Endings and Beginnings
Arts journalist and broadcaster Marie-Louise Muir reflects on the possibilities for renewal of the creative process.
Arts journalist and broadcaster Marie-Louise Muir reflects on the mysteries of the creative process, asking whether there are inevitable points in our lives when we expect our creative drive to feel exhausted - our best thoughts and ideas to be done - or whether there's always a possibility of renewal.
With a selection of music from David Bowie, Tracey Thorn and Leos Janacek, and extracts from the writings of Seamus Heaney, Brian Friel and Margaret Atwood.
Produced by Rachel Hooper.
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.
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Music Played
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David Bowie
Where are we now?
Composer: David Bowie
- The Next Day.
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Leos Janáček
Quartet no. 2 'Intimate Letters'
Performer: Julia Fischer Quartet.Performer: Leos Janacek
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Johnny Cash
Hurt
Composer: Johnny Cash
- American Songbook.
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Tracey Thorn
Hormones
Composer: Tracey Thorn
- Love and Its Opposite.
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Richard Strauss
4 Last Songs (September)
Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.Performer: Renee Fleming
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Petula Clark
Cut Copy Me
Composer: Petula Clarke
- Lost In You.
Readings
Title: The Circus Animals’ Desertion
Author: WB Yeats
Title: Extract letter "Intimate Letters: Leos janacek to Kamilla Stosslova" edited and translated by John Tyrell - From Dear Madam to Dear Soul
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Title:In The Attic
Book:Human Chain
Author: Seamus Heaney
Title: Life Stories
Book: Tent
Author: Margaret Attwood
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Title: The Human Bee
Author: Carol Ann Duffy
Title: Ghost Light
Author: Joseph O’Connor
Broadcasts
- Sun 26 May 201306:05BBC Radio 4
- Sun 26 May 201323:30BBC Radio 4
