音楽の泉
週末の朝に、さわやかなクラシック音楽をお届けする「音楽の泉」。クラシック音楽の入門番組として1949年に放送を開始、今日まで数多くの名曲を紹介してきました。柔らかな語り口に定評のある音楽学者・皆川達夫さんが、興味深いエピソードを交えながら、作品についてわかりやすく解説します。
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 6月 2日（土）
放送時間： 午前6:00〜午前6:50（50分）
解説： 皆川達夫
− ブラームスの合唱つき管弦楽曲 −
アルト・ラプソディー 作品５３」ゲーテ作詞，ブラームス作曲
（アルト）ミルドレッド・ミラー
（合唱）オクシデンタル・カレッジ・コンサート合唱団
（管弦楽）コロンビア交響楽団
（指揮）ブルーノ・ワルター
「運命の歌 作品５４」ヘルダーリン作詞，ブラームス作曲
（合唱）オクシデンタル・カレッジ・コンサート合唱団
（管弦楽）コロンビア交響楽団
（指揮）ブルーノ・ワルター
「女声合唱のための歌曲集 作品１７」ブラームス作曲
（合唱）モンテヴェルディ合唱団
（指揮）ジョン・エリオット・ガーディナー
（ハープ）デリス・ウィン
（ホルン）アントニー・ホルステッド
（ホルン）クリスティアン・ラザフォード
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 6月 2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. Shake Your Hips / Joan Osborne
ALBUM: Bring It On Home
02. Bring It On Home / Joan Osborne
ALBUM: Bring It On Home
03. My Back Pages / Joan Osborne & Jackson Browne
ALBUM: Steal This Movie
04. Little Broken Hearts / Norah Jones
ALBUM: Little Broken Hearts
05. Take It Back / Norah Jones
ALBUM: Little Broken Hearts
06. Band on the Run / The Langley Schools Music Project
ALBUM: Innocence & Despair
07. Desperado / The Langley Schools Music Project
ALBUM: Innocence & Despair
08. Anyhow I Love You / Lyle Lovett
ALBUM: This One's For Him 3.50
09. The Cape / Patty Griffin
ALBUM: This One's For Him
10. Cold Dog Soup / James McMurtry
ALBUM: This One's For Him
11. A Boy Named Sue / Johnny Cash
ALBUM: The Essential Johnny Cash
12. I Shall Be Released / The Brothers And Sisters
ALBUM: Dylan's Gospel
13. The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) / The Brothers And Sisters
ALBUM: Dylan's Gospel
14. Bruca Manigua / Arsenio Rodriguez
ALBUM: Quindembo-Afro Magic-La Magia De Arsenio Rodriguez
15. Ice Age / Dr. John
ALBUM: Locked Down
16. My Children, My Angels / Dr. John
ALBUM: Locked Down
17. Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya / Dr. John
ALBUM: Gris-Gris
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 6月 2日（土）
放送時間： 午前9:00〜午前11:00（120分）
ゴンチチ
藤川パパQ
− 葉の音楽 −
「お茶と正座」(スモークド・サーモン・レイルウェイ・マシーン、ミナクマリ)(3分27秒)
＜IN THE GARDEN XNHL-18001＞
「フィグ・リーフ・ラグ」 (マックス・モラス)(5分01秒)
＜NORMACKS OCD3013＞
「黒い落葉」 (水原弘)(3分06秒)
＜東芝EMI TOCT-24041＞
「枯葉」 (コラ・ヴォケール)(3分01秒)
＜東芝EMI CP20-5645＞
「歌曲集“冬の旅”から 菩提樹」 シューベルト作曲(4分36秒)
(バリトン)ディートリッヒ・フィッシャー・ディースカウ
(ピアノ)ジェラルド・ムーア
＜UNIVERSAL UCCG-7089＞
「カルミナ・ブラーナ・ファンタジー」 (サンディー・ブル)(2分43秒)
＜VANGUARD VSD79119＞
「バラのルムバ」 (二葉あき子)(3分23秒)
＜コロムビア COCA-10764＞
「オルフェの歌」 (ペギー葉山)(3分32秒)
＜東芝EMI TOCT-10845＞
「ティー・イン・マラケッシュ」 (ハミッド・バルーディ)(4分25秒)
＜STERN’S/EARTHWORKS STEW44CD＞
「二人でお茶を」 (スー・レイニー)(5分17秒)
＜DISCOVERY REC. WQCP-1155＞
「アーヤー」 (ロバート・グラスパー、ミュージック・ソウルチャイルド&クリセット・ミッシェル)(5分08秒)
