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://www4.nhk.or.jp/sunshine/
放送日： 2013年 5月11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. 「 People Say 」（ Jon Cleary ）
Album：Mo Hippa Live
02. 「 Tear My Stillhouse Down 」（ Steinar Raknes ）
Album：Stillhouse
03. 「 Woodstock 」（ Steinar Raknes ）
Album：Stillhouse
04. 「 Kampalyo 」（ Bil Aka Kora ）
Album：Yaaba
05. 「 ジンジン(蛍) 」（ Hirayasu Takashi & Bob Brozman ）
Album：童唄
06. 「 時代の流れ 」（ Hirayasu Takashi & Bob Brozman ）
Album：キーブルダッチャー・ミュージック
07. 「 Lang La 」（ Rene Lacaille & Bob Brozman ）
Album：Digdig
08. 「 Digi Digi Dom Dom 」（ Debashish Bhattacharya and Bob Brozman ）
Album：Mahima
09. 「 Maloyan Devil 」（ Djeli Moussa Diawara & Bob Brozman ）
Album：Ocean Blues
10. 「 Cannibal Stomp 」（ Bob Brozman ）
Album：Fire In The Mind
11. 「 Sabasi 」（ The Light Of Saba ）
Album：Cedric Im Brooks & The Light Of Saba
12. 「 Slave Driver 」（ The Wailers ）
Album：Catch A Fire
13. 「 Kinky Reggae 」（ The Wailers ）
Album：Catch A Fire
14. 「 Johnny Was 」（ Bob Marley & The Wailers ）
Album：Rastaman Vibration
15. 「 Get Up, Stand Up 」（ Bob Marley & The Wailers ）
Album：One Love
16. 「 Three Little Birds Dub 」（ Bob Marley & The Wailers ）
Album：In Dub Vol. 1
17. 「 Redemption Song 」（ Bob Marley & The Wailers ）
Album：Live Forever: The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, September 23, 1980
18. 「 One Love／People Get Ready 」（ Bob Marley & The Wailers ）
Album： One Love
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://www4.nhk.or.jp/kaiteki/
放送日： 2013年 5月11日（土）
放送時間： 午前9:00〜午前11:00（120分）
ゴンチチ
湯浅学
− ごはんとパンの音楽 −
「豚と卵」 （ゴンチチ）
（５分０６秒）
＜ポニーキャニオン ＰＣＣＡ−０２１０２＞
「二人の架け橋」 （ブレッド）
（３分１１秒）
＜ＷＡＲＮＥＲ ＭＵＳＩＣ ＷＱＣＰ−１２２８＞
「組曲“ハンバーガー・コンチェルト”から ミディアム２」
（フォーカス）
（５分５３秒）
＜ＥＭＩ ＥＭＳ８１０１６＞
「銀座の雀」 （森繁久彌）
（３分２９秒）
＜コロムビアミュージック ＣＯＣＰ−３５３１７＞
「歌曲集“美しい水車屋の娘”から さすらい」シューベルト作曲
（２分３８秒）
（バリトン）マティアス・ゲルネ
（ピアノ）エリック・シュナイダー
＜ＵＩＶＥＲＳＡＬ ＵＣＣＤ−１０７１＞
「ロースト・フィッシュ＆コーン・ブレッド」
（リー・ペリー＆ザ・アップセッターズ）
（３分４６秒）
＜ＶＰ ＲＥＣ． ＶＰＣＤ１０００＞
「マイ・ステアー・カップボード・アット・３・エー・エム」
（ブレッド・ラヴ・アンド・ドリームズ）
（３分２８秒）
＜ｓｕｎｂｅａｍ ＳＢＲＣＤ５０２７＞
「Ｇｒ１Ｂ〜Ｐｅｒｆｆ」
（エフ・エス・ブラム＆ニルス・フラム）
（４分５５秒）
＜ｓｏｎｉｃ ｐｉｅｃｅｓ ＳＯＮＩＣＰＩＥＣＥＳ０１６＞
「赤いトラクター」 （小林旭）
（３分２０秒）
＜クラウンレコード ＣＲＣＮ４１１１７＞
「ザイヤンディアオ（田植えの歌）」 （ツィ・エイアンクィン）
（４分１４秒）
＜キングレコード ＫＩＣＣ５１８７＞
「ダイニング・アローン」 （カーラ・ブレイ）
（４分３６秒）
＜ＷＡＴＴ／ＥＣＭ ２５ＭＪ＞
「カーニバルの夜は更けて」 （藤本好一）
