13.08.2018 - Poetry Cafe, July 26, 2018 Sisley at Moret, Monet in London Playlist: texts read and music played: 1. Debussy: ‚Jardins sous la pluie‘ 2. from ‚Debussy, Stephen Walsh (2018) 3. Mallarme on Sisley 4. Debussy: ‚Reflets dans...
01.08.2018 - Texts read & music played: Match of the Day (signature tune) Albert Camus: Le Premier Homme A.E. Housman: Is my Team Ploughing? (poem) George Butterworth: Is my Team Ploughing? (music) You’ll Never Walk Along (Kop Choir) Peter Handke:...
02.07.2018 - Syrian Poetry, with Music on the Oriental Lute With Georg Schaermer (Caritas Tirol) and Georg Naser (Oriental Lute) Texts read: 1. Monzer Masri: ‚Wenn Ich unbedingt einen Gott anbeten muss‘ 2. Mohamed al-Maghut: ‚Die Angst des...
28.05.2018 - Texts read and Music played: Wordsworth: Sonnet on Andreas Hofer (‚Of mortal parents is the Hero born…?‘) Andreas-Hofer-Marsch, Gustav Mahr Mary Shelley: after visiting Hofer’s Sandhof (1842) Reschensee: Debussy –...
18.04.2018 - Texts read & Music played Comedian Harmonists (Tea for Two, 1934) Owen Hamilton: Tyrolean Summer (1934) Binnie Hale: As Time Goes By (1932) Extracts from The Times & The Manchester Guardian from the Musical ‚Cabaret‘: Tomorrow...
09.04.2018 - Texts read and music played: from Dominic Seabrook’s ‚White Heat‘ Beatles: The Long and Winding Road Elvis Presley: In the Ghetto Quote from ‚New Musical Express‘ Roger McGough: Crazy Bastard Michael Horovitz: Frances...
09.04.2018 - Texts read and music played: Canned Heat: On the Road Again Joni Mitchell: Woodstock The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil The Who: Tommy Percy Bysshe Shelley: Adonais (Stanzas 39 & 52) Denny Zager & Rick Evans: In the Year 2525 John...
09.04.2018 - Texts read & music played: Joan Baez: We Shall Overcome Patrick Searle & Maureen McConville: Paris May 10-11, 1968 The Rolling Stones: Street Fighting Man The Rolling Stones: Jumping Jack Flash Arthur Marwick: The 1960s (extract) About the...
12.02.2018 - Texts read & music played: Bob Dylan: Masters of War Bob Dylan: All Along the Watchtower Adrian Mitchell: To Whom It May Concern Aretha Franklin: Respect Georgie Fame: Bonnie and Clyde The Graduate (extract) Simon & Garfunkel: Mrs Robisnon...
12.02.2018 - Poetry Cafe: The 1960s (no.6: 1966) Texts read & Music played: Time, April 13 1966 Peter Sarstedt: Where do you go to, my Lovely? Daily Telegraph (John Crosby) Vogue (Grace Coddington) Crispian St Peters: You Were on my Mind Tom Jones: The...
09.01.2018 - A reading of ‚A Christmas Carol‘, by Charles Dickens, adapted by Lesley Sims Carols & Hymns played 1. In the Bleak Mid-Winter 2. Good King Wenceslas 3. It Came upon the Midnight Clear 4. Christians Awake! 5. Rejoice and be Merry!...
09.01.2018 - Poetry Cafe Dec 14 2017 The 1960s: 1965 Playlist: texts read and music played 1. Beatles: Help 2. from The Great British Dream Factory (Dominic Seabrook) 3. Freddie and the Dreamers: You Were Made for Me 4. Herman’s Hermits: Something Good...
28.11.2017 - Poetry Cafe: The 1960s (no.4: 1964) Texts read & Music played: Joan Baez: We Shall Overcome Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night Robin Denselow: When the Music’s Over – The Story of Political Pop (extract) Dusty Springfield: I Just...
13.11.2017 - Poetry Cafe: The 1960s (no.3: 1963) Playlist: texts read and music played 1. Sam Cooke: Twistin‘ the Night Away 2. Beatles: Twist and Shout 3. Eddie Cochran: Summertime Blues 4. Roy Orbison: It’s Over 5. Roger McGough: Bestlooking Girl...