple Singers
ALBUM: Soul Folk In Action
11. You're Gonna Need Me / Albert King
ALBUM: King Of The Blues Guitar
12. Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had / Muddy Waters
ALBUM: Fathers And Sons
13. To Love Somebody / Rod Stewart
ALBUM: Atlantic Crossing
14. Sing, Sing, Sing / Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
ALBUM: Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
15. Standing on a Mountaintop / Levon Helm
ALBUM: Levon Helm
16. Gotta Serve Somebody / Booker T. & The MGs
ALBUM: Time Is Tight
17. All Along The Watchtower / Neil Young
ALBUM: Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
18. Green Onions / Booker T. & The MGs
ALBUM: Time Is Tight

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 5月19日（土）
放送時間： 午前9:00〜午前11:00（120分）
ゴンチチ
湯浅学

− ビーバーとワニの音楽 −
「水の誘惑」(ゴンチチ)(3分11秒)
＜EPIC/SONY ESCB1157＞

「ビーバー・ジャンクション」(カウント・ベイシー楽団)(3分38秒)
＜徳間ジャパン TKCF-77052＞

「ウェル・ケプト・シークレット」(ビーバー・ハリス・トリオ)(5分33秒)
＜dizim rec. 4103＞

「イーガービーバー」 (スタン・ケントン楽団)(3分02秒)
＜NAXOS 8.120703＞

「ポロネーズ イ短調」 オギンスキ作曲(3分22秒)
(バイオリン)鰐淵賢舟
＜ローム・ミュージック・ファンデーション　RMFSP-J027＞

「アリゲーター・ウーマン」 (キャミオ)(3分42秒)
＜PolyGram CCLP2021＞

「マイン」 (ハービー・ニコルス・トリオ)(4分03秒)
＜EMIミュージック TOCJ-8642＞

「アリゲーター・ブーガルー」 (ホワイト・キックス)(2分48秒)
＜東芝EMI CA32-1520＞

「アイ・キャン・ディグ・イット・ベイビー」(リトル・ビーバー)(5分46秒)
＜EMI 724357832823＞

「リトル・ビーバー」 (レオ・コッケ)(1分37秒)
＜private PMP-28011＞

「“リトル・ビーバー・アンド・ジ・エコ”からフレンズ・マイ・フレンズ(ジェーン・ホロック)(2分38秒)
＜Walker Book Ltd. 0504＞

「ぽつねん」 (小室等)(3分39秒)
＜For Life FLCF-3649＞

「ケ・ヴィヴァ・チャンゴ」 (ラサロ・バルデス)(5分30秒)
＜GRIOT REC. RYU-0003＞

「フォーエヴァー(・アイル・ニード・ユア・ラブ)」(ジミー・ブリスコー&ザ・リトル・ビーバーズ)(3分34秒)
＜P-VINE PCD22231＞

「シー・ユー・レイター・アリゲーター」(ボビー・チャールズ)(2分50秒)
＜MCA VICTOR MVCM-22078＞

「映画“チェブラーシカ”から 青い列車」(ウラジミール・ナハブシェフ)(3分27秒)
＜CHEBURASHKA PROJECT CHEB-3001＞

「クーリン・ザ・ブルーズ」 (ハンプトン・ホーズ・トリオ)(4分18秒)
＜COMTEMPORARY OJCCD-421-2＞

「水辺の人々」 (ゴンチチ)(3分53秒)
＜EPIC ESCB1901＞

「雪の華」 (森進一)(5分21秒)
＜ビクターエンタテインメント VICL-63472＞

「ジェイシェ・シャービ」 (アブダラー・ウンバドゥーグー)(3分04秒)
＜オルターポップ ARPCD-5131＞

World on 3 with Mary Ann Kennedy
Lopa Kothari and Mary Ann Kennedy present an eclectic mix of sounds from around the world, with exclusive sessions and concerts by leading musicians in world music.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009vs65

Jim Moray
Fri 18 May 2012
23:00
BBC Radio 3
Mary Ann Kennedy presents new world music and a session with folk musician Jim Moray.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hjqlq
Mary Ann Kennedy with new tracks from across the globe, plus a studio session with English folk musician Jim Moray.

Jim Moray studied classical composition at Birmingham Conservatoire, and at the same time was recording tracks for an album which took an individual approach to English folk. He writes that he sees "pop, rock and folk all as parts of the same musical world - because they are." His new album 'Skulk' was released in April.

