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12月 1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. Sweet Sixteen / Joe Turner
ALBUM:Rock & Roll
02. I Had A Dream / Ray Charles
ALBUM:Yes Indeed!
03. Whistle Stop / Mickey Baker
ALBUM:The Wildest Guitar
04. IIt's Too Late, She's Gone / Freddie King
ALBUM:Freddie King Is A Blues Master
05. The Weight / King Curtis
ALBUM:Instant Groove
06. I Got To Cross The River Jordan / Blind Willie McTell
ALBUM:Atlanta Twelve String
07. On Broadway / The Drifters
ALBUM:Saturday Night At The Uptown
08. (O Baby) We Got A Good Thing Goin' / Barbara Lynn
ALBUM:Saturday Night At The Uptown
09. I Found A Love / The Falcons
ALBUM:Apollo Saturday Night
10. T'Ain't Nothin' To Me / The Coasters
ALBUM: Apollo Saturday Night
11. I'm Gonna Hang My Head And Cry / Darrell Banks
ALBUM: Darrell Banks Is Here!
12. She's A Burglar / Howard Tate
ALBUM:Howard Tate
13. Some Guys Have All The Luck / The Persuaders
ALBUM:Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
14. Please Send Me Someone To Love / Esther Phillips
ALBUM:Burnin'- Live At Freddie Jett's Pied Piper, L.A
15. Take Me As I Am / Philippe Wynne
ALBUM:Starting All Over
16. When I Die / Nikki Giovanni
ALBUM:The Way I Feel
17. Check It All Out / Black Heat
ALBUM:No Time To Burn
18. Sixteen Tons / Johnnie Taylor
ALBUM:Wanted: One Soul Singer
19. Lovey Dovey / Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
ALBUM:King & Queen
20. Hip Hug-Her / Booker T.& The MG's
ALBUM:Hip Hug-Her
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12月 1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
− Qの音楽 −
「マダムQと食卓」 (ゴンチチ)(4分31秒)
＜EPIC/SONY ESCB1859＞
「ケリード・ヂアーリオ」 (シコ・ブアルキ)(2分44秒)
＜BISCOIT FINO RCIP-0164＞
「ウルトラ・スティミュレーション」 (フィンリー・クエイ)(3分52秒)
＜EPIC EPIC4887582＞
「クール・ジョー・ミーン・ジョー(・キラー・ジョー)」(クィンシー・ジョーンズ)(4分04秒)
＜QWEST/WARNER BROS.936245875-2＞
「歌劇“スペードの女王”から“あなたを愛しています”」チャイコフスキー作曲(4分54秒)
(バリトン)ボー・スコウフス
(管弦楽)イングリッシュ・ナショナル・オペラ・オーケストラ
(指揮)ジェームズ・コンロン
＜SONY SRCR2340＞
「ア・ベレーザ・キ・ベム」 (シーマス・ブレーク)(7分33秒)
＜Criss Cross Jazz CRISS 1317CD＞
「アイ・ラブ・バーベキュー」(ザ・ガイ・ブラザーズ&オーケストラ)(3分01秒)
＜RHINO R2 75274＞
「スージー・キュー」 (ボビー・マクファーリン)(2分45秒)
＜EMI-MANHATTAN CDP-7-48059-2＞
「96ティアーズ」(クエスチョン・マーク&ザ・ミステリアンズ)(3分05秒)
＜CAVESTOMP!REC. CS!5002-2＞
「ライフ・イズ・ベター」 (Q・ティップ、ノラ・ジョーンズ)(4分27秒)
＜BLUE NOTE X9098682＞
「フットプリンツ」 (クエスト)(4分35秒)
＜enja PCD93597＞
「バット・アイ・ライク・ユー」 (アーニー&バート)(2分02秒)
＜SONY SRCS5808＞
「キサス・キサス・キサス」(ファブリッツィオ・ボッソ、ラウル・ミドン)(4分10秒)
＜MUSIC from EMI 5099926428727＞
「ケ・セラ・セラ」 (ピンク・マルティーニ)(4分05秒)
＜HEINZ REC. HNZ001＞
「ケ・セラ」(ホセ・フェリシアーノ・ウィズ・ラウル・ディ・ブラシオ)(5分27秒)
＜Siente music 278653452-2＞
「できることなら」 (ホセ・アントニオ・メンデス)(3分00秒)
＜EL SUR REC. 004＞
「ウルトラQ タイトルテーマ」 (“ウルトラQ”サントラ盤)(1分13秒)
＜東芝EMI TOCT-8791＞
「大陸風に向かって」 (ゴンチチ)(3分54秒)
＜EPIC/SONY ESCB1062＞
「モーニング」 (カル・ジェイダー)(1分45秒)
＜BGP CDBGPM243＞
「モーニング」(ポンチョ・サンチェス&ヒズ・ラテン・ジャズ・バンド)(4分00秒)
＜concord CPI-341110-02＞
「セ・シ・ボン」 (ダニエル・コラン&桑山哲也)(2分38秒)
＜Respect Rec. RES-214＞
Jazz Record Requests
Make a request...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Sat 1 Dec 2012
17:00
BBC Radio 3
Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' requests in all styles of jazz.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p25nz
Alyn Shipton presents a cross section of all styles of jazz requested by listeners, including music from Sheila Jordan, Hampton Hawes, Wynton Kelly and Lovie Austin.
