Snowdon
Horatio Clare climbs Snowdon, Yr Wyddfa, in the last of his Sound Walks up the four great peaks of the United Kingdom.
The final of Horatio Clare鈥檚 Christmas Sound Walks up the four great peaks of the United Kingdom takes him to Snowdon 鈥� the Snow Hill, or Yr Wyddfa 鈥� the tumulus. It鈥檚 Britain鈥檚 busiest mountain, rich in myth and legend. Whilst a train takes tourists to the caf茅 on the summit, it鈥檚 the Rhydd-Ddu Path Horatio choses to hike.
With plunging drops only feet away Horatio reaches the ridge of Llechog and then Bwlch Main creating the deep and spectacular bowl of Cwm Clogwin. With astonishing views reaching from Anglesey to St David's Head ahead of the summit, it brings to a close a journey up the four totemic mountains of the UK, giving a glimpse into why we chose to challenge ourselves and make these pilgrimages to the highest places.
Part of Horatio Clare's Sound Walk journey to the four highest peaks of the four UK nations. Climbing Ben Nevis in Scotland, Slieve Donard in Northern Ireland, Scafell Pike in England and Snowdon in Wales, he sets out on an epic journey up the monolithic titans to take the temperature of this particular moment in time and our relationship with the outdoors.
Approaching the dozing giants, not in an athletic spirit of conquest but in a spirit investigation and curiosity, he arrives at the foot of each of them with no preconceptions, but with an open mind in the hope of climbing to the attic of each country and looking through the skylight to see how they talk to each other and how they talk to us.
Hearing the birds, smelling the fresh air, being shrouded by mist and cloud whilst also soaking up the light, shades and colours, with long periods of carefully recorded atmosphere, interwoven with music and lucid descriptions, this is radio that鈥檚 designed to take time to hear.
Music threaded through the programmes include works from a wide variety of genres by composers and performers including Amiina, Olafur Arnalds, JS Bach, Beoga, Gavin Bryars, Anna Clyne, Laurence Crane, Danish String Quartet, Dalla, Alex Groves, Leos Janacek, John Luther Adams, EJ Moeran, 脷na Monaghan, Anne M眉ller, Nordic Fiddler鈥檚 Bloc, Vikingur Olafsson, Morfydd Owen, Puuluup, Penguin Caf茅, Aidan O鈥橰ourke, Richard Strauss, Ralph Vaughan Williams, A Winged Victory for the Sullen and many more.
Books and sources used for research include:
Ben Nevis: Britain's Highest Mountain - Ken Crockett and Simon Richardson
Twenty Years on Ben Nevis - William T Kilgour
The English Lakes: A History - Ian Thompson
Below Scafell - Dudley Hoys
The Pinnacle Club for Women Climbers pinnacleclub.co.uk/journals
On Cambrian and Cumbrian Hills - Henry S Salt
Slieve Donard's Domain - Nicholas Russell
Snowdon: The Story of a Welsh Mountain - Jim Perrin
Portrait of Snowdonia - Cledwyn Hughes
Mountains and Desire - Margaret Grebowicz
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Llongau Caernarfon
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No 2 in F major, Op 102 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Dmitri Alexeev.- 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
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E虅riks Es虒envalds
Stars
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Spiro
The Darkling Plains
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amiina
Boga
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Jonas Bonnetta
All this here: Deep Bay
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Paul McCartney
Junk
Ensemble: The Loma Mar Quartet.- Decca.
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Jonas Bonnetta
Deep Bay
Performer: Jonas Bonnetta.- Idea Of North Recordings.
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Morfydd Llwyn Owen
Nocturne for orchestra
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John Luther Adams
Untouched (Crossing)
Ensemble: JACK Quartet.- New,鈥奐ohn Luther Adams: Lines Made by Walking.
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Alessandro Marcello
Oboe Concerto in C minor transc. for trumpet (2nd mvt)
Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.- Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
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脫lafur Arnalds
Written in Stone
Ensemble: 脫lafur Arnalds.- MERCURY.
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- Tue 28 Dec 2021 16:00麻豆约拍 Radio 3
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