Twenty Minutes

Poems from the Proms

Friday 27 August 2004 20:30-20:50 (Radio 3)

The poet Sean Street, who has just edited a book of radio poems, presents a selection inspired by the Promenade Concerts.

This includes an anonymous salute to Sir Henry Wood, a satire to the tune of Jerusalem, as well as poems by Jo Shapcott, Peter Porter and Seamus Heaney. The reader is Tom Durham.

Duration:

20 minutes

Twenty Minutes

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