Words and Music: A Change in the Weather
April 2nd, 2008 by Steve BowbrickHere’s a nice long one. Nearly two hours of poetry and music on the theme of the weather from Radio 3: you might consider it a companion to Dan’s much scarier Aussie weather post from a few days ago. You’ll probably think this one’s a bit soporific for your cutting edge tastes but the choice is eclectic enough—from A. A. Milne to Kurt Weill and from Kathleen Ferrier to Steve Reich. I think this would make a great soundtrack to a longish train journey. London to Bristol, say. In the rain.
Here’s the programme’s MP3 and here’s the extensive playlist.
April 9th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Am really enjoying this! It makes the perfect background for working to and I love the bubbly noises of the water.
April 17th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
What a fantastic programme - I loved listening to this. I was just hoping that one of the readings would be the very last paragraph of Joyce’s The Dead - the snow falling on the mutinous Shannon waters, etc - but it wasn’t to be, although the Louis Macneice poem made up for it. Thankyou Radio 3 and thankyou Speechification.