Music Played
01. Tommaso Starace — My Bebop Tune
Composer: Petrucciani Performers: Tomasso Starace, as; Fabrizio Bosso, t; Michele Di Toro, p; Attilio Zanchi, b; Tommy Bradascio, d. August 2011.
Simply Marvellous – Celebrating the music of Michel Petrucciani, Emarcy, 06002537001927 Track 8
02. Oscar Peterson — John Hardy’s Wife
Composer: Duke Ellington Performers: Oscar Peterson, p; Ray brown, b; Ed Thigpen, d. July/Aug 1959.
Songbooks: CD 2 Ellington, NOT, 3CD0081 CD 2 Track 24
03. Hampton Hawes / Charlie Haden — Rain Forest
Composer: Hawes Performers: Hampton Hawes, p; Charlie Haden b. 21 Aug 1976.
As Long As There’s Music, Verve, 5135342 Track 2
04. Lovie Austin & Her Blue Serenaders — Traveling Blues
Composer: Austin Performers: Tommy Ladnier, t; Jimmy O’Bryant, cl; Lovie Austin p. November 1924
A Trumpet Stylist, Music Memoria, 8414652 (2), Track 8
05. Ken Colyer — Original Tuxedo Rag
Composer: Celestin Performers: Ken Colyer, t; Chris Barber, tb; Monty Sunshine, cl; Lonnie Donegan, bj; Jim Bray, b; Ron Bowden, d. 18 April 1954.
Lost 1954 Royal Festival Hall Tapes, Upbeat, 198 Track 5
06. Tony Kinsey — Blue Shoes / Lithe Girl Brown Girl
Composer: Le Sage; Logue / Neruda. Performers: Tony Kinsey, d, ldr; Les Condon, t; Ken Wray tb; Bill Le Sage, p, vib; Kenny Napper, b, Christopher Logue, voc. May 1959.
Red Bird Dancing, Parlophone, GEP 8765 S 1 T 1
07. Tony Kinsey — Moon Clouds / Steep Gloom Among Pine Trees
Composer: Le Sage; Logue / Neruda. Performers: Tony Kinsey, d, ldr; Les Condon, t; Ken Wray tb; Bill Le Sage, p, vib; Kenny Napper, b, Christopher Logue, voc. May 1959.
Red Bird Dancing, Parlophone, GEP 8765 S 1 T 2
08. Tony Kinsey — Bass Time / Sometimes it’s Like You’re Dead
Composer: Kinsey; Logue / Neruda. Performers: Tony Kinsey, d, ldr; Les Condon, t; Ken Wray tb; Bill Le Sage, p, vib; Kenny Napper, b, Christopher Logue, voc. May 1959.
Red Bird Dancing, Parlophone, GEP 8765 S 1 T 3
09. Wynton Kelly — Pot Luck
Composer: Kelly Performers: Wynton Kelly, p; Paul Chambers, b; Philly Joe Jones, d. 27 April 1960.
Kelly at Midnite, Vee Jay, VJ006 Track 5
10. Lionel Hampton — Stardust
Composer: Carmichael, Parish Performers: Charlie Shavers, t; Willie Smith, as; Corky Corcoran, ts; Lionel Hampton, vib; Tony Todd, p; Barney Kessell, g; Slam Stewart, b, Lee Young, d. Civic Auditorium, Pasadena California, August 4, 1947
Lionel Hampton Story, Proper, Properbox 12 CD 4 Track 1
11. Sheila Jordan and Cameron Brown — Astaire / Rogers Medley: Let's Face The Music And Dance/Cheek To Cheek/I Won't Dance/I Could Have Danced All Night/Pick Yourself Up
Composer: I. Berlin / D. Fields / O. Hammerstein / O. Harbach / J. Kern / J. McHugh / A.J. Lerner / F. Lowe Performers: Sheila Jordan, v; Cameron Brown, b. Nov 2004.