＜MUSIC FROM EMI 509990883327＞
「チャンチャン」 (コンパイ・セグンド)(4分22秒)
＜GASA PCS-476＞
「木の葉の子守唄」 (メル・トーメ)(2分20秒)
＜CAPITOL CDP589941＞
「遥かなるアラモ」 (ブラザーズ・フォア)(2分49秒)
＜SONY MUSIC DRF-6005＞
「映像第2集から 葉ずえを渡る鐘」ドビュッシー作曲(4分23秒)
(ピアノ)アルトゥーロ・ベネデッティ・ミケランジェリ
＜UNIVERSAL UCCG-2023＞
「記憶と宿命」 (エグベルト・ジスモンチ)(4分00秒)
＜ボンバレコード BOM24189＞
「ティー・アンド・ケイク」 (ゴンチチ)(3分07秒)
＜EPIC/SONY ESCB1309＞
「ソー・ホワット」 (チック・コリア、ロン・カーター)(2分40秒)
＜BMG BVCJ-35112＞
「ソー・ホワット」 (チャノ・ドミンゲス)(4分06秒)
＜BLUE NOTE 5099967945320＞
「エル・セプティモ・スエーニョ」 (レナカイ)(2分05秒)
＜ビーンズ BNSCD-8880＞
「われらが国」 (ルー・クワール・デ・ラ・プラーノ)(2分55秒)
＜オルターポップ ERPCD-15022＞
Jazz Record Requests
Make a request...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Sat 2 Jun 2012
17:00
BBC Radio 3
Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jg7zb
Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests, including music by Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Marian McPartland, Count Basie, Cannonball Adderley and also by a previous presenter of BBC Jazz programmes, guitarist Ken Sykora.
Music played
01. Duke Ellington — Time’s a Wastin’
Composer: Duke Ellington / Mercer Ellington / Don George Performers: Duke Ellington, p; Cat Anderson, Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, t; Rex Stewart, c; Joe Nanton, Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Al Sears, Harry Carney, reeds; Fred Guy, g; Junio Raglin, b; Sonny Greer, d. July 30, 1945.
Sophisticated Lady, RCA, 09026 68516-2 Track 17
02. Chet Baker — Let’s Get Lost
Composer: Loesser / McHugh Performers: Chet Baker, t, voc; Russ Freeman, p; Carson Smith, b; Bob Neel, d. March 7, 1955.
Best of Chet Baker Sings, Pacific, CDP 7 92932-2 Track 12
03. Cannonball Adderley — Azule Serape
Composer: Victor Feldman Performers: Nat Adderley, ct; Cannonball Adderley, as; Victor Feldman, p; Sam Jones, b; Louis Hayes, d. October 1960.
At the Lighthouse, Capitol, 531 5722 Track 4
04. Count Basie — Basie Strides Again
Composer: Buck Clayton Performers: Sweets Edison, Ed Lewis, Al Killian, Joe Newman, t; Dicky Wells, Eli Robinson, Ted Donnelly, Lewis Taylor, tb; Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell, Lester Young, Buddy Tate, Rudy Rutherford, reeds; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Rodney Richardson, b; Jo Jones, d. May 27 1944.
Circus in Rhythm, Naxos, 8.120820 Track 11
05. Quinquaginta Ramblers — Chicago
Composer: Fisher Performers: John Ainsworth, Robert Greenish, reeds, co-leaders; Peter Nicholson, Peter Griffiths, t; Gec Sanders, cl; John Greening, p; B. F. Dill-Russell, bj; Brint Aspinall, b; Tony Hadingham, d. May 6, 1933.