Music played
01. JT Nero & Allison Russell — Sans Souci
Birds of Chicago www.jtandalli.com
02. Rocket Juice and The Moon — The Unfadable featuring M.anifest
Honest Jons Spring 2012 Honest Jons
03. Ben Zabo — Cinquantenaire
Ben Zabo Glitterhouse Records

Jim Moray in Session

04. Jim Moray — The Captains Apprentice
Performers: Nick Cooke (melodian) Pete Judge (trumpet) Jim Moray (vocal, guitar, and piano)
09/05/12
05. Jim Moray — Lord Douglas
Performers: Nick Cooke (melodian) Pete Judge (trumpet) Jim Moray (vocal, guitar, and piano)
09/05/12
06. Jim Moray — The Flying Cloud
Performers: Nick Cooke (melodian) Pete Judge (trumpet) Jim Moray (vocal, guitar, and piano)
09/05/12
07. Jim Moray — If It's True
Performers: Nick Cooke (melodian) Pete Judge (trumpet) Jim Moray (vocal, guitar, and piano)
09/05/12

08. Madredeus — O Pomar das Laranjeiras
Essencia Wrasse Records
09. Jean-Luc Thomas & Michel Godard — Karsilamas
Dour Joaus 'n he Daoulagad Hirustica
10. Anaïs Mitchell — You Are Forgiven
Young Man in America Wilderland
11. Fay Hield — The Parson's Gate
Orfeo Topic
12. Warsaw Village Band — My Fate
Nord JARO
13. Sketch — The Earth Ship
Shed Life Skye Records
14. Narasirato Pan Pipers — Rawako
Warato'o Smash
15. Burkina Electric — Mdole
Paspanga Cantaloupe
16. Garrison Hawk with Sly & Robbie — Apocalypse
Survive M.O.D technologies
17. Teresa Salgueiro — A Batalha
O Misterio Clepsidra Musica
18. Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Mairtin Hayes, Peadar Ó Riada — An Braon Baisti / The Mouse Reel
Triúr Aris POR
19. Viper Central — Redwolf
Thump & Howl self release
20. The Funkees — Mimbo
Dancing Time: The Best of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973 - 77 Soundway
21. Ewan McLennan — Joe Glenton
The Last Bird To Sing Fellside
22. Sally Nyolo — Solidarity
African Rhythms Lusafrica
23. Minor Empire — Ismail's Spell
Second Nature World Trip Records
24. Minor Empire — Bülbülüm Altin Kafeste
Second Nature World Trip Records

Jazz Record Requests
Make a request...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Sat 19 May 2012
17:00
BBC Radio 3
Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hq1qp
The show includes a diverse set of pieces connected with Duke Ellington, with requests focusing on the week's upcoming Ellington conference in Woking.