（２分５６秒）
＜テイチクレコード ＳＮ−６１＞
「グッドバイ・ブレッド」 （タイ・シーガル）
（３分２４秒）
＜ＤＲＡＧ ＣＩＴＹ ＤＣ４７９ＣＤ＞
「ブレッド・アンド・バター」 （ニュー・ビーツ）
（１分５８秒）
＜Ｈｉｃｋｏｒｙ Ｒｅｃ． ＬＰＭ１２０＞
「風」 （ブレッド＆バター）
（３分２５秒）
＜コロムビア ＣＯＣＰ−３３３３４＞
「モア・トゥー・スピーク・オブ」（シャノン・スティーブンス）
（３分４５秒）
＜ＡＳＴＨＭＡＴＩＣ ＫＩＴＴＹ ＡＫＲ０６４＞
「ペコペコ」 （ガンジー石原）
（１分４８秒）
＜ＣＲＯＳＳＭＥＤＩＡ ＲＥＣ． ＣＭＣＦ−００１＞
「君を抱きしめたら炊きたての御飯の匂いがした」 （遠藤賢司）
（２分４８秒）
＜ＭＩＤＩ ＩＮＣ． ＭＤＣＬ−１３３１＞
「コーヒー・オア・ティー？」 （ゴンチチ）
（２分０３秒）
＜ＥＰＩＣ ＥＳＣＬ３７３８＞
「残酷な距離」 （ルイス・ゴンザーガ）
（２分４９秒）
＜ライスレコード ＢＳＲ−５６６＞
「女根の月」 （エゴ・ラッピン）
（６分２２秒）
＜トイズファクトリー ＴＦＣＣ−８６４３２＞
Jazz Record Requests
Make a request...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Sat 11 May 2013
22:00
BBC Radio 3
Alyn Shipton presents listeners' jazz requests with contrasting saxophone styles.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01scxfc
Alyn Shipton presents listeners' jazz requests with contrasting saxophone styles from Benny Carter, Gerry Mulligan and John Coltrane, plus music from opposite ends of the UK jazz scene by Django Bates and Chris Barber.
Music Played
01. Easy Money
Benny Carter
Composer: Carter Performers: Benny Carter, as; Milt Jackson, vib; Joe Pass, g; Tommy Flanagan, p; John B Williams, b; Jake Hanna, d. 11 Feb 1976.
The King, Essential Jazz Classics, 883 Track 3 (6.18)
02. Last Word
Loose Tubes
Composer: Parker Performers: Eddie Parker, fl; Dai Pritchard, cl; Steve Buckley, Iain Ballamy, Mark Lockheart, Julian Nicholas, Ken Stubbs, reeds; Lance Kelly, Chris Batchelor, Ted Emmett, Paul Edmonds, Noel Langley, t; John Harborne, Steve Day, Paul Taylor, Richard Pywell, tb; Ashley Slater, btb; Dave Powell, tu; Django Bates kb; John Parricelli, g; Dteve Wattsm b; Martin France, d; Thebi Lipere, perc. 1990.
Dancing on Frith Street, Lost Marble, LM005 Track 3 (6.27)
03. I Cover The Watefront
Vic Dickenson
Composer: Heyman, Green Performers: Vic Dickenson, tb; Ruby Braff, c; Ed Hall, cl; Sir Charles Thompson, p; Steve Jordan, g; Walter Page, b; Les Erskine, d. 29 Dec 1953.
Vic Dickenson Septet, Vanguard, VCD 99/100, Track 5 (8.34)
04. Perdido Street Stomp
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
Composer: Mezzrow/Bechet Performers: Hot Lips Page, t; Mezz Mezzrow, cl; Sidney Bechet, ss; Sammy Price, p; Danny Barker, g; Pops Foster, b; Big Sid Catlett, d. 30 July 1945.