Cambridge University Jazz, Oracle, 8061 Track 23
06. Ken Sykora and the Guitar Club Band — Little Black Dog
Composer: Sykora Performers: anon. including Ken Sykora, Ike Isaacs, g.
, Saga, ESAG – 7001 S1/2
07. The Wally Fawkes / Sandy Brown Quintet — Petite Fleur
Composer: Bechet Performers: Wally Fawkes, Sandy Brown, cl; Ian Armit, p; Lennie Bush, b; Eddie Taylor, d. December 10, 1956.
Juicy and Full Toned, Lake, CD12 Track 16
08. Marian McPartland — Falling In Love With Love
Composer: Rodgers / Hart Performers: Marian McPartland, p; Bill Crow, b; Joe Morello, d. Sept 16, 1998.
Hickory House Trio - Reprise, Concord, 4853 – 2 Track 5
09. Astrud Gilberto / Stan Getz — The Girl From Ipanema
Composer: Jobim, DeMoraes, Gimbel Performers: Astrud Gilberto, voc; Stan Getz, ts; Antonio Carlos Jobim, p; Joao Gilberto, g, vo; Tommy Williams, b; Milton Banana, d. March 1963.
Astrud Gilberto / Compact Jazz, Verve, 8313692 Track 1
10. Louis Armstrong — Whispering
Composer: Schoenberger / Coburn / Rose Performers: Louis Armstrong, t; Barney Bigard, cl; Jack Teagarden, tb; Earl Hines, p; Arvell Shaw, b; Sid Catlett, d. March 1949.
The Armstrong Box, Storyville, 108 8609 CD 2 Track 10
11. Mike Westbrook — Checking In at Hotel Le Prieuré
Composer: Westbrook Performers: Mike Westbrook, p; Tony Marsh, d; Steve Cook, b; Brian Godding, g; Dominique Pifarely, vn; Georgie Born, cello; Chris Biscoe, reeds, Danilo Terenzi, tb; Kate Westbrook tenor horn, voc; Phil Minton, t, voc; Stuart Brooks, t. May 12, 1984.
On Duke’s Birthday, Hatology, 636 Track 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
Jimmie Lunceford
Sun 3 Jun 2012
00:00
BBC Radio 3
Geoffrey Smith surveys the greatest hits of bandleader Jimmie Lunceford.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jg872
Jimmie Lunceford led one of the swing era's most celebrated bands, delighting fans across America with spectacular stage shows, screaming brass and irresistible rhythm. Geoffrey Smith surveys his greatest hits.
Music played
01. Jimmie Lunceford — Rhythm is our Business
Composer: Lunceford / Cahn / Chaplin Performers: Lunceford (lead), Willie Smith (cl, as, voc), Tommy Stevenson (tp), Sy Olive, Eddie Tompkins (tp, voc), Henry Wells, Russell Bowles (tb), LaForest Dent (cl, as), Joe Thomas (cl, ts), Earl Carruthers (cl, bars), Edwin Wilcox (p, cel), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), Jimmy Crawford (dm) Recorded: 1934
Jimmie Lunceford – The Quintessence, Fremeaux & Associes FA 212., D1, Tr.6; 3.10
02. Jimmie Lunceford — Swanee River
Composer: Stephen Foster Performers: Lunceford (lead), Eddie Tomkins, Sy Oliver, Paul Webster (tp), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles (tb), Eddie Durham (tb & g), Willie Smith, Earl Carruthers, Laforet Dent, Joe Thomas & Dan Grissom (saxes), Edwin Wilcox (p), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), James Crawford (d) Recorded: 1935
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra, Brunswick LAT 8027, S1, Tr. 5; 2.46
03. Jimmie Lunceford — Organ Grinder’s Swing
Composer: Hudson, Parish, Mills Performers: Jimmie Lunceford (lead), Paul Webster (tp), Eddie Tompkins, Oliver (tp, voc), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles (tb), Eddie Durham (tb, g), Willie Smith (reeds, voc), LaForest Dent, Dan Grissom, Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers (reeds), Edwin Wilcox (p), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), Jimmy Crawford (dm) Recorded: 1936
Jimmie Lunceford – The Quintessence, Fremeaux & Associes. FA 212, D1, Tr.14; 2.37
