Take Me to the River
Texts and music inspired by rivers, with readings by Juliet Stevenson and Jamie Glover. Includes Wordsworth, Pound and Clare, plus music by Tippett, Delius, Gorecki and Ellington.
Every Sunday evening Radio 3 brings you a sequence of music, poetry and prose on a theme, this week inspired by rivers.
Tonight, Juliet Stevenson and Jamie Glover read poetry and prose by Wordsworth, U.A. Fanthorpe, Ezra Pound, John Clare and Elizabeth Jennings with music by Tippett, Delius, Duke Ellington, Gorecki and Talking Heads.
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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
Jean Sibelius
Pastorale – Pelleas and Melisande
- Summer Nights.
- FINLANDIA 8573856042.
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Kenneth Grahame
Wind in the Willows read by Jamie Glover
00:02Percy Grainger
Spoon River
Performers: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic, Richard Hickox (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN9839.
Alice Oswald
River read by Juliet Stevenson
00:06Philip Glass
Tapajos River
- Uakti – Aguas da Amazonia.
- Omm0026.
U.A. Fanthorpe
Rising Damp read by Juliet Stevenson
00:11Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Szeroka Woda
Performers: Lira Chamber Chorus, Lucy Ding – conductor
- ELEKTRA NONESUCH 7559793482.
Osip Mandelstam
The Factories Bathing in the Moscow River read by Juliet Stevenson
00:16Modest Mussorgsky
Khovanshchina Prelude
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
- DECCA 4176892.
Ted Hughes
If read by Jamie Glover
00:22Randy Newman
Louisiana 1927
- Good Old Boys.
- REPRISE 927 214-2.
Katrina Porteous
Long Nanny Burn read by Juliet Stevenson
00:26Talking Heads
Take me to the River
- More Songs about Buildings and Food.
- SIRE K256532.
John Clare
The Ford read by Jamie Glover
00:32George Butterworth
The Banks of Green Willow
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Gordan Nikolitch (leader), Richard Hickox (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN9902.
Donald Davie
Green River read by Jamie Glover
00:37Frederick Delius
Summer Night on the River
Performers: Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
- Delius Concert.
- LONDON 4213902.
John Burnside
In Avon read by Juliet Stevenson
00:44Aaron Copland
At the River
Performers: Marilyn Horne (mezzo soprano), English Chamber Orchestra, Carl Davis (conductor)
- The World of Aaron Copland.
- DECCA 473 146-2.
Robert Lowell
The Charles River read by Jamie Glover
00:48Ferde Grofé
Albany Night Boat – Hudson River Suite
Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, William Stromberg (conductor)
- Death Valley Suite.
- NAXOS 8559017.
Ezra Pound
The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter read by Juliet Stevenson
00:54Bright Sheng
The Stream Flows – China Dreams
Performers: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Samuel Wong (Musical Director)
- Orchestral Works.
- NAXOS 8555866.
Charles Causley
Eden Rock read by Charles Causley
01:02Paul Robeson
Deep River
- Paul Robeson Volume 2.
- MEMOIR CDMOIR426.
Elizabeth Jennings
Water Music read by Juliet Stevenson
01:06Sally Beamish
Cello Concerto 'River' – Low Water
Performers: Robert Cohen (cello), Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Ola Rudner (conductor)
- BIS CD971.
Broadcasts
- Sun 9 May 2010 22:15³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3
- Sun 5 Dec 2010 22:15³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3