Celebration: Live at the Triad, High Note, 7136 Track 10
12. Lew Tabackin / Phil Woods — Limehouse Blues
Composer: Furber / Braham Performers: Phil Woods, as; Lew Tabackin, ts; Jimmy Rowles, p; Michael Moore, b; Bill Goodwin, d. December 1980
Phil Woods, Lew Tabackin, Omnisound, N1033, Side 1, 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
Count Basie: Episode 2
Sat 1 Dec 2012
18:00
BBC Radio 3
Geoffrey Smith showcases Count Basie's 'New Testament' band of the 1950s and 60s.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p25p1
In the second of two programmes celebrating Count Basie, Geoffrey Smith showcases his "New Testament" band of the 1950s and 60s, which topped the charts with such powerhouse hits as "April in Paris" and "Lil Darlin.".
Music Played
01. Count Basie — Normania
Composer: Basie / K. Atkinson Performers: Harry Edison, Emmett Berry, Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham, Gerald Wilson, t; Ted Donnelly, Dickie Wells, George Matthews, Melba Liston; Earl Warren, Charlie Price, as; Paul Gonsalves, Bill Parker, Jimmy Taylor, ts; Jack Washington, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Singleton Palmer, b; George Ballard, d. August 1949
The Indispensable Count Basie, RCA, PM 43688/B; S4/17
02. Count Basie — Blee Blop Blues
Composer: Basie Performers: Performers: Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Wendell Culley, t; Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Matthew Gee, tb; Marshall Royal, Bill Graham, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Charlie Fowlkes, reeds; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d; Freddie Green, g; Count Basie, p. September 1956
Basie in London, Verve, 8338052 (1); Tr.12
03. Count Basie — Softly with Feeling
Composer: Hefti Performers: Count Basie and His Orchestra: Wendell Culley , Reunald Jones, Joe Newman, t; Joe Wilder, flugelhorn, t; Henderson Chambers, Henry Coker, Benny Powell, tb; Marshal Royal, Ernie Wilkins, as; Frank Foster, Frank Wess, ts; Charlie Fowlkes, bs; Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Gus Johnson, d; Neil Hefti, arr; Count Basie, org, p. December 1953
Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Count Basie, Verve, 549 090-2. Tr. 14
04. Count Basie — Corner Pocket
Composer: Green Performers: Count Basie and His Orchestra: Wendell Culley , Reunald Jones, Joe Newman, t; Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny Powell, tb; Bill Graham, Marshal Royal, as; Frank Foster, Frank Wess, ts; Charlie Fowlkes, bs; Freddie Green, g,; Ernie Wilkins, arr; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d. July 1955
Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Count Basie, Verve, 549 090-2. Tr. 15
05. Count Basie — April in Paris
Composer: V. Duke / E.Y. Harburg Performers: Count Basie and His Orchestra: Wendell Culley , Reunald Jones, Joe Newman, t; Joe Wilder, flugelhorn, t; Henderson Chambers, Henry Coker, Benny Powell, tb; Marshal Royal, Ernie Wilkins, as; Frank Foster, Frank Wess, ts; Charlie Fowlkes, bs; Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Gus Johnson, d; Neil Hefti; Bill Davis, arr; Count Basie, p, spoken interjections. December 1953
Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Count Basie, Verve, 549 090-2. Tr. 16
06. Count Basie — Every Day I Have the Blues
Composer: P. Chatman Performers: Count Basie and His Orchestra: Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, t; Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny Powell, tb; Bill Graham, Marshal Royal, as; Frank Foster, Frank Wess, ts; Charlie Fowlkes, bs; Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d; Joe Williams, v; Ernie Wilkins, arr. May 1955
Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Count Basie, Verve, 549 090-2. Tr. 17
07. Count Basie — Whirly-Bird
Composer: Hefti Performers: Count Basie and His Orchestra: Count Basie, p; Joe Newman, Thad Jones, Wendell Culley, E. Young, t; Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Al Grey, tb; Marshal Royal, Frank Wess, as; E. Davis, Frank Foster, ts; Charlie Fowlkes, bs; Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d. October 1957