04. Jimmie Lunceford — For Dancers Only.
Composer: Oliver, Raye, Schoen Performers: Jimmie Lunceford (lead), Dan Grissom (voc), Paul Webster (tp), Eddie Tompkins, Oliver (tp, voc), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles (tb), Eddie Durham (tb, g), Willie Smith (reeds, voc), Ed Brown, Dan Grissom, Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers (reeds), Edwin Wilcox (p), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), Jimmy Crawford (dm) Recorded: 1937
Jimmie Lunceford – The Quintessence, Fremeaux & Associes. FA 212, D1, Tr. 17; 2.40
05. Jimmie Lunceford — Hi Spook
Composer: Performers: Lunceford (lead), Snooky Young, Gerald Wilson, Paul Webster (tp), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles, Trummy Young (tb), Willie Smith, Earl Carruthers, Joe Thomas, Dan Grissom, Ted Buckner (saxes), Moses Allen (b), Jimmy Crawford (dm) Recorded: 1941
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra, Brunswick LAT 8027, S2, tr. 2
06. Jimmie Lunceford — Margie
Composer: Robinson / Conrad / Davis Performers: Jimmie Lunceford (lead), Trummy Young (voc & tb), Paul Webster (tp), Eddie Tompkins, Oliver (tp, voc), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles (tb), Willie Smith (reeds, voc), Dan Grissom, Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers (reeds), Ted Buckner (as), Edwin Wilcox (p), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), Jimmy Crawford (dm) Recorded: 1938
Jimmie Lunceford – The Quintessence, Fremeaux & Associes. FA 212, D2, Tr.1; 3.07
07. Jimmie Lunceford — ‘Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)
Composer: Oliver / Young Performers: Jimmie Lunceford (lead), Trummy Young (voc & tb), Paul Webster (tp), Eddie Tompkins, Oliver (tp, voc), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles (tb), Willie Smith (reeds, voc), Dan Grissom, Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers (reeds), Ted Buckner (as), Edwin Wilcox (p), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), Jimmy Crawford (dm) Recorded: 1939
Jimmie Lunceford – The Quintessence, Fremeaux & Associes. FA 212, D2, Tr.3; 3.04
08. Jimmie Lunceford — Ain’t She Sweet
Composer: Ager / Yellen Performers: Performers: Jimmie Lunceford (lead), Trummy Young (voc & tb), Paul Webster (tp), Eddie Tompkins, Oliver (tp, voc), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles (tb), Willie Smith (reeds, voc), Dan Grissom, Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers (reeds), Ted Buckner (as), Edwin Wilcox (p), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), Jimmy Crawford (dm) Recorded: 1939
Jimmie Lunceford – The Quintessence, Fremeaux & Associes. FA 212, D2, Tr.9; 2.27
09. Jimmie Lunceford — Uptown Blues
Composer: Lunceford Performers: Jimmie Lunceford (lead), Willie Smith (voc), Snooky Young, Webster, Wilson (tp), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles, Young (tb), Willie Smith, Dan Grissom, Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers, Ted Buckner (bars), Edwin Wilcox (p), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), Jimmy Crawford (dm) Recorded: 1939
Jimmie Lunceford – The Quintessence, Fremeaux & Associes. FA 212, D2, Tr. 13; 2.52
10. Jimmie Lunceford — Yard Dog Mazurka
Composer: Wilson, Segure Performers: Jimmie Lunceford (lead), Snooky Young, Webster, Wilson (tp), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles, Young (tb), Willie Smith, Dan Grissom, Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers, Ted Buckner (bars), Edwin Wilcox (p), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), Jimmy Crawford (dm) Recorded: 1941
Jimmie Lunceford – The Quintessence, Fremeaux & Associes. FA 212, D2, Tr.17; 3.15
11. Stan Kenton — Intermission Riff
Composer: Wetzel Performers: Sten Kenton (p), Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, John Anderson, Ken Hanna (tp), Kai Winding, Miff Sines, Milt Kabak (tb), Bart Varsalona (b-tb), Al Anthony, Boots Mussulli (as), Vido Musso, Bob Cooper (ts), Bob Gioga (bs), Bob Ahern (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Shelly Manne (d) Recorded: 1946
