Nocturne
Sian Thomas and William Hope read poetry and prose inspired by the night including work by Neruda, Jackie Kay, Emily Dickinson, John Burnside, Jackie Kay, A.E. Housman and Rachel Carson with music by Mozart, Borodin, Takemitsu, June Tabor and Faure.
Producer: Fiona McLean.
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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James Rhodes
Nocturnes - Fetes
Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Decca 467 428-2.
- 3.
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Walt Whitman
A Clear Midnight
Emily Dickinson
Wild Nights
00:02Aaron Copland
Rodeo – Corral Nocturne
Performer: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: JoAnn Falletta
- Naxos 8.559240.
- 3.
Charles Tomlinson
Fireflies
00:07Mark-Anthony Turnage
Night Dances - Prelude
Performer: London Sinfonietta Conductor: Oliver Knussen
- Argo 452 598-2.
- 2.
John Burnside
The Light Trap
00:10Toru Takemitsu
Toward the Sea III – I The Night
Performer: Aureole Trio
- Koch 374492.
- 7.
00:13Gabriel Fauré
Apres un Reve
Performer: Veronique Gens, soprano Performer: Roger Vignoles, piano
- Virgin Classics VC5453602.
- 1.
Billy Collins
The Night House
00:17Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Notturno for 4 Orchestras in D Major
Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Neville Marriner
- Decca 430 496-2.
- 12.
00:20Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint - Slow
Performer: Pat Metheny, guitar
- Nonesuch.
- 10.
Robert Frost
Acquainted with the Night
00:22Mann and Hilliard
In the wee small hours of the morning
Performer: Frank Sinatra
- Capitol CDP765712.
- 1.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
from Flight to Arras
00:27Alexander Borodin
String Quartet no 2 in D Major - Notturno
Performer: Lafayette String Quartet
- Dorian DOR90203.
- 3.
00:35John Sheppard
In Manus Tuas
Performer: Clare College Chapel Choir Conductor: Timothy Brown
- Guild GMCD7108.
- 18.
A.E. Housman
The Weeping Pleiads Wester
00:39Harrison Birtwistle
Entr'Actes and Sappho Fragments – The Moon and the seven Pleiades
Performer: Heidi Grant Murphy Conductor: Paul Hotstetter
- Koch 3-7486-2111.
- 24.
Rachel Carson
from Silent Spring
00:43Karol Szymanowski
Symphony no 3 – Allegretto tranquillo
Performer: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra Conductor: Antoni Wit
- Naxos 8570721.
- 11.
Pablo Neruda
Tonight I can Write
00:52Manuel de Falla
Noches en los jardines de Espana – Danza lejana
Performer: Orquesta Cuidad de Granada Conductor: Josep Pons
- Harmonia Mundi HMC901606.
- 13.
Jackie Kay
This Long Night
00:59Thelonius Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen
Round Midnight
Performer: June Tabor
- Hannibal HNCD1347.
- 12.
01:02Arnold Schoenberg
Verklarte Nacht
Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- Deutsche Grammophon 4274242.
- 5.
Dylan Thomas
from Under Milk Wood
01:08Henri Tomasi
Trumpet Concerto - Nocturne
Performer: Alison Balsom and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Edward Gardner
- EMI 3532552.
- 17.
Broadcasts
- Sun 6 Feb 2011 22:15³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3
- Sun 20 Nov 2011 18:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3