Four Classic Albums, Avid Jazz, AMSC 946. D2, Tr.7
08. Count Basie — Lil’ Darlin
Composer: Hefti Performers: Count Basie and His Orchestra: Count Basie, p; Joe Newman, Thad Jones, Wendell Culley, E. Young, t; Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Al Grey, tb; Marshal Royal, Frank Wess, as; E. Davis, Frank Foster, ts; Charlie Fowlkes, bs; Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d. October 1957
Four Classic Albums, Avid Jazz, AMSC 946. D2, Tr. 11
09. Count Basie — Segue in C
Composer: Performers: Sonny Cohn, Lennie Johnson, Thad Jones, Snooky Young, t; Henry Coker, Quentin Jackson, Benny Powell, tb; Marshall Royal, acl; Frank Wess, f, ts, as; Budd Johnson, Frank Foster, ts; Charlie Fowlkes, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d. July 1961
Live From Birdland, Vogue, VJD 568-1. S4/1
10. Ella Fitzgerald — Shiny Stockings
Composer: F. Foster / E. Fitzgerald Performers: Ella Fitzgerald, v; Count Basie and His Orchestra: Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Joe Newman, Don Rader, Fip Ricard, t; Henry Coker, Urbie Green, Grover Mitchell, Benny Powell, tb; Eric Dixon, Frank Wess, as, ts; Frank Foster, ts, arr; Marshal Royal, c, as; Charlie Fowlkes, bs; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Buddy Catlett, b; Sonny Payne, d; Quincy Jones, arr, cond. July 1963
Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Ella Fitzgerald, Verve, 549 087-2. Tr. 18
11. Count Basie — Basie
Composer: E. Wilkins Performers: Count Basie and His Orchestra: Count Basie, p; Pete Minger, Sonny Cohen, Paul Cohen, Raymond Brown, t; Booty Wood, Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, Dennis Wilson, tb; Charlie Fowlkes, Eric Dixon, Bobby Plater, Danny Turner, Kenny Hing, reeds; Freddie Green, g; Keter Betts, b; Mickey Roker, d. July 1979
On The Road, Pablo, CD2312112 (1); Tr.7
12. Count Basie — Plymouth Rock
Composer: Hefti Performers: Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Wendell Culley, t; Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Matthew Gee, tb; Marshall Royal, Bill Graham, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Charlie Fowlkes, reeds; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d; Freddie Green, g; Count Basie, p. September 1956
Basie in London, Verve, 8338052. Tr.16
13. Count Basie — Why Not
Composer: Hefti Performers: Count Basie Big Band: Count Basie, p; Al Grey, Curtis Fuller, Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, tb; Sonny Cohn, Frank Szabo, t, flugelhorns; Pete Minger, Dave Stahl, Bob Mitchell, t; Eric Dixon, Danny Turner, Bobby Plater, saxophones, f; Jimmy Forrest, ts; Charlie Fowlkes, bs; Freddie Green, g; John Duke, b; Butch Miles, d. July 1975
Fun Time, Pablo, PACD2310945 (1); Tr.2
14. Count Basie — One O’Clock Jump
Composer: Basie Performers: Count Basie Big Band: Count Basie, p; Al Grey, Curtis Fuller, Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, tb; Sonny Cohn, Frank Szabo, t, flugelhorns; Pete Minger, Dave Stahl, Bob Mitchell, t; Eric Dixon, Danny Turner, Bobby Plater, saxophones, f; Jimmy Forrest, ts; Charlie Fowlkes, bs; Freddie Green, g; John Duke, b; Butch Miles, d. July 1975
Pablo, Pablo, PACD2310945; Tr. 10
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
Dustin Hoffman
Sun 2 Dec 2012
11:15
BBC Radio 4
Hollywood film star Dustin Hoffman is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p314n
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Dustin Hoffman.
In spite of his Aunt Pearl telling him he wasn't good looking enough to be an actor for the past forty-five years he's been crafting landmark movie performances. He is that rare and apparently contradictory thing - a character actor and a superstar.
The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Lenny, All The President's Men, Marathon Man, Kramer v Kramer, Tootsie, Rain Man, Wag The Dog, and Last Chance Harvey are just a handful of the movies that contribute to an unparalleled body of work: he is the only actor in history to have top billing in three films that won Best Picture Oscars.
Now in his mid-70s he is making his directorial debut.