The Stan Kenton Story, Proper P1150, D2, Tr. 13; 3.14
12. Jimmie Lunceford — What’s Your Story Morning Glory?
Composer: Williams, Lawrence, Webster Performers: Jimmie Lunceford (lead), Snooky Young, Webster, Wilson (tp), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles, Young (tb), Willie Smith, Dan Grissom, Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers, Ted Buckner (bars), Edwin Wilcox (p), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), Jimmy Crawford (dm) Recorded: 1940
Jimmie Lunceford – The Quintessence, Fremeaux & Associes. FA 212, D2, Tr.16; 3.09
13. Peggy Lee — Black Coffee
Composer: Sonny Burke / Paul Francis Webster Performers: Peggy Lee (voc), Cootie Chesterfield (Pete Candoli) (tp), Jimmy Rowles (p), Max Wayne (b), Ed Shaughnassy (dr) Recorded: 1953
Black Coffee and Sea Shells, MCA MCLD 19363 (1), Tr.1; 3.04
14. Jimmie Lunceford — Lunceford Special
Composer: Lunceford Performers: Jimmie Lunceford (lead), Snooky Young, Webster, Wilson (tp), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles, Young (tb), Willie Smith, Dan Grissom, Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers, Ted Buckner (bars), Edwin Wilcox (p), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), Jimmy Crawford (dm) Recorded: 1940
Jimmie Lunceford – The Quintessence, Fremeaux & Associes. FA 212, D2, Tr. 14; 2.46
15. Jimmie Lunceford — Annie Laurie
Composer: Trad Performers: Jimmie Lunceford (lead), Webster (tp), Eddie Tompkins, Oliver (tp, voc), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles, Trummy Young (tb), Willie Smith (reeds, voc), Dan Grissom, Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers (reeds), Ted Buckner (as), Edwin Wilcox (p), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), Jimmy Crawford (dm) Recorded: 1937
Jimmie Lunceford – The Quintessence, Fremeaux & Associes. FA 212, D1, Tr.18; 3.12
16. Jimmie Lunceford — Blues in the Night
Composer: Arlen, Mercer Performers: Jimmie Lunceford (lead), Willie Smith (voc), Snooky Young, Webster, Wilson (tp), Elmer Crumbley, Russell Bowles, Young (tb), Willie Smith, Dan Grissom, Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers, Ted Buckner (bars), Edwin Wilcox (p), Al Norris (g), Moses Allen (b), Jimmy Crawford (dm) Recorded: 1941
Jimmie Lunceford – The Quintessence, Fremeaux & Associes. FA 212, D2, Tr. 18; 5.21
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
Carol Ann Duffy
Sun 3 Jun 2012
12:00
BBC Radio 3
Michael Berkeley's guest is Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jg87b
On the Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend, Michael Berkeley welcomes the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, as his Private Passions guest. The first woman, the first Scot, and the first openly gay person to hold the post, she was appointed in 2009, having won many awards for her poetry collections since taking first prize in the National Poetry Competition in 1983. Most recently, 'Rapture' (2005) won the TS Eliot Prize, and her latest collection, 'The Bees', won the 2011 Costa Book Award for Poetry.
Born into a Roman Catholic family in the Gorbals, a poor area of Glasgow, Carol Ann developed a passionate love of literature at school, and for a decade from the age of 16 she lived with the Liverpool poet Adrian Henri. She had two plays performed at the Liverpool Playhouse and received an honours degree in phoilosophy from the University of Liverpool. In 1996 she was appointed a lecturer in poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University and later became creative director of its Writing School. She was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009, having missed out to Andrew Motion a decade earlier. Her work as laureate includes poems on the MPs' expenses scandal, the deaths of the last British servicemen who fought in World War I, David Beckham's tendon injury, and the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. Her poems, which explore everyday experience and a rich fantasy life, are on the school curriculum in the UK.
