The Strange Familiar
Sarah Cuddon reflects on the conjunction of the familiar and strange in our lives. Can we control how unusual and everyday things affect us, or is it a matter of perspective?
Sarah Cuddon reflects on the conjunction of the familiar and the strange in our lives.
Our lives are full of everyday habits and routines that provide a familiarity of experience. But they're also rich with strangeness, with oddity, with the unreal and the uncanny. Can we control how the strange and the familiar permeate our lives or is it all a question of perspective?
Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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My Γntonia. Author: Willa Cather
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Fall of the House of Usher. Author: Edgar Allen Poe
A classic gothic horror from Edgar Allen Poe.
The Uncanny. Author: Sigmund Freud
Extract from FreudΒs essay about the strange familiar.
Embracing the Unfamiliar. Author: AnaΓ―s Nin
AnaΓ―s Nin writes about the role of the artist as a conduit for the unfamiliar.
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Article about the 2013 British Museum exhibition Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind.
Balenescu Quartet
Hanging Upside-Down
- Possessed.
- Mute/Elektra.
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.3 in D minor: Part 2: 3. Comodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast
Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Pierre Boulez. Performer: The Vienna Philharmonic Rock Orchestra.- Mahler: Symphonie No.3.
- DG Deutsche Grammophon.
Hidden Orchestra
Strange
- Night Walks.
- Tru Thoughts.
The Moonglows
Blue Velvet
- Their Greatest Hits.
- MCA/Chess.
Annelie Gahl & Klaus Lang
Thirteen Harmonies IV. Harmony 21
- J. Cage: Melodies & Harmonies.
- Col Legno.
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us
- Raising Sand.
- Rounder.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonatina from Actus Tragicus, BWV 106: Gottes Zeit Ist Die Allerbeste Zeit
Performer: GyΓΆrgy Kurtag. Performer: MΓ‘rta KurtΓ‘g.- ΄³Γ‘³ΩΓ©°μ΄Η°μ.
- ECM.
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- Sun 19 Jan 2014 06:05ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
- Sun 19 Jan 2014 23:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4