By Mistake
From the Garden of Eden via the discovery of America to slips of the tongue and glorious gaffes, Mark Tully looks at the repercussions of mistakes and how we can benefit from them.
From the Garden of Eden via the discovery of America to slips of the tongue and glorious gaffes, Mark Tully looks at the repercussions of mistakes and how we can benefit from them.
The American author and journalist Kathryn Schulz suggested, "Our capacity to err is crucial to the human condition." If this is the case, what do our mistakes have to offer?
To find out, Mark consults the writings of Schulz, business magnate Ingvar Kamprad, philosopher Daniel C Dennett and poet Nathalia Crane, among others. He explores both the destructive and the creative power of error through music by jazz saxophonist Don Byas, contemporary composer James MacMillan and Joseph Haydn.
The readers are Paapa Essiedu and Emily Bowker
Presenter: Mark Tully
Producer: Frank Stirling
A 7digital production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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Music Played
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Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy, D.L. Menard
Je Fait Un Gros Erreur
Performer: Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy, D.L. Menard.- The Rough Guide To Cajun Dance.
- Rough Guide.
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James MacMillan
No. 1; Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do
Performer: Spiritus Chamber Choir.- James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross.
- Catalyst.
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George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
I Got Rhythm
Performer: Don Byas.- Two Kings of the Tenor Sax.
- Commodore.
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Jacques Offenbach
Christopher Columbus, Act IV: "If this is the Indies what I want to know..."
Performer: London Mozart Players, Alun Francis (Conductor).- Offenbach: Christopher Columbus.
- Opera Rara.
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J Kearn / D Fields
Pick Yourself Up
Performer: Nat King Cole, George Shearing.- Nat King Cole Sings / George Shearing Plays.
- Capitol Jazz.
Readings
Title: Mistakes
Author: Ella Wheeler Willcox
As found in Poems of reflection, pub. Chicago, M.A. Donohue & company [c1905].
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Title: Intuition Pumps
Author: Daniel Dennett
Published by Norton
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Title: Imperfection
Author: Nathalia Crane
Found in Swear by the Night and Other Poems, published by New York City: Random House
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Title: The Landlord's Mistake
Author: James Baldwin
Published by Project Gutenberg
Broadcasts
- Sun 24 Jun 2018 06:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 24 Jun 2018 23:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4