Don Paterson
Sunday 17 July 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest is the Scottish poet and guitarist Don Paterson, whose poetry collections, including Landing Light and Gods Gift to Women, have won several major awards. His eclectic musical passions range from a Bartok string quartet to jazz and folk-influenced pieces by Donal Lunny, Antonio Carlos Jobim and John Abercrombie.
Playlist
M Berkeley The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer) (pub OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet
BBQ BBQ 003 T10
Satie Nocturne no 4 (from 5 Nocturnes)
Peter Lawson (piano)
CFP GCD 50698 T11
Fennesz Chateau Rouge (from the album Venice)
TOUCH TO53 T2 [first 2']
Weill Lost in the Stars (from the album Fairytales)
Radka Toneff (vocals) Steve Dobrogosz (piano)
ODIN RECORDS AODNJ 4003 T3
Bartok String Quartet No 1, Op 7 (excerpt from 1st movement, Lento)
Emerson String Quartet
DG 423 657-2 CD1 T1
Donal Lunny Denis Doody's Polka/Tolka Polka
GAEL LINN CEFCD133 T2
READING
Don Paterson The Book of Shadows (Harper Collins) p33
John Abercrombie Paramour (from the album Characters)
ECM 829 372-2 T6
Boards of Canada Bocuma (from the album Music Has the Right to Children)
WARP 552WAR T9
Robert Wyatt Sea Song (from the album Rock Bottom)
LP: VIRGIN V 2017 S2
Antonio Carlos Jobim Inutil Paisagem
Elis Regina (vocals) with Antonio Carlos Jobim
VERVE 525 881-2 T17
Durufle Introit (from the Requiem, Op 9)
Choir of St John's College Cambridge/Christopher Robinson
NIMBUS NI5599 T1
Savath & Savalas Ultimo Tren (from the album Apropa't)
WARP WARPCD 115 T6
