Not To Be Missed
As described in a much earlier post about the incredible free offerings on the Internet through Radio BBC 3 and 4, this week, we have Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca (archived 7 days after initial broadcast) and the annual Reith Lectures, this year, given by Professor Jonathan Spence.
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Blood Wedding
An evocative meditation on fate, war, tradition, passion and repression, inspired by the true story of a fatal feud between two families in the Almeria province, high in the mountains of rural Spain. A version by Ted Hughes.
Duration:
1 hour 30 minutes
Playlist:
Mother of Bridegroom ...... Barbara Flynn
Bridegroom/Woodcutter ...... Carl Prekopp
Bride ...... Sarah Smart
Leonardo ...... William Ash
Leonardo's Wife/Girl ...... Andrea Riseborough
Father of Bride ...... David Fleeshman
Beggar Woman/Neighbour ...... Mary Cunningham
Servant/Mother-in-Law ...... Ellie Haddington
Moon ...... Claire Benedict
Girls ...... Liz Carter
Woodcutter ...... Sam Curtis
Woodcutter ...... Chris Hannon
Littler Girl ...... Daisy Jones
Directed by Pauline Harris.
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Every Sunday, there is the exquisite Words and Music program , and this week focuses on Lorca!
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Reith Lectures with Professor Jonathan Spence on China
The 60th anniversary Reith Lectures take China as their subject, and are given by the eminent historian Professor Jonathan Spence.
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Eric Nichols says:
I still get my BBC fix the
I still get my BBC fix the old fashioned way.....directly via shortwave radio. You need the static crashes and fading to get the full ambience for a BBC offering.
:)
eric
Belle Yang says:
Francoise
I was scratching my head when you asked me why the Chinese were yelling at you. I just listened to the 3rd of the Reith Lectures given by Jonathan Spence and, apparently, there are programs all around the country where English is taught by yelling out the sentences.
Eric Nichols says:
Alas
The BBC has curtailed a lot of their American and European English Shortwave broadcasts in the past ten years...but I still get the one directed to Russia pretty clearly.
With fuel prices rising dramatically worldwide, I think shortwave broadcasting is really going to be hurting in the next few years. It will be the sad demise of a wunnerful wunnerful way of life for billions. :(