King Jazz Story Vol 3, Storyville, 8214 Track 13 (2.55)
05. Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind
Ken "Snakehips" Johnson
Composer: Shakespeare / Arthur Young Performers: Dave Wilkins, Jiver Hutchinson, Wally Bowen, t; Lad Busby, tb; Carl Barriteau, Bertie King, George Roberts, David Williams, reeds; Errol Barrow, p; Joe Deniz, g; Abe ‘Pops’ Clare, b; Tom Wilson, d; Al Bowlly, the Henderson Twins, v. 24 April 1940.
Black British Swing, HMV, BD5592, Track 1 (2.58)
06. East of the Sun
Earl Bostic
Composer: Brooks / Bowman Performers: Earl Bostic, as; Elmon Wright, John Coles, t; Benny Carter, as; Benny Holson, ts; Stash O’Loughlin, p; Frank Flynn, vib; Ulysses Livingston, g; George Tucker, b; Granville T. Hogan, d.Ralph Jones, d. Los Angeles, 23 April 1955.
Plays Jazz Standards, Definitive, 11295 Track 15 (2.39)
07. You Rascal You
Chris Barber
Composer: Theard Performers: Pat Halcox, t; Monty Sunshine, cl; Chris Barber, tb; Eddie Smith, bj; Dick Smith, b; Graham Burbidge, d. 31 Jan 1958.
1957 58, Lake, 268 CD 1 Track 18 (4.54)
08. In Your Own Sweet Way
Marian McPartland
Composer: Brubeck Performers: Marian McPartland, p; Bill Crow, b; Joe Morello, d. 1999.
Reprise, Concord, 4853-2 Track 7 (4.19)
09. Big City Blues
Gerry Mulligan
Composer: Brookmeyer Performers: Gerry Mulligan, cl; Don Ferrara, Doc Severinsen, Clark Terry, Nick Travis, t; Willie Dennis, tb; Bob Brookmeyer, p, vtb; Tony Studd, btb; Gene Quill, as, cl; Eddie Caine, as; Jim Reider, ts; Gene Allen, bs; Jim Hall, g; Bill Crow, b; Gus Johnson, d. Dec 1962.
Jazz Masters no. 36, Verve, 523 342-2 Track 12 (5.41)
10. Aisha
John Coltrane
Composer: Coltrane Performers: John Coltrane, ts; Eric Dolphy, as; Freddie Hubbard, t; McCoy Tyner, p; Reggie Workman, b; Elvin Jones, d. 25 May 1961.
The Heavyweight Champion, Rhino / Atlantic, R2 71984 Disc 6 Track 6 (7.39)
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
Gil Evans
Sun 12 May 2013
00:00
BBC Radio 3
Geoffrey Smith picks personal favourites from arranger-composer Gil Evans's work.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01scxkn
To Miles Davis, Gil Evans was "hipper than hip", a profoundly original arranger-composer whose sumptuous impressionism influenced the whole of post-war jazz. Geoffrey Smith picks some personal favourites from the rich array of Evans's work, including his classic collaborations with Davis and the evocative masterpieces he created under his own name.