Music played
01. Duke Ellington — Drop Me Off at Harlem
Composer: Ellington / Carney Performers: Artie Whetsol, Frddie Jenkins, Cootie Williams, t; Joe Nanton, Lawrence Brown, tb; Juan Tizol, vtb; Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Freg Guy, g; Wellman Braud, b; Sonny Greer, d. Recorded: Feb 17, 1933.
Ellington Masterpieces 1926-1949 Proper, 2
02. Eric Dolphy — G W
Composer: Dolphy Performers: Eric Dolphy, as; Freddie Hubbard, t; Jaki Byard, p; George Tucker, b; Roy Haynes, d. Recorded: April 1, 1960.
Prestige Profile: Eric Dophy Prestige, 7
03. Ted Beament — Gospel Interlude
Composer: Ted Beament Performers: Ted Beament, p; Recorded: September 22, 2011.
Piano Interpretations Norma, 5
04. Cab Calloway and His Orchestra — Old Yazoo
Composer: Cab Calloway Performers: Cab Calloway v; Ed Swayze, Lammar Wright, Doc Cheatham, t; Harry White, DePriest Wheeler, tb; Eddie Barefield, Arville Harris, Andrew Brown, Walter Thomas, reeds; Bennie Payne, p; Morris White, bj; Al Morgan, b; Leroy Maxey, d. Recorded: June 7, 1932.
The Early Years 1930-1934 JSP, 24
05. Dave Brubeck — The Duke
Composer: Dave Brubeck Performers: Dave Brubeck, p; Paul Desmond, as; Joe Benjamin, b; Joe Morello, d. Recorded: July 3, 1958.
Brubeck Plays Ellington, Newport 1958 Sony / Columbia, 5
06. Duke Ellington — The Chequered Hat
Composer: Ellington Performers: Cootie Williams, Mercer Ellington, Money Johnson, Eddie Preston, Johnny Coles, t; Chuck Connors, Malcolm Taylor, Booty Wood, tb; Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves, Harold Ashby, Harold "Geezil" Minerve, Norris Turney, reeds, Duke Ellington, p; Joe Benjamin, b; Rufus Jones, d. Recorded: Birmingham, October 24, 1971.
The English Concert BGO, 6
07. Claude Bolling — East St Louis Toodle Oh
Composer: Ellington Performers: Gerard Bayol, c; Benny Vasseu, tb; Maxim Saury, cl; Claude Bolling , p Robert Escuras, g; Guy de Fatto, b; Robert Peguet, d. Recorded: Dec 10, 1948.
Claude Bolling Collector Fremeaux, 2
08. Hoagy Carmichael — Georgia On My Mind
Composer: Carmichael, Arodin Performers: Hoagy Carmichael voc; Bix Beiderbecke, Ray Lodwig, c; Jack Teagarden, Boyce Cullen, tb; Jimmy Dorsey, Arnold Brilhart, Bud Freeman, Min Leibrook, reeds; Joe Venuti, vn; Irv Brodsky, p; Eddie Lang, g; Gene Krupa, d. Recorded: Sept 15, 1930.
Sometimes I Wonder ASV, 5
09. The Gil Evans Orchestra — Davenport Blues
Composer: Beiderbecke Performers: Gil Evans, pl dir; Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Allen Smith, t; Bill Eaton, Curtis Fuller, Dick Lieb, tb; Bob Northern, frh; Bill Barber, tu; Steve Lacy, ss; Al Block, reeds; Chuck Wayne, g; Dick Carter, b; Dennis Charles, d. Recorded: Feb 1959.
Great Jazz Standards Pacific Jazz, 1
10. Hazel Scott — The Jeep Is Jumping
Composer: Ellington / Hodges Performers: Hazel Scott, p; Charles Mingus b; Max Roach, d. Recorded: January 1955.
Relaxed Piano Moods Debut, 4

Faithful

11. Marcin Wasilewski Trio — Oz Guizos
Composer: Hermeto Pascoal Performers: Marcin Wasilewski, p; Slawomir Kurkiewicz, b; Michal Miskiewikz, d. Recorded: 2011.
Faithful ECM, 6
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Faithful-Marcin-Wasilewski-Trio/dp/B004NDVJJG/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1337489318&sr=1-1

Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz does exactly what it says on the tin: a weekly programme in which Geoffrey Smith shares his passion for jazz, through an exploration of its great writers, singers and players, as told from his own individual perspective. Having spent more than twenty years as host to Jazz Record Requests, reading listeners' letters and observing their passion for all types of jazz, Geoffrey Smith goes solo in this new series, exploring and illuminating the story of great jazz across its entire range, through personally-selected sequences of tracks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01h5z0s
Louis Armstrong
Sun 20 May 2012
00:00
BBC Radio 3
Geoffrey Smith surveys the influence of early masterpieces by the great Louis Armstrong.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hq204
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, a personal journey taking in great musicians and great music.
In the 1920s, Louis Armstrong transformed jazz from entertainment into art. Geoffrey surveys the influence of his early masterpieces, from Billie Holiday and Bunny Berigan to Miles Davis and Guy Barker.

