Courtroom Drama
From Harper Lee's crusading lawyer Atticus Finch to Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury, Dickens's Jarndyce v Jarndyce to The Merchant of Venice and Jocelyn Pook's film score.
Readings about lawyers and courtrooms, from Harper Lee's crusading lawyer Atticus Finch, Dickens's Jarndyce v Jarndyce case from Bleak House that gets stuck in the Court of Chancery for decades, and part of Arthur Miller's witch-hunt drama The Crucible. Music includes Jocelyn Pook's score for The Merchant of Venice, Philip Glass's music for The Crucible, Woody Guthrie's tale of the Philadelphia Lawyer, and court scenes from Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes and Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury. And there's classic archive from an episode called Twelve Angry Men, which was part of Tony Hancock's TV series.
Our readers are Paterson Joseph and Emily Pithon.
Readings:
The Secret Barrister by The Secret Barrister
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
The Trial by Franz Kafka
The Owl by Emily Dickinson
Matthew Chapter XXVII from the King James Bible
Pilate’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy
The Lawyer’s Ways by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman
Warning by David Sullivan
Tragedy at Law by Cyril Hare
The Case Won by William Cowper
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Winslow Boy by Terrence Rattigan
Producer: Nick Holmes
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00
Leos JanáÄek
Sinfonietta, 4th Mvt. [Theme for ‘Crown Court’ TV series]
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- DECCA.
- 4783186.
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00:00
Leos JanáÄek
Sinfonietta (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Decca.
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The Secret Barrister
The Secret Barrister read by Emily Pithon
Scott Turow
Presumed Innocent read by Paterson Joseph
00:04Jocelyn Pook
The Merchant of Venice; Courtroom Drama
Performer: Studio-Ensemble.- Decca 00028947563679.
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00:08Jocelyn Pook
The Merchant of Venice; Courtroom Portia
Performer: Studio-Ensemble.- Decca 00028947563679.
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice read by Emily Pithon
00:00Philip Glass
The Crucible; Cue 1A
Performer: Miranda Cuckson. Performer: Jeffrey Zeigler.- Orange Mountain.
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00:10Philip Glass
The Crucible
Performer: Miranda Cuckson. Performer: Jeffrey Zeigler.Arthur Miller
The Crucible read by Paterson Joseph and Emily Pithon
00:12Ethel Smyth
The Prison; the Deliverance
Orchestra: The Experiential Orchestra. Conductor: James Blachly.- Chandos CHSA5279.
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00:12Ethel Smyth
The Deliverance (The Prison)
Orchestra: Experiential Orchestra. Conductor: James Blachly.Franz Kafka
The Trial read by Paterson Joseph
00:17Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor Op. 67
Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Yoâ€Yo Ma.- Sony Classical G010003145191Y.
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00:17Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Trio no.2, Op.67
Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Yoâ€Yo Ma.00:23Woody Guthrie
Philadelphia Lawyer
Performer: Woody Guthrie.- Supreme Media 887845832351.
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00:23Woody Guthrie
Philadelphia Lawyer
Emily Dickinson
The Owl read by Emily Pithon
00:04Jocelyn Pook
The Merchant of Venice
00:05Benjamin Britten
Peter Grimes; Prologue
Singer: David Kelly. Singer: Owen Brannigan. Singer: Peter Pears. Singer: Lauris Margaret Elms. Singer: Claire Watson. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.- Decca 00028948304011.
00:26Benjamin Britten
Peter Grimes (Prologue)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.The King James Bible
Matthew Chapter XXVII read by Paterson Joseph
00:33Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jesus Christ Superstar; Pilate and Christ
Singer: Ian Gillan. Singer: Barry Dennen.- UMC.
- 00600753933152.
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00:33Andrew Lloyd Webber
(Pilate and Christ) Jesus Christ Superstar
Singer: Ian Gillan. Singer: Barry Dennen.Carol Ann Duffy
Pilate’s Wife read by Emily Pithon
Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Lawyer’s Ways read by Paterson Joseph
00:37Dinah Washington
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
00:37George Brooks
Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair
Performer: Dinah Washington.- Verve Reissues 00602508357381.
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Charles Dickens
Bleak House read by Paterson Joseph
00:43Arthur Sullivan
Trial by Jury
Singer: Donald Maxwell. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.00:43Arthur Sullivan
Trial by Jury
Librettist: William Gilbert. Singer: Donald Maxwell. Choir: Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos CHAN10321.
Dorothy L. Sayers
Strong Poison read by Emily Pithon
00:49Shirley Collins
Mowing the Barley (The Lawyer)
00:49Trad. English
Mowing the Barley (The Lawyer)
Performer: Shirley Collins.- Vintage Masters Inc. 886788990043.
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Walt Whitman
Song of the Open Road read by Paterson Joseph
00:51George Harrison
Sue me, Sue you Blues
00:51George Harrison
Sue Me, Sue You Blues
Performer: George Harrison.- UMC 00602547208828.
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00:53Thomas Newman
Erin Brockovich OST; Useless
Performer: Studio-Ensemble.- Sony Classical G010000934613Z.
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00:53Thomas Newman
Erin Brockovich
David Sullivan
Warning read by Emily Pithon
Cyril Hare
Tragedy at Law read by Paterson Joseph
00:55Alan Silvestri
Judge Dredd
00:55Alan Silvestri
Judge Dredd OST; Main Theme
Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Alan Silvestri. Conductor: Alan Silvestri.- 550 Music/Epic Soundtracks G010001412431K.
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00:58Dave Frishberg
My Attorney Bernie
Performer: Dave Frishberg.- Concord Records 00013431446224.
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00:58Dave Frishberg
My Attorney Bernie
William Cowper
The Case Won read by Paterson Joseph
01:02Tony Hancock
Hancock's Half Hour: Twelve Angry Men
Performer: Tony Hancock.- Vintage Brits.
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01:04Brett Dean
Twelve Angry Men
Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Brett Dean.01:04Brett Dean
12 Angry Men
Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Brett Dean.- BIS BISCD1696.
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Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird read by Emily Pithon
Terence Rattigan
The Winslow Boy read by Paterson Joseph and Emily Pithon
01:09Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore; Prisoners’ Chorus
Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Archiv.
- 4534612.
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Broadcast
- Sun 10 Jul 2022 17:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3