A keen music-lover, Carol Ann Duffy learnt the piano as a child. Her choices include Chopin's E major Etude Op.10 No.3, which her mother loved to hear her playing; extracts from Mozart's 'Marriage of Figaro' and 'The Magic Flute', and Humperdinck's fantasy opera 'Hansel and Gretel'; Christy Moore singing a song with words by W B Yeats, and music by Bach and Schubert.
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
All Aboard!
Sun 3 Jun 2012
18:30
BBC Radio 3
Words and music on the theme of boats. Readings by Anne-Marie Duff and Jonathan Keeble.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jg8nh
All Aboard!
Robinson Crusoe is stranded without one, Yann Martel's Pi Patel is stranded with a tiger on one, and Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men are causing chaos mucking about on one. Boats feature frequently in literature and poetry as a means of exploring, escaping or just enjoying the water. Today's Words and Music features famous fictional boats along with important real life vessels such as Captain Cook's explorers, the Titanic, and those used during the Dunkirk landings. Extracts are read by Anne-Marie Duff and Jonathan Keeble and accompanied by nautical music from Wagner, Vaughan Williams, Debussy and Nick Drake.
Producer - Ellie Mant.
Producer's Note
Robinson Crusoe is stranded without one, Yann Martel’s Pi Patel is stranded with a tiger on one, and Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men are causing chaos mucking about on one. Boats feature frequently in literature and poetry as a means of exploring, escaping or just enjoying the water. Today’s Words and Music features famous fictional boats along with important real life vessels such as Captain Cook’s explorers, the Titanic, and those used during the Dunkirk landings. Extracts are read by Anne-Marie Duff and Jonathan Keeble and accompanied by nautical music from Wagner, Vaughan Williams, Debussy and Nick Drake.
The programme begins with John Masefield’s famous poem Cargoes, with its vivid description of a dirty British coaster, accompanied by a sea shanty sung by hard-working sailors carrying the same cargo of Tyne coal. Quite a contrast to the decadence of guests on board a 1920’s cruise liner in Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. Arthur Conan Doyle was fascinated by the mystery of the Marie Celeste, and Wagner’s Flying Dutchman and the following poem by Brian Patten also use the idea of ghostly ships, or crews. For Jerome K Jerome’s Three Men, a boat is just a way of having a good day out, while Shakespeare’s Sonnet 80 compares a scorned lover to a worthless boat; and the Shakespeare link continues with incidental music Sibelius wrote for his play The Tempest. A Philadelphia banker’s real-life account of the sinking of The Titanic is accompanied by Nielsen’s Paraphrase on Nearer my God to Thee, written to commemorate all the Danish lives lost in the disaster; this incorporates the hymn tune which some claim was played by the band as the ship sank. Robinson Crusoe is desperately trying to build a boat to escape his surroundings; Offenbach wrote a little-known comic opera based on the novel, while Hermann Melville’s Billy Budd can only escape his predicament by death, poignantly captured by Benjamin Britten’s music. Yan Martel’s Pi is trapped on a boat with only a Bengal tiger and a hyena for company; Edward Lear has a less intimidating cat sailing with an owl to get married in his famous poem, set here to music by Stravinsky. And we stay with a child’s view-point for JM Barrie’s depiction of a boy sailing a stick boat on a pond, and imagining the adventurers on board. The Roman poet Martial muses on the salvation of a mariner by a boat which won’t float, while Captain Cook was more interested in the life-saving properties of sauerkraut on board his explorers. Arthur D Divine describes the horror of taking part in the Dunkirk landings, and the huge importance of amateur sailors to bring the troops back to safety, and Ivor Gurney also dwells on the subject of war, this time WW1 in his War Elegy. The programme ends with a safer passage, on board a gondola, with Mendelssohn’s lilting Gondellied to close.
