
Diamonds and Coal
Llewelyn Morgan considers how diamonds, a beautiful yet tarnished jewel, reflect our highest and lowest desires.
In this week's Something Understood, Llewelyn Morgan considers how the diamond, a beautiful yet tarnished jewel, is capable of provoking complex responses within us.
With readings from Christina Rosetti, Marco Polo and William Pitt, music from Joan Baez, Bela Bartok and Joni Mitchell, and an interview with bookseller Farrukh Hussain, he examines how this precious stone can bring out the best and worst in us.
Producer: Katie Burningham
A Falling Tree Production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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Music Played
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Gustav Holst
Venus, The Bringer of Peace
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra
- Holst: The Planets.
- Delta Music GmbH.
- B001PD0FRO.
- 2.
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Joan Baez
Diamonds and Rust
- The Best of Joan C. Baez.
- A&M.
- 213 234.
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Lily Allen
The Fear
- It’s Not Me, It’s You.
- Parlophone.
- 6942752.
- 2.
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Jean Mouton
Ave Maria Gemma Virginium
Artist: Theatre Of Voices
- Josquin Desprez: Missa de Beata Virgine. Jean Mouton: Motets.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- B001LAZ9RW.
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Béla Bartók
Third Door (The Treasury)
Artist: Berliner Philarmonik
- Bartok: Bluebeard’s Castle.
- EMI / Angel Records.
- B000002RWP.
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Vashti Bunyan
Diamond Day
- TV Ad Songs.
- Virgin.
- 914.
- 2.
Broadcasts
- Sun 26 Jun 2011 06:05ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Sun 26 Jun 2011 23:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4