He says "I'm always fighting to break through... I'm trying to show you the part of me that wants to love, wants to kill, that wants to find my way out, that feels there is no way out."
Producer: Cathy Drysdale.
Music Played
01. Ritchie Valens — La Bamba
Million Sellers, DISKY
02. Slim Gaillard — Cement Mixer
Dusk Fire, BGO
03. Otis Redding — (Sittin’On) The Dock of the Bay
The Definitive Collection, ATLANTIC
04. Diana Krall — Frim Fram Sauce
All for You, IMPULSE
05. Bette Midler — Shoot the Breeze
1977 NBC TV show
06. Jon Hendricks — How High the Moon
Young Lions & Old Tigers, Telarc Distribution
07. Donnie Brooks — Memphis
The Best of Donni Brooks, K-Tel
08. Trevor Peacock and David Ryall — Are You Havin’ Any Fun?
Quartet (Soundtrack), Decca
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
John Major
Sun 2 Dec 2012
12:00
BBC Radio 3
Michael Berkeley's guest is former prime minister Sir John Major.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p2q1x
Michael Berkeley's guest this week is Sir John Major, who succeeded Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister in November 1990, and served until Tony Blair's victory in the 1997 General Election. His father worked as a music hall performer, and he left school at 15 before continuing to study and qualifying as a banker. He became a Conservative Parliamentary candidate in 1974, and in 1979 became an MP in the Huntingdon constituency, a seat he held until his retirement from politics in 2001. After the 1987 General Election he was promoted to the Cabinet, and became Foreign Secretary in July 1989, and later that year Chancellor of the Exchequer, following the shock resignation of Nigel Lawson. His tenure as Prime Minister included the liberation of Kuwait, the beginning of the peace process in Northern Ireland, and the establishment of the National Lottery. He has recently published a memoir of his father, 'My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall', and has always retained a strong affection for the music of that genre, as well as for a wide variety of classical music, a passion he shares with his wife Norma.
Music Played
00:03
Johann Strauss II
Overture: Die Fledermaus
Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Willi Boskovsky
CD/Record number:EMI 565052-2
00:16
George Ware & Noel Coward
The Boy I love is up in the gallery/Mad about the boy
Maria Friedman (vocals)
CD/Record number:SEPIA RECORDS SEPIA 8004
00:21
George Botsford
Black and White Rag
Winifred Attwell (piano)
CD/Record number:PRESIDENT PLCD531
00:26
Charles-François Gounod
Ave Maria
June Bronhill (soprano)
CD/Record number:EMI 1572122
00:30
Aram Khachaturian
Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (from the Ballet Spartacus)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Aram Khachaturian
CD/Record number:DECCA 460 315-2
00:41
Jacques Offenbach
Conduisez-moi vers celui qui j'adore (The Waltz Song from Robinson Crusoe)
Joan Sutherland (soprano) Orchestra of the Suisse Romande/Richard Bonynge (conductor)
CD/Record number:DECCA 443 834-2
00:46
Benjamin Britten
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Theme)
LSO/Benjamin Britten
CD/Record number:LONDON 425 659-2
00:50
Maurice Jarre
Lara’s Theme (from David Lean’s 1965 film, Dr Zhivago)
MGM Studio Orchestra/Maurice Jarre
CD/Record number:CBS CD70274
00:55
Richard Rodgers
This Nearly Was Mine (1958 original soundtrack South Pacific)
Giorgio Tozzi (baritone), Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman
CD/Record number:RCA ND 83681
http://www.classicarts.co.uk/passions-thisWeek.asp
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 Greek Odyssey
Sun 2 Dec 2012
18:30
BBC Radio 3
Words and music on the theme of Greece, with readings by Sian Phillips and Timothy West.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p2q27
Words and Music on the theme of Greece, from classical antiquity to modern day Greece, gripped by austerity.
Sian Phillips and Timothy West read the classical poetry of Euripides and Homer, defiant verses against the 1960s dictatorship by Nobel prize winner George Seferis, and contemporary poetry about Greece and the financial crisis.
Lord Byron champions Greek independence in The Isles of Greece, Gerald Durrell relives his childhood in Corfu in My Family and Other Animals, and Louis de Bernieres depicts life in Kefalonia during World War II in Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
Modern day Greek poets have organised poetry demonstrations in Athens, and we hear Stamatis Polenakis' take on austerity in "Poetry Does Not Suffice".