Music played

01. Louis Armstrong — Chattanooga Stomp
Composer: Oliver/Picou Performers: Louis Armstrong (crnt), King Oliver (a), Honore Dutrey (trb), Buster Bailey (cl), Lillian Hardin (p), Warren ‘Baby’ Dodds (d) Recorded: 1923
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, Retrieval 79007, D2, Tr 1, 2.53
02. Louis Armstrong — Cakewalking Babies From Home
Composer: Williams/Smith/Troy Performers: Louis Armstrong (crnt), Eva Taylor (voc), Charlie Irvis (trb), Sidney Bechet (ss), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (banjo) Recorded: 1925
Eva Taylor – Not Just the Blues, Topaz TPZ 1044, Tr 5, 2.59
03. Dick Hyman & His Orchestra — Cakewalking Babies From Home
Composer: Williams/Smith/Troy Performers: Carrie Smith (voc), Mel Davis, Pee Wee Erwin, Joe Newman (tr), Vic Dickenson (trb), Kenny Davern (Ss), Dick Hyman (p), Milt Hinton (b), Carmen Mastren (banjo), Bobby Rosengarden (d) Recorded: 1974
Satchmo Remembered, Atlantic K 50161, S1/5, 3.03
04. Louis Armstrong — Heebie Jeebies
Composer: Atkins Performers: Louis Armstrong (crnt), Kid Ory (trb), Jonny Dodds (cl), Lil Armstrong (p), Johhn ySt Cyr (banjo) Recorded: 1926
Louis Armstrong – King Louis, Proper P1470, Tr 6, 2.52
05. Bunny Berigan — Marie
Composer: Irving Berlin Performers: Bunny Berigan, Joe Bauer, Bob Cusumano, Jimmy Welch (tr), Tommy Dorsey (trb), Les Jenkins, Red Bone (trb), Joe Dixon, (cl,as), Fred Stulce, Clyde Rounds (as), Bud Freeman (ts), Dick Jones (p), Carmen Mastren (g), Gene Traxler (b), Dave Tough (d), Jack Leonard & ensemble (voc) Recorded: 1937
Bunny Berigan – I Can’t Get Started, Retrospective RTR 4139, Tr 13, 3.16
06. Billie Holiday — Me, Myself and I
Composer: I Gordon/A Roberts/A Kaufman Performers: Louis Armstrong (t), Billie Holiday (voc)
Billie Holiday – The Legacy 1933-1958, Columbia/Legacy C3K 47724, Tr 15, 2.35
07. Louis Armstrong — I’m A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)
Composer: Baxter Performers: Louis Armstrong, Ed Armstrong (crnt), Henry Hicks (trb), Bobby Holmes, Theodore McCord, Castor McCord (reeds), Joe Turner Washington (p), Bernard Addison (g), Lavert Hutchinson (b), Willie Lynch (d) Recorded: 1930
Louis Armstrong 1928-1931, Hermes HRM6002 (1), 14, 3.08
08. Charlie Parker — Salt Peanuts
Composer: J Gillespie/K Clarke Performers: Charlie Parker (as), Dizzy Gillespie (tr, voc), Al Haig (p), Curly Russell (b), Sid Catlett (d) Recorded: 1945
Charlie Parker – Ken Burns Jazz, Verve 549 084 2, Tr 2, 3.12
09. Louis Armstrong — Wild Man Blues
Composer: Louis Armstrong/Morton Performers: Louis Armstrong (crnt), John Thomas (trb), Johnny Dodds (cl), Lil Armstrong (p), Johnny St Cyr (banjo), Pete Briggs (tu), Baby Dodds (d) Recorded: 1927
Louis Armstrong – King Louis, Proper P1471, Tr 2, 3.08
10. Michel Legrand — Wild Man Blues
Composer: Louis Armstrong/Jelly Roll Morton Performers: Michel Legrand (conductor/arranger), Herbie Mann (fl), Betty Glamann (harp), Barry Galbraith (g), Miles Davis (tr), John Coltrane (ts), Phil Woods (as), Jerome Richardson (bs), Eddie Costa (vibes), Bill Evans (p), Paul Chambers (b), Kenny Dennis (d) Recorded: 1958
Michel Legrand: Legrand’s Jazz, Philips 8300742 (1), Tr 7, 3.20
11. Louis Armstrong — Weather Bird
Composer: Oliver Performers: Louis Armstrong (crnt), Fred Robinson (trb), Jimmy Strong (cl), Earl Hines (p), Mancy Cara (banjo), Zutty Singleton (d) Recorded: 1928
Louis Armstrong – King Louis, Proper P1147, Tr 12, 2.38
12. Guy Barker — Weather Bird Rag
Composer: Louis Armstrong/J Oliver Performers: Louis Armstrong (t), Guy Barker Recorded: Guy Barker (tr), Sigurdur Flosason (as), Bernardo Sassetti (p), Alec Dankworth (b), Ralph Salmins (d)
Guy Barker: Into the Blue, Verve 527 656 2, Tr 10, 3.08
13. Nicholas Payton — I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You
Composer: Sam Thread Performers: Nicholas Payton (tr & voc), Paul Stephens & Ray Vega (tr), Vincent Gardner (trb), Bob Stewart (tuba), Bill Easley (as), Scott Robinson (bs), Tim Warfield (ts), Peter Bernstein (g), Melvin Rhyne (organ), Reuben Rogers (b), Adonis Rose (d) Recorded: 2000
Nicholas Payton – Dear Louis, Verve 5494 192, Tr 3, 4.34
14. Jon Faddis — West End Blues
Composer: Joe ‘King’ Oliver/Clarence Williams Performers: Jon Faddis (tr), Kenny Barron (p), Ray Brown (b), Harold Land (ts), Mel Lewis (d) Recorded: 1985
Legacy: John Faddis, Concord Jazz CCD4291 (1), Tr 1, 5.35
15. Louis Armstrong — Beau Koo Jack
Composer: Hill Performers: Louis Armstrong (t), Earl Hines (p) Recorded: 1928
Louis Armstrong – King Louis, Proper P1472, Tr 10, 2.56