Music Played
01. No One Else But You
Louis Armstrong
Composer: Redman Performers: Louis Armstrong, t; Fred Robinson, tb; Don Redman, cl, as, a; Earl Hines, p; Dave Wilborn, bj, g; Zutty Singleton, d. 5 December 1928
Louis Armstrong: Hot Fives and Sevens Volume 3, JSP Records, JSPCD 314; Tr. 14 (1.50, extract)
02. Chelsea Bridge
Duke Ellington
Composer: Strayhorn Performers: Duke Ellington, p; Wallace Jones, Ray Nance, t; Rex Stewart, c; Tricky Sam Nanton, Lawrence Brown, tb; Juan Tizol, valve tb; Barney Bigard, cl; Johnny Hodges, as, ss, cl; Harry Carney, bs, cl, as; Otto Hardwick, as, bs; Ben Webster, ts; Billy Strayhorn, p; Fred Guy, g; Junior Raglin, b; Sonny Greer, d; Herb Jeffries, v. Webster, Tizol 2 December 1941
Duke Ellington: The Blanton-Webster Band, RCA, 74321 13181 2. D3; Tr.6 (0.38, extract)
03. Sorta Kinda
Claude Thornhill
Composer: Young Performers: Red Rodney, Emil Terry, Ed Zandy, t; Tak Takvorian, Allan Langstaff, tb; Walter Weschler, Sandy Sieglestein, frh; Bill Barber, tu; possibly James Genus, Victor Harris, Ed Stang, pic, fl; Danny Polo, cl, as; Lee Konitz, as; Bill Glover, fl, as; Mickey Folus, bs, cl, ts; Mario Rollo, clt, ts; Bill Bushey, cl, bcl, bs; Claude Thornhill, p; Barry Galbraith, g; Joe Schulman, b; Billy Exner, d. Fran Warren, Gene Williams, v; Gil Evans, arr. 4 September 1947
Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra: 1946 – 47 Performances Vol.2, Hep Records, HEP CD 74 Tr. 8 (2.44)
04. Yardbird Suite
Claude Thornhill
Composer: Parker Performers: Louis Mucci, Red Rodney, Ed Zandy, t; Tak Takvorian, Allan Langstaff, tb; Walter Weschler, Sandy Sieglestein, frh; Bill Barber, tu; possibly James Genus, Victor Harris, Ed Stang, pic, fl; Danny Polo, cl, as; Lee Konitz, as; Bill Glover, as; Mickey Folus, bs, cl, ts; Mario Rollo, clt, ts; Bill Bushey, cl, bcl, bs; Claude Thornhill, p; Barry Galbraith, g; Joe Schulman, b; Billy Exner, d. Fran Warren, Gene Williams, v; 17 December 1947
Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra: 1946 – 47 Performances Vol.2, Hep Records, HEP CD 74. Tr. 21 (3.19)
05. Moon Dreams
Miles Davis
Composer: MacGregor, Mercer Performers: Miles Davis, t; J.J. Johnson, tb; Gunther Schuller, frh; Bill Barber, tu; Lee Konitz, as; Gerry Mulligan, bs; Al McKibbon, b; Max Roach, d. Bill Evans, arr. 9 March 1950
Birth of Cool, Capitol Records, 7243 5 30117 2 7 Tr.3 (3.18)
06. My Ship
Miles Davis
Composer: Gershwin, Weill Performers: Miles Davis, t, flugelhorn; Gil Evans, arr, cond; Lee Konitz, as; Taff Jordan, Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, John Carisi, Louis Mucci, t; Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak, Joe Barrett, tb; Tom Mitchell, btb; Willie Ruff, Toby Miranda, Jimmy Buffington, frh; Bill Barber, tu; Romeo Penque, Sid Cooper, Eddie Caine, fl, cl; Danny Bank, bcl; Paul chambers, b; Art Taylor, d. Recorded between 6th May – 22nd August 1957
Miles Davis: Four Classic Albums, Avid, AMSC1081. D1, Tr. 4 (4.27)
07. Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)
Miles Davis
Composer: Gershwin, Heyward Performers: Miles Davis, t, flugelhorn; Gil Evans, arr, cond; Julian Adderley, as; Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, t; Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak, Joe Bennett, tb; Dick Hixon, btb; Willie Ruff, Gunther Schiller, Julius Watkins, frh; Bill Barber, tu; Jerome Richardson, fl; Romeo Penque, Phil Bodner, fl, afl, cl; Danny Bank, afl, bcl; Paul Chambers, b Jimmy Cobb, d. July/August 1958
Four Classic Albums, Avid, AMSC 1081. D2, Tr. 7 (4.38)
08. Struttin’ with Some Barbecue
Gil Evans
Composer: Armstrong Performers: Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal t; Joe Bennett, Frank Rehak, Tom Mitchell, tb; Julius Watkins, frh; Bill Barber, tu; Phil Boaner, reeds; Cannonball Adderley, as; Gil Evans, p; Chuck Wayne, g; Paul Chambers, b; Art Blakey, d. 21 May 1958
Gil Evans: Four Classic Albums, Avid, AMSC 1077; D1, Tr.4 (4.33)
09. Sunken Treasure
Gil Evans
