Texts read & Music played
1. ‘Brush Up Your Shakespeare, from ‘Kiss me, Kate, by Cole Porter
2. ‘This royal throne
, from Shakespeares ‘Richard II
3. ‘Harfleur, from William Waltons music for the 1944 film of ‘Henry V
4. ‘Once more unto the breach,
, from Shakespeares ‘Henry V
5. ‘Jupiter: the Bringer of Jollity, from Gustav Holsts ‘The Planets Suite
6. ‘Pomp and Circumstance March no.1, by Edward Elgar
7. ‘Therell Always be an England, Vera Lynn
8. ‘Milton (also known as ‘Jerusalem), by William Blake
9. ‘Jerusalem, by Hubert Parry
10. ‘England, with all thy faults, from ‘The Task, by William Cowper
11. ‘England Expects, by Ogden Nash
12. ‘Why cant the English, from ‘My Fair Lady, by Alan Lerner & Frederick Loewe
13. ‘The Oxford Voice, by D.H. Lawrence
14. ‘The English are so Nice!, by D.H. Lawrence
15. From ‘England, Your England, by George Orwell
16. From ‘Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, by T.S. Eliot
17. ‘Ex Patria, by Roger McGough
18. ‘Englishman in New York, by Sting
19. From ‘England, England, by Julian Barnes
20. ‘O happy dogs of England, by Stevie Smith
21. ‘Introduction and Allegro for Strings, by Edward Elgar
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I like the beginning, using both voices, and also the way you interchange when imparting information.
Lots of interesting info about Shakespeare, his poems and Elizabethan England. Thumbs up for the info about the national anthems too!
As a listener, one can feel the passion and enthusiasm you both have for the subject, and some nice use of dry humour. I’m not too sure about the quote «England and its island» though!
Thanks for the plugs!