What's in a name?
Pippa Bennett-Warner and Aidan McArdle read from Margaret Atwood, Henry Reed and Shakespeare with music by Shostakovich, Arvo Part, Nkeiru Okoye and Ravel.
A rose by any other name may smell as sweet but how does my own name define me? In this edition of Words and Music we explore the importance of names with readings from Pippa Bennett-Warner and Aidan McArdle of the writings of Pushkin, Margaret Atwood, Henry Reed, Toluwanimi Obiwole and Shakespeare, and with music by Shostakovich, Arvo Part, Nkeiru Okoye and Ravel.
Producer in Salford: Barnaby Gordon
Readings:
Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet
Warsan Shire More by Warsan
Geoffrey T Hellman James Bond comes to New York
Joelle Taylor Vitrine
Brian Friel Translations
Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale
Toluwanimi Obiwole Sugarcane
Henry Reed The Naming of Parts
Mary Jean Chan Names
Rabbi Benjamin Blech, Elaine Blech Your Name is Your Blessing
Aimee Nezhukumatathil Naming the Heartbeats
Phil Knight Shoedog
Michaela Morgan Names
Alfred Lord Tennyson The Flower
Rumi A Star Without a Name
Alexander Pushkin The Name
Winifred M Letts Your Name
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet (Balcony Scene)
Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Naxos 8.573534.
- Tr 19.
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William Shakespeare
Romeo & Juliet (Act II Scene ii), read by Pippa Bennett-Warner and Aidan McArdle
00:03Jerome Jerry Bresler
Five Guys Named Moe
Composer: Larry Wynn. Performer: Harvey & the Wallbangers.- Gott GOTTCD015.
- Tr1.
Warsan Shire
More by Warsan, read by Pippa Bennett-Warner
00:06Trad.
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Performer: The Kenyan Boys Choir.- Nascente 5014797137110.
- Tr5.
00:09David Arnold
Casino Royale (Blunt Instrument)
Orchestra: Studio orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Dodd.- Sony Classical.
- Tr4.
Geoffrey T. Hellman
James Bond Comes To New York, read by Aidan McArdle
Joelle Taylor
Vitrine, read by Pippa Bennett-Warner
00:12Nkeiru Okoye
My Name is Harriet, Now (Songs of Harriet Tubman)
Singer: Louise Toppin. Orchestra: Dvo艡谩k Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Julius P. Williams.- Albany Records 034061131427.
- Tr 15.
00:17Trad.
The Naming of the Child
Performer: Eddie Butcher.- Arran Records 887396164697.
- Tr3.
Brian Friel
Translations, read by Aidan McArdle and Pippa Bennett-Warner
00:20The Ting Tings
That's Not My Name
- Columbia.
- Tr9.
00:20Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 84 in E-Flat Major, "In Nomine Domini": (4th mvt Finale)
Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.- NoMadMusic NMM078D.
- Tr3.
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid鈥檚 Tale, read by Pippa Bennett-Warner
00:27Howard Shore
The Song of Names
Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Daniel Mutlu. Performer: Daniel Mutlu. Performer: Daniel Mutlu. Performer: Daniel Mutlu. Performer: Daniel Mutlu.- Decca.
- Tr 1.
Toluwanimi Obiwole
Sugarcane, read by Toluwanimi Obiwole
00:34Dmitry Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 77 (4th mvt)
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.- Onyx ONYX4113.
- Tr4.
Henry Reed
00:40Maurice Ravel
Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
Performer: Steven Osborne.- Hyperion CDA67731/2.
- Tr7.
00:42Cecilia McDowall
Shipping Forecast (3rd mvt. Naming)
Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Ensemble: Orchestra Nova. Conductor: George Vass.- Dutton Epoch AW7629226.
- Tr9.
Mary Jean Chan
Rabbi Benjamin Blech, Elaine Blech
Your Name is Your Blessing, read by Aidan McCardle
00:46John Murphy
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Naming)
Performer: Studio Orchestra.- Hollywood Records.
- Tr2.
00:49Arvo P盲rt
...which was the Son of...
Choir: Polyphony.- Hyperion CDA67375.
- Tr9.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
00:57Joni Mitchell
A Melody in your Name
Joni Mitchell
- Rhino.
- 603497849956.
- 18.
Phil Knight
Shoedog, read by Aidan McArdle
01:01Eminem
My Name Is
- Aftermath.
- Tr3.
01:01A Winged Victory for the Sullen
The Haunted Victorian Pencil
- Ninja Tune ZENDNLS638W.
- Tr1.
Michaela Morgan
01:03Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (XI. The Naming and Honouring of the Chosen One)
Orchestra: American Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leon Botstein.- American Symphony Orchestra 084854235733.
- Tr5.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
01:05Alexander Borodin
String Quartet on the name 'B-La-F' (3rd mvt; Serenata alla Spagnola)
Performer: Borodin Quartet.- Teldec 4509945722.
- Tr6.
Rumi
Alexander Pushkin
01:07John Powell
Faces without Names (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Performer: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway.- Decca.
- Tr6.
Winifred M. Letts
Broadcasts
- Sun 6 Aug 2023 18:15麻豆社 Radio 3
- Sun 4 Jan 2026 18:00麻豆社 Radio 3