Sian Phillips performs Medea's monologue from Euripides' tragedy and the great American-Greek soprano Maria Callas sings Medea in a famous live recording of Cherubini's opera from La Scala Milan in 1953, conducted by Leonard Bernstein.
Another world-renowned Greek soprano, Agnes Baltsa, sings traditional songs and we hear music played on the bouzouki and tambourin, native Greek instruments.
Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925) is one of the Greece's best-loved contemporary composers and his music for the film Zorba the Greek has achieved classic status. Iannis Xenakis is one of the most important post-war avant garde composers, who pioneered the use of mathematical models in music.
Music also includes Schubert's depiction of the Journey to Hades, Richard Strauss' opera Ariadne auf Naxos, Monteverdi's Orfeo, and Stravinsky's Greek ballet Apollo.
Producer: Timothy Prosser.
Music and featured items
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
Nasos Vayenas
Beautiful Summer Morning (Sian Phillips)
00:00
Nikos Skalkottas
Epirotikos, from Seven Greek Dances
Performer: Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Nikos Chirstodoulou (conductor)
BIS CD 904, tr5
Homer
From The Odyssey – Invocation to the Muse (Timothy West)
00:03
Manos Hadjidakis
A carnation behind your ear
Performer: Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Athens Experimental Orchestra, Stavros Xarhakos (conductor)
DG 419 2362, tr1
Dinos Siotis
Tinos (Sian Phillips)
00:06
Claudio Monteverdi
Toccata from L’Orfeo
Performer: The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 419 250 2, tr1
Manolis Anagnostakis
Thessaloniki, Days of AD 1969 (Timothy West)
00:09
Harry Partch
Study on Ancient Greek Scale
Performer: Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 7559 79457 2, tr6
Stamatis Polenakis
Poetry Does Not Suffice (Sian Phillips)
00:12
Franz Schubert
Fahrt zum Hades (Journey to Hades)
Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Jorg Demus (piano)
DG 463 504 2, tr4
Patrick Leigh Fermor
from Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese (Timothy West)
00:19
Igor Stravinsky
Pas de deux, from Apollo (Three Greek Ballets)
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Craft (conductor)
Naxos 8 557502, tr8
Jenny Mastoraki
Then the Trojan horse said (Sian Phillips)
00:23
Yiorgos Yevyelis
Traditional Dance from Thrace (Kerchief Dance)
Performer: Yorgos Yevyelis (tambourin), Christos Constandinou (bouzouki)
Arion 64089, tr5
Euripides
from Medea (Sian Phillips)
00:28
Luigi Cherubini
from Medea, End of Act1, Live 1953 recording
Performer: Maria Callas (Medea), Gino Penno (Giasone), Orchestra of La Scala Milan, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
EMI 567909 2, tr15
Byron
from The Isles of Greece (Timothy West)
00:34
Yannis Constantinidis
from Eight Dances from Greek Islands
Performer: Elena Mouzalas (piano)
ADDA 581199, tr5
Gerald Durrell
from My Family and Other Animals (Timothy West)
00:38
Mikis Theodorakis
Zorba’s Dance, from Zorba The Ballet
Performer: Hungarian State Orchestra and Choir, Mikis Theodorakis (conductor)
INT 3103 2, tr13
Louis de Bernieres
from Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (Sian Phillips)
00:48
Richard Strauss
from Ariadne auf Naxos
Performer: Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic, James Levine (conductor)
DG 419 225 2, CD2 tr1
C P Cavafy
Waiting for the Barbarians (Timothy West)
00:56
Christos Constandinou
Fantasie in the minor key
Performer: Christos Constandinou (bouzouki)
Arion 64089, tr1
Keats
from Ode on a Grecian Urn (Sian Phillips)
00:59
Henry Purcell
In Vain the Am’rous Flute
Performer: James Bowman, Michael Chance (countertenors), The King’s Consort, Robert King (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 66253, tr2
Robert Graves
Under the Olives (Timothy West)
Sappho
Which is best? (Sian Phillips)
01:06
Iannis Xenakis
from Okho
Performer: Pablo Rieppi, Robert McEwan, David Rozenblatt (percussion)
STX mode 56, tr2
George Seferis
Denial (Timothy West)
01:08
Stavros Xarhakos
Barcarolle
Performer: Agnes Baltsa (mezzo), Athens Experimental Orchestra, Stavros Xarhakos (conductor)
DG 419 236 2, tr9