Composer: Evans Performers: John Coles, Phil Sunkel, t; Jimmy Knepper, Keg Johnson, tb; Tony Studd, btb; Eddie Caine, as, fl, picc; Budd Johnson, ts, ss; Bob Tricarico, bassoon, fl, picc; Gil Evans, p; Ray Crawford, g; Ron Carter, b; Bill Barber, tu; Charlie Persip, Elvin Jones, perc. November/December 1980
Gil Evans: Four Classic Albums, Avid, AMSC 1077. D2, Tr.5 (4.16)
10. Murder by Numbers
Gil Evans
Composer: Sumner Performers: Gil Evans, p, dir; Lew Soloff, Palle Mikkelborg, Miles Evans, t; Dave Bargeron, tb; Dave Taylor, b; John Clark, frh; Steve Lacy, ss; Chris Hunter, as; Don Weller, ts; George Adams, ts, fl; John Surman, bs, bcl; Hiram Bullock, g; Delmar Brown : keyboards; Mark Egan, b; Danny Gottlieb, d; Anita Evans, Airto Moreira, perc. Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon 1987
BBC Jazz Legends: Gil Evans, BBC Legends, BBCJ70072 Tr.5 (9.50)
11. The Barbara Song
Gil Evans
Composer: Weill, Brecht Performers: Frank Rehak, tb; Ray Alonge, Julius Watkins, frh; Bill Barber, tu; Wayne Shorter, Al Block, Andy Fitzgerald, George Marge, Bob Tricarico, reeds and woodwinds; Bob Maxwell, harp; Gary Peacock, b; Elvin Jones, d. 9 July 1964
The Individualism of Gil Evans, Verve, 8338042 (1); Tr. 2 (9.57)
Private Passions
Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnv3
Jonathan Hyde
Sun 12 May 2013
12:00
BBC Radio 3
Michael Berkeley's guest is film, TV and stage actor Jonathan Hyde.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01scxkx
Michael Berkeley's guest is Australian-born actor Jonathan Hyde, a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company who has appeared in numerous plays from Shakespeare to Chekhov, Oscar Wilde and Tom Stoppard. He recently appeared as the speech therapist Lionel Logue in the stage version of The King's Speech. His film roles include J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star Line in the 1997 blockbuster Titanic, and Sam Parrish/Van Pelt the hunter in Jumanji, as well as the Egyptologist in The Mummy. His many TV appearances include roles in Spooks, Foyle's War, Sherlock Holmes and Endeavour. He is currently appearing in Travels with my Aunt at the Chocolate Menier Factory in London.
Jonathan Hyde is married to the Scottish singer Isobel Buchanan, and his musical choices include his wife as Micaela in Carmen, and singing a traditional Scottish folksong; part of Britten's Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, an aria from Handel's Atalanta, and extracts from Stravinsky's ballet Apollon musagete.
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
00:05
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio in E minor, Op.67 (1st mvt)
The Compinsky Trio
CD/Record number:CAMBRIA MASTER RECORDINGS CD1130
00:14
Georges Bizet
Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante (Carmen, Act III)
‘Micaëla’s Aria’ (Carmen Act III)
Isobel Buchanan (Michaela), Vienna State Opera/Carlos Kleiber
CD/Record number:GOLDEN MELODRAM CD2
00:23
Igor Stravinsky
Variation d’Apollon & Apothéose from ‘Apollon musagète’
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Antal Dorati
CD/Record number:DECCA 4144572
00:31
Gabriela Quintero & Rodrigo Sanchez
Diablo Rojo
Rodrigo y Gabriela
CD/Record number:RUBY WORKS
00:38
Benjamin Britten
‘Adagio’ & ‘Chant’ from Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10
English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten
CD/Record number:DECCA 4175092
00:45
Georg Frideric Handel
‘Care Selve’ from ‘Atalanta’
Eidé Norena
CD/Record number:NIMBUS NI7900
00:50
Michael Price & Dan Walsh
Ain't No Love
Bobby Bland
CD/Record number:HARMLESS HURTCD065
00:55
[traditional]
‘I Know Where I’m Going’ arr Hughes
Isobel Buchanan (soprano), Sharolyn Kimmorley (piano)
CD/Record number:EMI FC400
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
I Love No Leafless Land
Sun 12 May 2013
18:30
BBC Radio 3
Words and music about trees with readers Lucy Briers and Gerard Murphy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01scxl5
"I love no leafless land"
Readers: Lucy Briers and Gerard Murphy.
