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Don Warrington and Carolyn Pickles read poems on the theme of monsters, with work by Christina Rossetti, Jack Mapanje and Yeats. Including music by Grieg, Knussen and Schubert. NB: Starts approx 22.50

A selection of poetry and music on the theme of monsters, with readings by Don Warrington and Carolyn Pickles. Including works by Jack Mapanje, Christina Rossetti, Seamus Heaney, Yeats, Hans Christian Andersen, Robert Browning, Sylvia Plath, Brian Patten, Carol Ann Duffy, Tennyson and Ted Hughes, and music including Grieg, Knussen and Schubert. NB: This broadcast starts at approximately 22.50

1 hour, 15 minutes

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Sun 14 Dec 200822:50
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Jean Sibelius

    The Tempest, Overture

    Performer: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • NOT KNOWN.
    • NA-NA.

  • Reading: The Kraken

  • Reading: Siren Song

  • 00:07

    Tim Buckley

    Song To The Siren

    Performer: Tim Buckley.
    • WSM.
    • WSMCD-227.

  • Reading: The Little Mermaid

  • 00:12

    Arvo Pärt

    fur alina

    Performer: Alexei Lubimov.
    • bis.
    • bis-cd-702.
  • 00:15

    George Frideric Handel

    Acis and Galatea

    Performer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Martyn Hill. Performer: Norma Burrowes. Performer: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Performer: Sir Willard White.
    • ARchiv Produktion.
    • 423-406-2.

  • Reading: Leda and the Swan

  • 00:20

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Non mi dir (Don Giovanni)

    Performer: Carlo Maria Giulini. Performer: Joan Sutherland. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 72443 5-56232-2.

  • Reading: Dracula

  • 00:29

    Elliott Carter

    The Minotaur: Scene II, before the labyrinth

    Performer: Gerard Schwarz. Performer: NEW YORK CHAMBER SYMPHONY OF THE 92ND STREET.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 7559-79248-2.

  • Reading: The Trap

  • 01:04

    Anthony Gonzales

    Gone

    Composer: Nicolas Fromageau. Performer: M83.
    • Gooom.
    • This is Gooom-025.

  • Reading: Beasts of Nalunga

  • Reading: Beowulf

  • 01:13

    Franz Schubert

    ERLKONIG

    Music Arranger: A. Performer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 477-6358.

  • Reading: Goblin Market

  • 01:19

    Edvard Grieg

    March of the Dwarfs

    Performer: Florian Henschel.
    • Arte Nova.
    • 74321-636472.

  • Reading: Gawain and the Green Knight

  • 01:23

    Maurice Sendak

    The Wild Rumpus

    Composer: Oliver Knussen. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Oliver Knussen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 469-556-2.

  • Reading: Medusa

  • 01:30

    Portishead

    GLORY BOX

    • Go! Beat.
    • 828-5222.

  • Reading: Snail Of The Moon

  • 01:32

    Modest Mussorgsky

    The Hut of Baba Yaga

    Performer: Anatol Ugorski.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 435616-2.

  • Reading: Caliban Uopn Setebos

  • 01:38

    Jean Sibelius

    Caliban's Song

    Performer: Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Osmo Vanska.
    • BIS.
    • BIS CD-191214(6).

  • Reading: The Loch Ness Monster's Song

  • Reading: Little Red Riding Hood And The Wolf

  • 01:42

    Chan Marshall

    Werewolf

    Performer: Cat Power.
    • Matador.
    • OLE-427-2V.

  • Reading: The Little Mermaid

  • 01:44

    Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird

    Performer: Igor Stravinsky. Performer: Columbia Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
    • SM3K-46291.

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  • Sun 14 Dec 200822:50
    BBC Radio 3

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