Rescue at Sea
Music evoking sea adventure and rescue from Debussy, Ravel, Anna Clyne and Mumford & Sons alongside writing by Eva Ibbotson, E Annie Proulx, Lord Tennyson and William Wordsworth.
Carla Henry, Josh Bryant Jones and Blue Lights actor Martin McCann bring us readings evoking the sea set alongside music ahead of next Saturday's special day when Radio 3 travels to lighthouses around the UK.
We will hear the imagined words of children planning sea adventure in Michael Morpurgo and Eva Ibbotson, the terrifying descriptions of cliff-like waves in Sebastian Junger鈥檚 The Perfect Storm, part of Wordsworth's poem about the bravery of Grace Darling, swashbuckling tales from Patrick O鈥橞rian and tales of trade in the Horn of Africa from Abdulrazak Gurnah, and the Irish RNLI lifeboat helm and poet Eleanor Hooker's poem Float to Live.
Our sea and rescue-inspired music includes orchestral pieces written by Edward Elgar, Edvard Grieg and Peter Maxwell Davies, songs performed by Charles Trenet, Mumford & Sons and Fontella Bass, and sea shanties and traditional sea hymns giving thanks for rescue.
We will journey out hopeful, encounter a sudden storm, face disaster, rescue and return to port as seasoned sea dogs.
Producer in Salford: Olive Clancy
Readings:
Katherine Mansfield - A Little Boys Dream
Zora Neale Thurston - Their Eyes Were Watching Gods
Michael Morpurgo - Kensuke鈥檚 Kingdom
Amy Sackville - Orkney
Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island
Abdulrazak Gurnah - By the Sea
Patrick O鈥橞rian - The Nutmeg of Consolation
Horace - Stormy Seas
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (extract)
Eva Ibbotson - Journey to the River Sea
Thomas O鈥機rohan - A currach in the midst of a storm
Yann Martel - Life of Pi
William Shakespeare - The Tempest
E Annie Proulx - The Shipping News
Sebastian Junger - The Perfect Storm
Ben Fogle/James Cracknell - The Crossing
Alfred, Lord Tennyson - The Kraken
Bruce Chatwin - In Patagonia
Eleanor Hooker - Float to Live
William Wordsworth - Grace Darling (extract)
Oliver Jeffers - Lost and Found
Derek Mahon - Everything is Going to Be Alright
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Philip Glass
The Hours - music for the film
Performer: Martin Jacoby. Performer: Philip Glass.- Silent Star Music.
- Unknown.
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A Little Boys Dream by Katherine Mansfield, read by Josh Bryant-Jones
00:03Charles Trenet
La Mer
- EMI.
- CDP7-944642.
Their Eyes Were Watching Gods by Zora Neale Thurston read by Carla Henry
00:07Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Performer: David Le Page. Performer: Orchestra of the Swan.- Sigum Classics/Naxos of America.
- Unknown.
Kensuke鈥檚 Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo read by Josh Bryant-Jones
Orkney by Amy Sackville, read by Carla Henry
00:15Trad.
Kellam's Reel/Rusty Gully
Performer: The Hands Free.- New Amsterdam.
- Unknown.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson read by Martin McCann
00:19Maya Youssef
The Sea
Performer: Maya Youssef.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- HMM902349.
By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah read by Carla Henry
00:24David Gray
Sail Away With Me
- IHT Records.
- IHTLP1602.
00:26Elisabeth Lutyens
En Voyage 1 Overture
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Lyrita.
- Unknown.
The Nutmeg of Consolation by Patrick O鈥橞rian read by Josh Bryant-Jones
Stormy Seas by Horace read by Carla Henry
00:31Gioachino Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4156952.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (extract) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge read by Josh Bryant-Jones
00:35Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures, Op.37, IV. Where Corals Lie
Singer: Janet Baker. Choir: Hall茅 Choir. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- EMI.
- 7243-575069-22.
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson read by Carla Henry
00:40Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate
Tracing Mississippi: IV. Hashi Hiloha (Sun Thunder)
Performer: San Francisco Symphony.- Azica Records.
- ACD-71242.
A currach in the midst of a storm by Thomas O鈥機rohan read by Martin McCann
Life of Pi by Yann Martel read by Josh Bryant-Jones
00:49Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt
Performer: Oslo Philharmonic.- Sony.
- unknown.
The Tempest by William Shakespeare read by Carla Henry
00:52Rued Langgaard
Symphony No.15
Performer: Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra.- Danacord.
- DACOCD 409.
The Shipping News by E Annie Proulx read by Carla Henry
01:00James Horner
The Perfect Storm
Performer: The Band of HM Royal Marines, Plymouth.- CLOVELLY RECORDINGS.
- CLCD-15307.
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger read by Martin McCann
The Crossing by Ben Fogle and James Cracknell read by Josh Bryant Jones
01:06Nitin Sawhney
Water - Transition 1
Performer: Nitin Sawhney.- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4795268.
The Kraken by Alfred, Lord Tennyson read by Carla Henry
01:09John Bacchus Dykes
Eternal Father Strong To Save
Choir: Huddersfield Choral Society.- EMI.
- CD-MFP-6095.
In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin read by Josh Bryant-Jones
01:13Fontella Bass
Rescue Me
- Jewel Records.
- JCD 5060.
Float to Live by Eleanor Hooker read by Eleanor Hooker
01:18Penguin Cafe
Rescue
- Erased Tapes.
- ERATP097CD.
Grace Darling (extract) by William Wordsworth read by Carla henry
01:23Anna Clyne
In The Gale
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.- The Birdsong Project.
- unknown.
Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers read by Carla Henry
01:29Mumford & Sons
After The Storm
- Island.
- 271-6932.
Everything is Going to Be Alright by Derek Mahon literary copyright payment 12257351
01:32Ernest Chausson
Poeme de L'amour Et de la Mer. Op 19: II Interlude
Performer: Orchestre national de Lille.- Alpha.
- LC 00516.
Broadcasts
- Sun 6 Oct 2024 18:00麻豆社 Radio 3
- Sunday 19:45麻豆社 Radio 3