Private Passions
Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates, and talk about the influence music has had on their lives
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnv3
Tessa Hadley
Sun 20 May 2012
12:00
BBC Radio 3
Michael Berkeley's guest is novelist Tessa Hadley.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hq20b
Michael Berkeley welcomes Tessa Hadley, the author of four highly-praised novels - Accidents in the Home (2002), Everything Will Be All Right (2003), The Master Bedroom (2007) and 'The London Train (2011). She has stories regularly published in Granta, The Guardian and The New Yorker, and has published two volumes of short stories, of which the most recent is Married Love. She has written a book on Henry James, and teaches Creative Writing to MA students at Bath Spa University.

A passionate music lover, Tessa Hadley's choices include the sensuous final duet from Monteverdi's opera The Coronation of Poppea, the gorgeous slow movement of Schubert's Piano Trio No.2, the trio from Act I of Don Giovanni, a movement of Beethoven's String Quartet Op.,130, three Romanian Folk Dances by Bartok, a song by Bob Dylan, and a jazz number played by her father Geoff Nichols' jazz band.

Music played
01. Claudio Monteverdi — Pur to miro, pur to godo (final duet from L’Incoronazione di Poppea)
Performers: Helen Donath (Poppea), Elisabeth Södeström (Nero), Concentus Musicus, Vienna/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt
TELDEC 8.35247
02. Geoff Nichols — Hulot
Performers: Avon Cities Jazz Band
AVON CITIES ACCD50
03. Béla Bartók — 6 Romanian Folk Dances [BB68, Sz56], Nos 1, 2 and 6
Performers: Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
PHILIPS 478 2364
04. Franz Schubert — Piano Trio no. 2 in E flat, D929 (II. Andante con moto)
Performers: Les Musiciens
HARMONIA MUNDI CD 1951047
05. Bob Dylan — Don’t think twice, it’s all right
Performers: Bob Dylan
COLUMBIA COL CD 32390
06. Richard Strauss — Metamorphosen
Performers: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan
DG 410 892-2
07. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Ah chi mi dice mai… (Terzetto from Don Giovanni, Act I)
Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa (Donna Elvira), Ruggero Raimondi (Don Giovanni), José Van Dam (Leporello) Orchestra of the Paris Opera, /Lorin Maazel
CBS M3K35192
08. Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet in B flat, op 130 (II. Presto)
Performers: Amadeus Quartet
DG 423 473-2
09. Duke Ellington — Backward Country Boy Blues
Performers: Duke Ellington (piano), Charlie Mingus (bass), Max Roach (drums)
BLUE NOTE 538227-2

Words and Music
A sequence of music interspersed with well-loved and less familiar poems and prose read by leading actors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x35f
A Legend of Good Women
Sun 20 May 2012
18:30
BBC Radio 3
Texts and music on the theme of good women. Readers: Oliver Dimsdale and Sian Thomas.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hq27t
Since ancient times poets, artists and composers have celebrated the ideal woman. Chaucer's famous poem, from which this programme takes its title, undermined and satirised this process: does abandonment, assault and suffering make for a "good" woman and what place do the murderous Medea and Philomela have in the parade of virtuous femininity?

Oliver Dimsdale and Sian Thomas read poems by Tennyson, Carol Ann Duffy and Browning with music by Gluck, Sibelius, Handel and Stravinsky.

Producer's Note
What makes a good woman? Chaucer’s long poem, A Legend of Good Women, from which this edition takes its title, unfolds a catalogue of famous women from myth, legend and history assembled for their virtue and is told at the behest of Alcestis the Greek princess who died in place of her husband.

Ariadne, Cleopatra, Iphigenia and Philomela, amongst many others, jostle to tell their tales of suffering, suicide and abandonment. Ariadne left on an island by Theseus whom she rescued from the labyrinth and Minotaur; Philomela raped and mutilated by her brother in law; Iphigenia sacrificed by her father to speed the warships to Troy and the seductive and powerful Cleopatra undone by the loss of Anthony: it is misery that seems to bind them in a sisterhood of despair.