Taking its title from words by A E Housman, this edition of Words and Music is inspired by trees.
There are individual real trees such as Sassoon's "Blunden's Oak", or a spectacularly "dissolving" storm-battered beech, and trees that are symbolic - C. Day Lewis's Christmas Tree, and the trees that mark the passing of the year.
With poetry on the relationships between people and trees, the pleasure and pain of being solitary (Walt Whitman) , and the struggle for survival (D H Lawrence) , insistence on the need for trees (Gerard Manley Hopkins "Binsey Poplars, felled") and meditations on long life and ageing (W H Davies).
There are also celebrations of the sheer beauty and abundance of trees. Trees have spirits, so the Green Man makes his appearance, as do the dryads and hamadryads of mythology. (Shakespeare, James Thomson, C S Lewis)
The words are interleaved seamlessly with music, including Respighi's Pines, song settings by Butterworth and Madeleine Dring, an atmospheric evocation of acacias by Toru Takemitsu and some music generated by the wood of the trees themselves, using electronics and a modified turntable.
Producer's note
Taking its title from words by A E Housman, this edition of Words and Music is inspired by trees.
Beginning with the cherry tree laden with blossom (Housman again, set by Butterworth), the leaves rustling in the breeze (Sinding’s famous piano piece Rustle of Spring ), and Browning’s longing for the quintessential English countryside (Home Thoughts from Abroad), the scene is set for Sassoon’s ecstatic union of trees and the spirit of poetry in Blunden’s Beech. Then the legends of two forest spirits, Herne the Hunter and the Green Man, are evoked by Mistress Quickly in The Merry Wives of Windsor and by Charles Causley in his somewhat disturbing Green Man in the Garden.
Takemitsu’s atmospheric evocation of acacias in Tree Line moves us to a more desolate scene in Gerard Manley Hopkins sorrowful Binsey Poplars – felled 1879, and the windswept feel of Tahmizyan’s chamber piece A Cool Wind Blowing leads to reflections from D H Lawrence and Walt Whitman on the pleasure and pains of being alone, like a solitary tree. But loneliness is assuaged with William Meredith’s poem Tree Marriage where the idea of human relationships being reflected in the union of trees leads onward to P J Kavanagh’s heartbreakingly nostalgic reflection on children and growing up – A Single Tree. W.H.Davies writes with typical simplicity on the longevity of trees, although Ben Jonson assures us that length of days is not necessarily the important thing in life…
Eighteenth century Scottish poet James Thomson writes of the plenty and sensuousness of tropical fruit trees in high summer, and that’s followed by a feast of a different kind, as C S Lewis imagines the way trees themselves might celebrate – with differently textured earths and gravels – a scene from Prince Caspian, accompanied by Eric Coates’ jolly dance Wood Nymphs.
Eric Whitacre has set words by e e cummings in his choral piece Little Tree, with words echoed in C Day Lewis’s poem. The Christmas tree is brought in from the forest, set aflame with light and colour, and then cast back out into the dark, although its meaning is never forgotten. Robert Herrick, apparently keen to move on after Christmas, takes us through the trees that should be used to mark the rest of the year.
One of Handel’s most famous arias, Ombra mai fu is sung by the King of Persia, Xerxes, to a plane tree, a paean to its peaceful shade. Then the mood moves to a more disturbing mind-set with Paul Hyland’s instructions on how To make a tree, followed by Billie Holiday’s haunting Strange Fruit. Peter Porter talks of Respighi’s Pines of Rome in his poem of the same name, and gives the trees a strange, brooding presence. And the resilience of trees, pitched against the might of wind and weather is celebrated and philosophised upon by Richard Mabey and D H Lawrence.
The programme closes with lines from Tennyson’s In Memorian, in which the yew, the tree of death and churchyards, finally intertwines itself with the human body, accompanied by haunting music devised by Bartholomäus Traubeck , in which a modified turntable reads data from the rings of a slice of tree trunk, and converts it into musical sounds, so reflecting the life of the tree itself.
The readers are Lucy Briers and Gerard Murphy.
