Retail Therapy
A sequence of texts and music exploring shopping and trade, with readings by Phil Davis and Raquel Cassidy. Including Flaubert, Thomas Hardy, the Bible and Roald Dahl.
Poetry and prose exploring all aspects of shopping and trade, read by Phil Davis and Raquel Cassidy. From Madame Bovary's compulsive spending and The Mayor of Casterbridge selling his wife to the betrayal of Christ for thirty pieces of silver and Charlie Bucket's life-changing purchase of that golden ticket-lined Whipple-Scrumptious Fudge-Mallow Delight.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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William Shakespeare
The Winter’s Tale Act IV, Scene 4, Autolycus's song, reader Phil Davis
00:00Matthew Locke
Suite No 4 in C major from The Broken Consort Part 1 - Saraband
Performer: The Locke Consort
- Globe GLO5027.
Elizabeth Gaskell
Cranford (excerpt), reader Raquel Cassidy
00:02Ronald Binge
Trade Winds (extract)
Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Ernest Tomlinson (conductor)
- Marco Polo 8223515.
00:05Bedrich Smetana
Overture to The Bartered Bride (extract)
Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
- Chandos CHAN31282.
Thomas Hardy
The Mayor of Casterbridge (excerpt), reader Phil Davis
00:09Roger Waters
Money (extract)
Performer: Pink Floyd
- EMI 5821362.
00:10Steve Reich
Music for 18 Musicians (extract)
Performer: Steve Reich and Musicians
- ECM 8214172.
Aifric Campbell
On The Floor (excerpt), reader Raquel Cassidy
00:12Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka – Shrovetide Fair (extract)
Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Simon Rattle (conductor)
- EMI 5855382.
00:17Harrison Birtwistle
Chorale from a Toy-Shop
Performer: The Galliard Ensemble
- Deux Elles DXL1019.
Geoffrey Chaucer (trans Nevill Coghill)
Canterbury Tales - The Pardoner’s Tale (excerpt), reader Phil Davis
00:20Frederick Keel
Trade Winds
Performer: Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) Performer: Roger Vignoles (piano)
- EMI 724357520324.
00:22Lesley Bricusse/Anthony Newley
Lucky Charlie (extract)
Performer: Studio Musicians Performer: Walther Scharf (conductor)
- HIP-O HIPD40020.
Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (excerpt), reader Phil Davis
00:23Lesley Bricusse/Anthony Newley
Pure Imagination
Performer: Gene Wilder (vocals) Performer: Walther Scharf (conductor)
- HIP-O HIPD40020.
00:27Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique Opus 14 – Un Bal
Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
- Signum SIGCD193.
Gustave Flaubert (trans Francis Steegmuller)
Madame Bovery (excerpt), reader Raquel Cassidy
00:36Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel)
Pictures from an exhibition - Limoges (Le marche)
Performer: Orchestra Symphonique de Montreal Performer: Charles Dutoit (conductor)
- Decca 417 299-2.
Catherine O’Flynn
What Was Lost (excerpt), reader Phil Davis
00:39Jimmy Webb
Wichita Lineman (extract)
Performer: Glenn Campbell (vocals)
- Capitol CDP7464832.
00:40Mike Oldfield
Tubular Bells (extract)
Performer: Mike Oldfield
- Warner 9362462942.
00:41Douglas J. Cuomo
Sex and the City (Main Title Theme)
- Sony STVCD172.
Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic (excerpt), reader Phil Davis
Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic (excerpt), reader Raquel Cassidy
00:44Barrett Strong
Money (extract)
Performer: The Flying Lizards
- Sony 88697290762.
00:45Albert Ketèlbey
In a Persian Market
Performer: London Promenade Orchestra Performer: Alexander Faris (conductor)
- Philips 4000112.
Orhan Pamuk
The Museum of Innocence (excerpt), reader Phil Davis
00:53Arnold Bax
In a Vodka Shop
Performer: Ashley Wass (piano)
- Naxos 8557439.
00:57Charles Ives
Variations on America – Waltz (extract)
Performer: ‘The President’s Own’ United States Marine Band
- Col Timothy W. Foley (director).
Amy Lowell
Market Day
00:58Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata for organ no. 6 (BWV.530) in G major; 3rd mvt. Allegro
Performer: Christopher Herrick (organ)
- Hyperion CDA 663890.
King James Bible
Matthew Chapter 26 verses 14-16 and 47-50, Chapter 27 verses 1-8, reader Phil Davis
01:02Joseph Haydn
The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross Opus 51 – Sonata IV
Performer: The Fitzwilliam Quartet
- Linn CKD153.
Gustave Flaubert (trans Francis Steegmuller)
Madame Bovery (excerpt), reader Raquel Cassidy
01:12Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique Opus 14 – Finale movement (extract)
Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
- Signum SIGCD193.
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- Sun 18 Nov 2012 18:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3
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