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Scents and Perfumes

From roses to rotting rubbish, chrysanthemums in DH Lawrence to cyanide in a Poirot story: today's programme conjures our sense of smell with music from Ellington to Gounod.

Tom Hollander and Anna Maxwell Martin reading prose and verse, from roses to rotting rubbish, from Marie Antionette's perfume to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, from chrysanthemums in DH Lawrence to cyanide in a Poirot story: today's programme conjures our sense of smell with music from Duke Ellington, Chopin, Gustav Holst, Edith Piaf to Gounod.

Producer: Juan Carlos Jaramillo

READINGS:
Scent of Irises by D.H. Lawrence
Scent by Yrsa Daley-Ward
Havisham by Carol Ann Duffy
Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
My Mother's Perfume by Pascale Petit
Ars Poetica XVI, from the collection Bright Fear, by Mary Jean Chan
As A Perfume by Arthur Symons
Exotic Fragrance, from Les Fleurs du mal, by Charles Baudelaire
Odour Of Chrysanthemums by D.H. Lawrence
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Elixir by Theresa Levitt
The Adventure in the Egyptian Tomb by Agatha Christie
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend
Song of Myself by Walt Whitman

1 hour, 14 minutes

Last on

Sun 14 Jan 2024 17:30

Music Played

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

  • Georgia Mann, 鶹Լ Radio 3

    Introduction

  • D.H. Lawrence

    Scent of Irises (excerpt), read by Anna Maxwell Martin

  • 00:02

    Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quintet No.2 in B flat, Op.87 (3rd movement)

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
    • Phillips - 420 400-2.
    • 7.
  • Yrsa Daley-Ward

    Scent, read by Tom Hollander

  • 00:07

    Frédéric Chopin

    24 Preludes Op.28 for piano: no.24 in D minor

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG - 415836-2.
    • 24.
  • Carol Ann Duffy

    Havisham, read by Anna Maxwell Martin

  • 00:11

    Thea Hjelmeland

    Perfume

    • Theah Music - THEAH001.
    • 1.
  • 00:12

    Michel Emer

    L'Accordoniste

    Performer: Édith Piaf.
    • Polygram Distribution - 832189-2.
    • 9.
  • Marcel Proust

    Swann’s Way (excerpt), read by Tom Hollander

  • 00:17

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Chansons grises - song-cycle for voice and piano: no.5; L'heure exquise

    Performer: Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor); Jerome Ducross (piano).
    • Virgin Classics - 2166212.
    • 24.
  • Pascale Petit

    My Mother's Perfume, read by Anna Maxwell Martin

  • 00:21

    Maurice Ravel

    Ma mere l'oye – Suite (version for orchestra); No.4, Les Entretiens de la belle et de la bête

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • EMI Classics - 50999 966342 2 6.
    • 19.
  • Mary Jean Chan

    Ars Poetica XVI, from the collection Bright Fear, read by Tom Hollander

  • 00:25

    Michael Nyman

    Franklyn (from the Wonderland soundtrack)

    Performer: Jeremy Limb.
    • First Creative - 610585882344.
    • 6.
  • Arthur Symons

    As A Perfume, read by Anna Maxwell Martin

  • 00:28

    Duke Ellington

    Perfume Suite – Balcony Serenade

    Performer: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
    • Documents - 885150936948.
    • 5.
  • Charles Baudelaire

    Exotic Fragrance, from Les Fleurs du mal, read by Tom Hollander

  • 00:32

    Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman: Overture

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Decca - 4177522.
    • 1.
  • D.H. Lawrence

    Odour Of Chrysanthemums (excerpt), read by Anna Maxwell Martin

  • 00:36

    Trad.

    Hornpipes: The Plains of Boyle / Cronin's Hornpipe

    Performer: Paddy Glackin. Performer: Paddy Keenan.
    • Universal Music Ireland Ltd. - 00602508619892.
    • 2.
  • 00:39

    Nino Rota

    Juliet, from the soundtrack ‘Romeo and Juliet’

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • Silva Screen Records - FILMCD358.
    • 2.
  • William Shakespeare

    Romeo and Juliet (excerpt), read by Anna Maxwell Martin and Tom Hollander

  • 00:42

    Charles Gounod

    Roméo et Juliette / Excerpt from Act IV

    Singer: Rolando Villazón. Singer: Anna Netrebko. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Nicola Luisotti.
    • DG - 00028947764571.
    • 4.
  • Jean Rhys

    Wide Sargasso Sea (excerpt), read by Anna Maxwell Martin

  • 00:48

    John Rutter

    The Gift of Life: No. 2. The tree of life

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium - COLCD138.
    • 2.
  • Patrick Suskind

    Perfume (excerpt), read by Tom Hollander

  • 00:56

    Jean‐Féry Rebel

    Les Elemens - simphonie nouvelle: Le Chaos

    Performer: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • Harmonia Mundi - 902288DI.
    • 102.
  • Theresa Levitt

    Elixir (excerpt), read by Anna Maxwell Martin

  • 01:00

    Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes, Air pour les esclaves Africains

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox - AVSA9877.
    • 28.
  • Agatha Christie

    The Adventure in the Egyptian Tomb (excerpt), read by Tom Hollander

  • 01:03

    Francisco Guerrero

    Surge propera amica mea, for 6 voices

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell - GIMSA540.
    • 9.
  • Sue Townsend

    The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (excerpt), read by Anna Maxwell Martin

  • 01:08

    Gustav Holst

    Walt Whitman Overture, Op. 7

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • EM Records - EMRCD023.
    • 1.
  • Walt Whitman

    Song of Myself, read by Anna Maxwell Martin

  • 01:10

    Gustav Holst

    Walt Whitman Overture, Op. 7

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • EM Records - EMRCD023.
    • 1.

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  • Sun 14 Jan 2024 17:30

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