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With the Academy Awards given out today, the literary sequence turns to the movies alongside the sounds of Erich Korngold and Max Steiner, John Williams, John Adams and Poulenc.

Bogey, Marilyn, Laurel and Hardy, Judy Garland and Fred Astaire all make an appearance in today's programme celebrating the movies as the Academy Awards are handed out this weekend. The programme include poems by Anthony Brode, Sharon Olds, Jack Mitchell and Roger McGough and prose by Raymond Chandler, Katherine Mansfield and F Scott Fitzgerald. The music draws from Max Steiner's score for Casablanca, vintage Erich Korngold, Bernard Herrmann; songs by Elizabeth Lutyens and Francis Poulenc, and film inspired music for the concert hall by John Adams, Charles Koechlin and Arnold Schoenberg. The Kinks look back to their Celluloid Heroes and there's Hitchcock inspired music by Danny Elfman and from John Williams's Star Wars.

The readers are no strangers to the world of film - Robert Powell and Amanda Donohoe.

Producer Chris Wines

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Readings:
I Lost My Girlish Laughter by Jane Allen
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
The Movie by Ken Shapiro
The Last Tycoon by F Scott Fitzgerald
Pictures by Katherine Mansfield
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Bogey by Lee L Berkson
The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler
Death of Marilyn Monroe by Sharon Olds
Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett
Sunday Observance by Anthony Brode
Leytonstone by Stephen Volk
Cinema Exit by Richard Aldington
If Life’s A Lousy Picture Why Not Leave Before The End? by Roger McGough

1 hour, 14 minutes

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    Richard A. Whiting

    Hooray For Hollywood

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Philips 422385.
    • Tr 1.

  • Jane Allen

    I Lost My Girlish Laughter, read by Amanda Donohoe

  • 00:03

    Francis Poulenc

    Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire - III. Avant le cinéma

    Singer: Ivan Ludlow. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Hyperion CDA68021.
    • Tr 96.

  • Walker Percy

    The Moviegoer, read by Robert Powell

  • 00:04

    Annette Warren

    Let's Go Out To The Movies

    • Fresh Sound Records FSRCD 885.
    • Tr 19.
  • 00:07

    Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    King's Row - Main Titles

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.
    • RCA Red Seal 777932.
    • Tr 5.

  • Ken Shapiro

    The Movie, read by Amanda Donohoe

  • 00:09

    Jerome Kern

    The Way You Look Tonight

    Performer: Fred Astaire.
    • Columbia Legacy CK 64172.
    • Tr 7.

  • F Scott Fitzgerald

    The Last Tycoon, read by Robert Powell

  • 00:11

    Charles Koechlin

    The Seven Stars Symphony - III. Greta Garbo

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: James Judd.
    • SONY G010003457484G.
    • Tr 3.

  • Katherine Mansfield

    Pictures, read by Amanda Donohoe

  • 00:15

    Ray Davies

    Celluloid Heroes

    Performer: The Kinks.
    • Sanctuary Records 886444522649.
    • Tr 6.

  • Paul Auster

    The Book of Illusions read by Robert Powell

  • 00:21

    The Avalon Boys

    At The Ball, That's All

    • Pegasus Entertainment 885686912096.
    • Tr 14.
  • 00:23

    Judy Garland

    You Made Me Love You (Dear Mr Gable)

    Ensemble: Victor Young and His Orchestra.
    • Universal 00602577174216.
    • Tr 2.
  • 00:26

    Max Steiner

    Casablanca Main Title

    Performer: The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra.
    • PREMIER SOUNDTRACKS CD-8235022.
    • Tr 1.

  • Lee L Berkson

    Bogey, read by Amanda Donohoe

  • 00:27

    Herman Hupfeld

    As Time Goes By

    Performer: Dooley Wilson.
    • PREMIER SOUNDTRACKS CD-8235022.
    • Tr 20.
  • 00:29

    John Adams

    City Noir - I. The City And Its Double

    Performer: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson.
    • NONESUCH 7559795644.
    • Tr 1.
  • 00:37

    The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Angel Eyes

    • Columbia Legacy G010003017723N.
    • Tr 3.

  • Raymond Chandler

    The Little Sister, read by Robert Powell

  • 00:39

    Matty Malneck & his Orchestra

    I Wanna Be Loved By You

    Singer: Marilyn Monroe.
    • Soundtrack Classics 886788483743.
    • Tr 5.

  • Sharon Olds

    Death of Marilyn Monroe, read by Amanda Donohoe

  • 00:41

    Elton John

    Candle In The Wind - Instrumental

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Morgan.
    • DECCA 5746956.
    • Tr 10.
  • 00:44

    Elisabeth Lutyens

    Stevie Smith Songs - The Film Star

    Singer: Meriel Dickinson. Performer: Peter Dickinson.
    • HERITAGE HTGCD240.
    • Tr 31.
  • 00:45

    Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    L'assassinat du duc de Guise - 1st tableau

    Performer: Ensemble Musique Oblique.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 1951472.
    • Tr 4.

  • Terry Pratchett

    Moving Pictures, read by Robert Powell

  • 00:48

    Jerry Duplessis

    Popcorn Sack

    Performer: Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
    • AVID Entertainment: 843436062965.
    • Tr 25.
  • 00:51

    Arnold Schoenberg

    Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene Op34 (Accompaniment to a Film Scene)

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle.
    • WARNER CLASSICS 4578152.
    • Tr 5.

  • Anthony Brode

    Sunday Observance, read by Amanda Donohoe

  • 00:54

    John Williams

    A New Hope: Princess Leia's Theme

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Walt Disney Records 00050087379971.
    • Tr 3.

  • Jack Mitchell

    The Odyssey of Star Wars: An Epic Poem, read by Robert Powell

  • 00:59

    β€œWeird Al” Yankovic

    Yoda

    • Volcano Legacy G0100018667769.
    • Tr 5.
  • 01:02

    Bernard Herrmann

    Vertigo - Prelude and Rooftop

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Joel McNeely.
    • VARESE SARABANDE VSD-5600.
    • Tr 1.
  • 01:07

    Danny Elfman

    End Credit #1 (Hitchcock)

    Performer: Anthony Pleeth. Performer: Nicholas Bucknall. Performer: Rick Wentworth. Performer: Skaila Kanga. Performer: Vicci Wardman.
    • Hollywood Records 00050087437725.
    • Tr 25.

  • Stephen Volk

    Leytonstone, read by Amanda Donohoe

  • 01:10

    Charles Gounod

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Music Arranger: Danny Elfman. Performer: Anthony Pleeth. Performer: Nicholas Bucknall. Performer: Rick Wentworth. Performer: Hugh Webb. Performer: Everton Nelson. Performer: Skaila Kanga. Performer: Vicci Wardman.
    • Hollywood Records 00050087437725.
    • Tr 29.

  • Richard Aldington

    Cinema Exit, read by Robert Powell

  • 01:11

    Norman Smith

    Theme from An Unmade Silent Movie

    Performer: Amos Gherkin Quartet.
    • COLUMBIA: SCX-6510.
    • Tr 5.

  • Roger McGough

    If Life's A Lousy Picture Why Not Leave Before The End? read by Robert Powell

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