Route Nationale
A journey around provincial France, as Jonathan Firth and Haydn Gwynne read poetry and prose by Paul Verlaine, Gillaume Apollinaire, Elizabeth David and Peter Mayle, with accompanying music by Ravel, Berlioz, Canteloube, Cécile Chaminade and Charles Trenet.
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Charles Trenet
Route Nationale No 7
Performer: Charles Trenet
- Columbia/EMI 7465672.
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Charles Tomlinson
La Rochelle read by Jonathan Firth
Heather Phillipson
Le Parc read by Haydn Gwynne
00:03Déodat de Séverac
En Languedoc, A Cheval Dans La Prairie
Performer: Izumi Tateno, piano
- Finlandia 8573-87181-2.
Elizabeth David
French Country Cooking (extract from introduction) read by Haydn Gwynne
00:09Maurice Ravel
Matinée de Provence
Performer: Choeur & Orchestre de Paris-Sorbonne, Dennis Rouger (Chorus-Master), Jacques Grimbert (Conductor)
- Marco Polo 8.223755.
Duncan Forbes
Gironde July read by Jonathan Firth
00:14Michel Legrand
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Performer: The Flemish Radio Orchestra, Michel Legrand (Conductor)
- Silva Screen Records SILCD1185.
Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary (extract) read by Haydn Gwynne
00:21Traditional - Wie Schön Bist Du (Comme Tu Es Belle)
Performer: L’Ensemble National de France
Arthur Rimbaud, translated by Martin Sorrell
To Music read by Jonathan Firth
00:25Darius Milhaud
Suite Française Op. 248, Bretagne
Performer: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Georges Prêtre (Conductor)
- Brilliant Classics 9007/2.
Peter Mayle
A Year in Provence (extract) read by Jonathan Firth
00:30Jean-Claude Petit
Jean de Florette
Performer: Jean Claude Petit
- Milan CD CH241.
Kate Bingham
Beaujolais read by Haydn Gwynne
00:34Henri Dutilleux
Timbres, Espaces, Mouvement avec Interlude, Interlude
Performer: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (Conductor)
- Milan CD CH241.
Guillaume Apollinaire, translated by Oliver Bernard
Autumn Crocuses read by Jonathan Firth
Mary O’Donnell
Café Terrace at Night, 1888 read by Haydn Gwynne
00:39Georges Bizet
L'Arlésienne – Suite No 1, Minuet
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham (Conductor)
- EMI CDC-7 47794 2.
Paul Verlaine
The Noise of Bars read by Jonathan Firth
Pascalle Monnier, translated by Cole Swensen
Summer read by Haydn Gwynne
00:44Olivier Messiaen
Chronochromie, Introduction
Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, (Conductor)
- Deutsche Grammophon 445 827-2.
Jacques Dupin, translated by Paul Auster
Even If the Mountain read by Jonathan Firth
00:50Cécile Chaminade
La Lune Paresseuse
Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo-Soprano), Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
- Deutsche Grammophon 471 331-2.
Paul de Roux, translated by Stephen Romer
The Cold Again read by Jonathan Firth
00:53Déodat de Séverac
Le Chant De La Terre, Prologue
Performer: Izumi Tateno (Piano)
- Finlandia 8573-87181-2.
Jacques Réda, translated by Stephen Romer
Autumn Distance read by Haydn Gwynne
00:56Joseph Canteloube
Obal, Din Lou Limouzi
Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano), Orchestre de Concerts Lamoureux, Jean-Pierre Jacquillat (Conductor)
- EMI 7243 5 66978 2 9.
Broadcast
- Sun 15 Aug 2010 22:45³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3