Produced by Elizabeth Funning
Music and featured items
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
00:00
Butterworth (Words: A E Housman)
Loveliest of trees the cherry now
Performer: Christopher Maltman (baritone) Performer: Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67378, Tr26
Browning : Home thoughts from abroad
Gerard Murphy
00:02
Christian Sinding
Rustle of Spring
Performer: Joseph Cooper (piano)
Decca 433 2222, Tr13
Joyce Kilmer: Trees
Lucy Briers
Siegfried Sassoon: Blunden’s Beech
Lucy Briers
00:06
Bax
The Happy Forest
Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: John Wilson
Avie AV 2194, Tr5
Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor Act 4 Scene 4
Lucy Briers
Charles Causley : Green Man in the Garden
Gerard Murphy
00:10
Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick
Carthy’s March/The Lemon Tree
Performer: Martin Carthy Performer: Dave Swarbrick
Special Delivery ?– SPDCD 1030, Tr7
00:15
Toru Takemitsu
Tree Line
Performer: Gareth Hulse (oboe) Performer: The London Sinfonietta Performer: Oliver Knussen
Virgin Classics VC7911 802, Tr5
A E Housman : Give me a land of boughs in leaf
Lucy Briers
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Binsey Poplars – felled 1879
Gerard Murphy
00:18
Jean Sibelius
Five Pieces “The Trees” op 75 No 3. The Aspen
Performer: Folke Gräsbeck (piano)
BIS CD 192729, Tr3
00:21
Tigran Tahmizyan
A Cool Wind is Blowing
Performer: Djivan Gasparian (duduk) Performer: Kronos Quartet
Elektra Nonesuch 7559 79346-2, Tr5
D H Lawrence: Delight of being alone
Lucy Briers
Walt Whitman: I saw in Louisiana a love oak growing
Gerard Murphy
00:26
Antonin Dvorak
Silent Woods
Performer: Dmitry Yablonsky (cello and director) Performer: Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Naxos 8.557352, Tr10
William Meredith : Tree Marriage
Lucy Briers
P J Kavanagh : A Single Tree
Gerard Murphy
00:33
Billy Mayerl
Song of the fir-tree - a Swedish impression for piano [1938]
Performer: Philip Dyson (piano)
ASV CD WHL 2071, Tr16
W H Davies : Violet and Oak
Lucy Briers
Ben Jonson : A Part of an Ode
Gerard Murphy
00:38
Madeleine Dring
Under the Greenwood Tree
Performer: Robert Tear (tenor) Performer: Philip Ledger (piano)
Meridian CDE 84386, Tr1
James Thomson : The Four Seasons : Summer
Gerard Murphy
00:41
Eric Coates
Wood Nymphs
Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Groves
EMI 3 52356 2, Tr7
C S Lewis : Prince Caspian
Lucy Briers
00:44
Eric Whitacre
Little Tree (words E E Cummings)
Performer: The Elora Festival Singers Performer: Leslie De’Ath (piano) Performer: Noel Edison (conductor)
Naxos 8. 559677, Tr6
00:50
Franz Liszt
Weihnachtsbaum (Christmas Tree) No 10 : Long ago
Performer: Rhondda Gillespie (piano)
CHAN 6629, Tr10
C. Day Lewis : The Christmas Tree
Lucy Briers
Robert Herrick : February 2nd Candlemas
Gerard Murphy
00:53
George Frideric Handel
Ombra mai fu (Serse)
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Raymond Leppard
Philips 465 253-2, Tr6
Paul Hyland : To make a tree
Lucy Briers
00:57
Lewis Allan
Strange Fruit
Performer: Billie Holiday
Verve 5474942, Tr4
01:01
Ottorino Respighi
The Pines of Rome. The Pines of the Janiculum
Performer: San Fransisco Symphony Performer: Edo de Waart
Philips 462 853 2, Tr3
Peter Porter : The Pines of Rome
Gerard Murphy
01:07
Brian Eno
Dark Trees
Performer: Brian Eno
Island, Tr4
Richard Mabey: The unpredictable power of nature
Lucy Briers
D H Lawrence : Almond Trees
Gerard Murphy
01:10
Bartholomäus Traubeck
Years. Australian Hoop Pine
Used with permission. Modified turntable reads a wooden disc and produces music from tree rings.
Tennyson : In memoriam. Old Yew
Lucy Briers