Ellie Mant (producer)
Music and featured items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
Shipping forecast
from Radio 4, read by Nick Miller
John Masefield
Cargoes, reader Anne-Marie Duff
00:01
The Shanty Crew — Rolling Coal
Performer: The Shanty Crew
BREWHOUSE BHCD9601, Tr 6
Evelyn Waugh
Brideshead Revisited, reader Jonathan Keeble
00:04
Hoagy Carmichael — Riverboat Shuffle - extract
Performer: Hoagy Carmichael (voice/piano) Performer: Perry Botkin and His Orchestra
TIMELESS CBC1011, Tr.19
Arthur Conan Doyle
J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement, reader Anne-Marie Duff
00:06
Richard Wagner — Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
PHILIPS 4262712, Tr 1
Brian Patten
There is a boat down on the quay, reader Jonathan Keeble
00:09
Frank Bridge — Sea Idyll - extract
Performer: Kathryn Stott (piano)
CONIFER CDCF186, Tr 2
Jerome K. Jerome
Three Men in a Boat, reader Anne-Marie Duff
00:13
Frank Loesser — Sit down you’re rocking the boat from ‘Guys and Dolls’
Performer: David Healey (voice) and Ensemble
MUSIC FOR PLEASURE CDMFP5978, Tr 17
William Shakespeare
Sonnet 80, reader Jonathan Keeble
00:17
Jean Sibelius — Chorus of Winds from ‘The Tempest’ Suite No. 2
Performer: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Leif Segerstam (conductor)
ONDINE ODE9142, Tr 11
Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows, reader Anne-Marie Duff
00:24
Claude Debussy — En Bateau (Petite Suite)
Performer: Claude Helffer and Haakon Austbo (pianos)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 190957, Tr 4
00:27
Carl Nielsen — Paraphrase on ‘Nearer My God to Thee’
Performer: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra Performer: Clark Rundell (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10038, Tr 8
Robert W Daniel (Philadelphia Banker)
Geoff Tibballs: The Titanic, reader Jonathan Keeble
Alan Jenkins
The Sailor's Vow, reader Anne-Marie Duff
00:30
All About Eve — Martha’s Harbour
Performer: All About Eve
MERCURY 8342602, Tr 4
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe, reader Jonathan Keeble
00:35
Jacques Offenbach — Robinson Crusoe – Sea Symphony (Act 2)
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Alun Francis (conductor)
OPERA RARA ORC7, CD 2 Tr 1
Herman Melville
Billy Budd, reader Anne-Marie Duff
00:39
Benjamin Britten — Billy in the Darbies (Billy Budd)
Performer: Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9826, CD 3 Tr 14
Yann Martel
Life of Pi, reader Jonathan Keeble
00:46
Igor Stravinsky — The Owl and Pussycat
Performer: Adrienne Albert (soprano) Performer: Robert Craft (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL SM2K46298, CD 2 Tr 37
J.M. Barrie
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, reader Anne-Marie Duff
00:50
Maurice Ravel — Une Barque sur l’Ocean
Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra Performer: Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
DG 4158452, Tr 2
Martial, translated Pott and Wright
Epigrams Book 10, reader Jonathan Keeble
00:58
Nick Drake — River Man
Performer: Nick Drake (vocals/guitar)
ISLAND CID871, Tr 1
Dava Sobel
Longitude, reader Anne-Marie Duff
01:03
Ralph Vaughan Williams — A Sea Symphony (3rd movt – The Waves) – extract
Performer: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vernon Handley (conductor)
EMI CDEMX2142, Tr 3
Radio archive requesting boats
29 May 1940, read by Alan Howard
Arthur D. Divine
The Story of the Second World War (compiled Henry Steele Commager), reader Jonathan Keeble
01:08
Ivor Gurney — War Elegy - extract
Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra Performer: David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)
DUTTON CDLX 7172, Tr 5
Richard Henry Wilde
Barcarola, reader Anne-Marie Duff
01:11
Felix Mendelssohn — Gondellied
Performer: Daniel Levy (piano)
EDELWEISS ED1024, Tr 2
