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Time Has Told Me

Fergal Keane considers which is the better weapon for life - wisdom gained from experience or an innocent and open mind.

Fergal Keane reflects on the importance of real life experience - wisdom gained not from books but from the world.

Like Shakespeare's Cleopatra, who remembers her salad days as a time when I was green in judgment, cold in blood, lack of life experience can cause us to rush in where angels fear to tread. Or where a more mature person might hesitate. Which is the better weapon for life?

Fergal will draw on the work of W.B. Yeates, Fleur Adcock and the Indian writer Radhika Jha to explore this notion.

The readers are Liza Sadovy and Aiden Mcardle.

Presenter: Fergal Keane

Producer: Ronni Davis
An Unique production for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 20 Feb 2011 23:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Nick Drake

    Time has told me

    From the album ‘Five Leaves Left’ (2003), written by Nick Drake, performed by Nick Drake, Danny Thompson, Richard Thompson and Paul Harris.

    • Island Masters.
    • ISBN 0 42284 29152 1.

  • Planxty

    The West Coast of Clare

    From Planxty's self-titled 1973 album. Written by Andy Irvine.

    • Shanachie Records Corp, SH79009.
    • ISBN 0 16351 79092 7.

  • Amira Medunjanin

    Jutros Mi Je Ruza Procvjetala

    Amira Medunjanin is a singer from Sarajevo. From the album ‘Rosa’ (2004).

    • Snail Records.
    • SR 66003.

  • James Taylor

    Long Ago and Far Away

    James Taylor, backed by Joni Mitchell. Taken from the 1971 album ‘Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon’.

    • Warner Bros..
    • Cat no. 7599-27252-2.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    O Land of Gloom O Land of Mist

    The Russian National Orchestra perform the 2nd Movement of 'Symphony No.1 in G Minor' by Tchaikovsky.

    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4534452 (1997).

  • John McCormack

    The Wearing of the Green

    Recorded in 1912. Taken from the album ‘Vol. 1. Favourites’ (2001).

    • Naxos Nostalgia.
    • 6 36943 25042 6.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Beloved

    Taken from the album ‘Rise’, 2005.

    • EMI 5802952.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Also known as Gypsy Melodies Op.55 No.4. Taken from the album ‘Songs for Mother’. Performed by Renee Fleming in English with the English Chamber Orchestra.

    • GCAP Media Plc.
    • B0036DQ6TM 2010.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 20 Feb 2011 06:05
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
  • Sun 20 Feb 2011 23:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4