These powerful stories have been the source of inspiration for writers and composers and retold in poetry, music and opera until the air into which a nightingale (the bird into which Philomela is transformed at the end of her story) sings is clogged with resonance and the idea of goodness tipped towards victimhood.

Is Medea, most famous perhaps for infanticide, truly good; or Philomela who served the flesh of her nephews to her abuser? There’s a complicated knot of ideas entangling womanhood, and the Porphyria of Robert Browning’s startling poetic monologue, with tresses of seduction, pain and powerlessness.

In these stories if being hurt means being good what happens if the story is remade by the women at the centre of them as it is here in Carol Ann Duffy’s recasting of Penelope who is, most definitely, not waiting for Odysseus’ “too late” tread on the stair?

But it is Demeter with whom we are left. A mother whose love and powerful longing for her dead daughter seems to sing her back to life.

Natalie Steed

Music and featured items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
00:00
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev — Adagio Egyptian Nights, Symphonic Suite
Performer: Russian State Symphony Orchestra, cond. Valeri Polyansky
CHANDOS CHAN10056, tr 14

William Shakespeare
From Antony and Cleopatra, Sian Thomas
00:01
George Frideric Handel — Julius Caeser Act 3 sc 2
Performer: ENO Orchestra and Chorus, Cond Sir Charles Mackerras, Soprano Valerie Masterson
CHANDOS CHAN3019, CD 3 Tr 5

TS Eliot
From The Wasteland, A Game of Chess, Oliver Dimsdale
00:10
Dvorak / Fritz Kreisler — Songs My Mother Taught Me
Performer: Cello, Yo Yo Ma
CBS CD44796, tr 5
00:13
N/A — Sounds of the Night
Performer: Nightingale
NSACD 77, tr 1
00:13
Igor Stravinsky — The Nightingale
Performer: BBC Singers, Simon Joly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
ERATO 2292456272, tr

Matthew Arnold
Philomela, Oliver Dimsdale
00:18
Bernard Herrmann — Medea, Jason And The Argonauts Soundtrack
Performer: Sinfonia of London - Conducted by Bruce Broughton
Intrada CD MAF7083, tr 20
00:20
Richard Strauss — Ariadne auf Naxos
Performer: Wiener Philharmoniker, Cond James Levine
DEUTSCHE GRAMOPHON 4192252, CD 2 TR 7

Derek Mahon
Ariadne on Naxos, Sian Thomas
00:22
J Lavor, D Carter, R Seres — Gloomy Sunday
Performer: Iva Bittova – vocals
SONY CLASSICAL SK61870, TR 15
00:28
Jean Sibelius — The Dryad
Performer: Scottish National Orchestra, cond Sir Alexander Gibbon
CHANDOS CHAN6524, Tr 7

Alfred, Lord Tennyson
From A Dream of Fair Women, Oliver Dimsdale

Alfred, Lord Tennyson
From A Dream of Fair Women, Sian Thomas
00:35
Christoph Willibald Gluck — Iphigenie en Tauride
Performer: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, cond. Riccardo Muti, soloist Carol Vaness
SONY CLASSICAL S2K52492, CD 1 TR 30

Carol Ann Duffy,
Penelope, Sian Thomas
00:42
B L Ozen — I’m A Good Woman
Performer: Barbara Lynn
VIRGIN B000086EQM, 16

John Donne
Song, Oliver Dimsdale

Robert Herrick
Whenas in Silks My Julia Goes, Sian Thomas
00:46
Christoph Willibald Gluck — Alceste
Performer: Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque soloists, cond. John Eliot Gardiner
PHILIPS 4702932, Tr 5

William Thackeray
Vanity Fair, Sian Thomas
00:50
Paul Mealor — Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tenebrae, Cond Nigel Short
Decca Classics B005FOW9H8, Tr1
00:53
Béla Bartók — Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta, Adagio
Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cond. James Levine,
DEUTSCH GRAMOPHON 4297472, Tr3

Robert Browning
Porphyria’s Lover, Oliver Dimsdale
01:01
John Dowland — In Darkness Let Me Dwell
Performer: Andreas Scholl
DECCA 4669172DEC, Tr 3

Carol Ann Duffy
Demeter, Sian Thomas
01:06
Johannes Brahms — Ein Deutches Requiem, V. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit
Performer: Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Cond. Otto Klemperer
EMI Classics B00000GCA3, Tr 5