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Four Seasons - An Anthology of Summer Poems

Daljit Nagra chooses An anthology of summer poems. Includes readings by Juliet Stevenson and Noma Dumezweni. From 2017.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's radio poetry archive and chooses: An anthology of summer poems, old and new, for the middle of the year, read by poets and actors.

Noma Dumezweni reads William Blake, Siobhan Redmond reads Adam Zagajewski, Katrina Porteus reads her poem 'Dunstanburgh', Alex Jennings reads Philip Larkin, Anton Lesser reads Rudyard Kipling, Bill Paterson reads Edwin Morgan, Simon Russell Beale reads Edward Thomas; Lavinia Greenlaw reads her poem 'Heliotropical', Daljit Nagra reads a new commissioned seasonal poem, Don Paterson reads his poem 'The Air', Kathleen Jamie reads her poem 'Lochan', Sinead Cusack reads William Morris, Juliet Stevenson reads William Shakespeare, and Seamus Heaney (in an archive recording) reads his poem 'St Kevin and the Blackbird'.

Producer: Tim Dee.

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 2017.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 13 Jul 2020 05:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 12 Jul 2020 12:00
  • Sun 12 Jul 2020 17:00
  • Mon 13 Jul 2020 05:00