Travellers' Tales
Texts and music about travellers, with readings by Stella Gonet and Nicholas Farrell. With Tennyson and Margaret Atwood, plus Debussy, Telemann and Rimsky-Korsakov.
In this edition of Words and Music, the readers Stella Gonet and Nicholas Farrell set sail on a sea of tall tales told by travellers.
Since the ancient Greek poet 麻豆约拍r hailed the exploits of Odysseus there has been an appetite for the true, almost true and downright fabricated stories of travellers: their adventures, the strange sights they saw and the creatures they sometimes loved and left behind. These tales are reflected in from Debussy, Telemann, Rimsky-Korsakov and the Tiger Lillies with words by Sir John Mandeville, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Margaret Attwood.
Producer: Natalie Steed.
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00Georg Philipp Telemann
Intrada, Gulliver Suite for Two Violins
Performer: Andrew Manze, Caroline Balding
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907137.
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Matthew Francis
Of Circumnavigation, read by Stella Gonet and Nicholas Farrell
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00:01Frank Bridge
III Moonlight; Suite "The Sea"
Performer: Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley
- CHANDOS CHAN8473.
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00:07Robert Schumann
Von fremden L盲ndern und Menschen, Kinderszenen
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz
- CBS CD42409.
Anon
The Land of Cockayne, read by Nicholas Farrell
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00:11Locke/Tyner/Arr McClintock
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Performer: Harry McClintock
- MERCURY 1700692.
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00:13Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Sea and Sinbad's Ship, Scheherezade
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski
- RCA VD87743.
麻豆约拍r, translated by Robert Fagles
The Odyssey, read by Stella Gonet
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Kahn, read by Nicholas Farrell
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00:25Judith Weir
El Rey de Francia
Performer: The Schubert Ensemble of London
- COLLINS CLASSICS 14532.
Sarah Maguire
The Pomegranates of Kandahar, read by Stella Gonet
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00:26Trad/Arr Voix Bulgares
Kalimankou Denkou (The Evening Gathering)
Performer: Le Mystere Des Voix des Bulgares
- 4AD GAD 603 CD.
Margaret Atwood
Siren Song, read by Stella Gonet
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00:34Oliver Knussen
Barbershop Quintet and Recessional; Where the Wild Things Are
Performer: London Sinfionetta, conducted by Oliver Knussen
- UNICORN DKPCD9044.
Louise Gluck
Circe鈥檚 Torment, read by Stella Gonet
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00:37Henry Purcell
Prelude, Sailor and Chorus: Come away fellow sailors, The Sailor's Dance, Dido and Aeneas
Performer: St James鈥檚 Singers, St James鈥檚 Baroque Players, conducted by Ivor Bolton
- TELDEC 4509911912.
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00:39Richard Hawley
The Sea Calls, Lady's Bridge
Performer: Richard Hawley
- MUTE CDSTUMM278.
Thomas Hardy
When I Set Out for Lyonesse, read by Nicholas Farrell
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00:46James Rhodes
La cath茅drale engloutie, Pr茅ludes
Performer: Walter Giesking
- EMI CDH7610042.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Mermaid, read by Stella Gonet
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00:54Henri Duparc
L'invitation au voyage
Performer: Sarah Walker, mezzo soprano, Roger Vignoles, piano
- HYPERION CDA66323.
George Szirtes
Seeking North, read by Stella Gonet
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01:00Peter Maxwell Davies
Presto, Trumpet Concerto
Performer: Scottosh National Orchestra, Trumpet, John Wallace, conducted by Peter Maxwell Davies
- COLLINS CLASSICS 11812.
鈥淪ir John Mandeville鈥�
From the Travels of Sir John Mandeville, From Joseph Addison Essay in the Spectator, November 23, 1710, read by Nicholas Farrell
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01:07Jacques Martin
Flying Robert
Performer: The Tiger Lillies
- WARNER BROS 3984265222.
Broadcasts
- Sun 16 Jan 2011 22:15麻豆约拍 Radio 3
- Sun 13 Nov 2011 18:30麻豆约拍 Radio 3
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