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Laura Barton visits the city of Norwich where, among the cathedrals and church towers, there is a distinctly playful music being made.

Music writer Laura Barton visits four locations in Britain and listens closely to the music found in different landscapes. Today - Norwich.

John Betjeman wrote, "What would you be, you wide East Anglian sky / Without church towers to recognise you by?"

But in the shadow of the Anglican Cathedral, Laura discovers that music and mischief seem to go hand-in-hand. She talks with Jenny and Rosa of celebrated teen pop duo Let's Eat Grandma about clapping songs and messing about by the river, electronic music composer Emma Catnip (AKA Catnip and Claws) about mischievous monks and the sound of bouncing balls in the underpass and, in their downtime after Evensong, members of the girls' choir at the Cathedral.

Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for 成人快手 Radio 4.

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30 minutes

Music Played

  • Emma Catnip 聽

    Ruins

    • 聽12 Tails.
    • Soundcloud.
  • Let鈥檚 Eat Grandma

    Hot Pink

    • 聽I聮m All Ears.
    • Transgressive Records.
  • Norwich Cathedral Choir cond. Ashley Grote

    Norwich Cathedral field recording

  • Let鈥檚 Eat Grandma

    Deep Six Textbook

    • 聽I, Gemini.
    • Rough Trade.
  • Let鈥檚 Eat Grandma

    Cat聮s Pyjamas

    • 聽I聮m All Ears.
    • Transgressive Records.
  • Let鈥檚 Eat Grandma

    Ava

    • 聽I聮m All Ears.
    • Transgressive Records.
  • Let鈥檚 Eat Grandma

    Donnie Darko

    • 聽I聮m All Ears.
    • Transgressive Records.
  • Norwich Cathedral Choir cond. Ashley Grote

    Magnificat in G (Stanford), field recording (Norwich Cathedral)

  • Emma Catnip 聽

    Ruins

    • 聽12 Tails.
    • Soundcloud.
  • Organ Voluntary, field recording (Norwich Cathedral)

Broadcasts

  • Tue 17 Jul 2018 11:30
  • Sat 21 Jul 2018 15:30

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