08.07.2020 - Playlist: texts read and music played 1. John Donne: No Man is an island 2. King James’ Bible (1611): Exodus, Ch. 9 3. Daniel Defoe: Journal of the Plague Year (1722) 4. Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe (1719) 5. Handel: Oboe Concerto, op.3,...
24.06.2020 - Corona-Verse (1) Playlist: texts read and music played 1. Definition of ‘Corona’ virus 2. Ancient Greece: 5th.c. BC music 3. Aeschylus: Suffering as a learning process 4. Lacrimosa: music from the Roman 1st.c. AD 5. Marcus Aurelius:...
14.05.2020 - Rhymes, Chants, Poems and Songs No. 4 Suzanne Vega: Tom’s Diner Rhythmic poems by pupils, NMS Inzing Beatles: She’s Leaving Home Roger McGough: Comeclose and Sleepnow The Rolling Stones: Let’s Spend the Night Together Lemn Sissay: Colour...
11.05.2020 - Talking Europe #4/2020 This month’s show features a more limited line-up due to the restrictions that are in place. Simon, Lena and Filip discuss their day to day lives in quarantine, how they organize their routines and stay occupied when...
11.03.2020 - Rhymes, Chants, Poems and Songs No. 3 The Merseybeats: Wishing and Hoping Kenneth Steven: Wishing Robert Burns: My love is like a red, red rose, … Rhyming messages on Valentine cards… An acrostic poem: V-A-L-E-N-T-I-N-E I remember well, …...
11.03.2020 - Rhymes, Chants, Poems and Songs No. 2 Tongue Twisters A Verb Rap: Wake up and Sing Sarah Lattimore: The Writer of this Poem A wise old owl … A Puzzle Poem A Song for Winter Snow, Feathery soft and … Debussy: Children’s Corner/ The Snow is...
11.03.2020 - Rhymes, Chants, Poems and Songs No. 1 The Wheels on the Bus … Elgar: Nursery Suite / The Wagon Passes Old MacDonald had a Farm Elgar: The Wand of Youth Suite no. 2/ The Wild Bears Edwin Morgan: The Loch Ness Monster’s Song If I had a donkey…...
11.03.2020 - T.S. Eliot’s ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’ AND Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Musical ‘Cats’ Texts read (by T.S. Eliot himself) and Music played: Rossini: Duetto buffo di due Gatti (1825)...
11.03.2020 - Christmas Texts read and music played: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Henry Livingston Jr.: Account of a Visit from St.Nicholas Corelli: Concerto no.8, Fatto per la Notte di Natale (Allegro) Robert Frost: Christmas Trees Catalan Christmas Carol: Song of...
11.03.2020 - Clive James, 1939 -2019: Journalist, broadcaster, author … and POET! (A Tribute to … ) Texts read and music played: Clive James: My Father before Me Edith Piaf: La Vie en Rose Clive James: Edith Piaf Edith Piaf: L’Hymne a...
