 
                
                        Life through a Screen
Aoife McMahon and William Hope view the world through glass screens and handheld devices. With poems by Leontia Flynn, John Donne and Amy Lowell.
It is through computer monitors and handheld devices that so much of existence is experienced today. We view the world through screens, living and loving via smartphones and laptops. Contemporary poets and songwriters have been quick to delight in and reflect upon our age of collapsed distances, global connection and moments of beauty caught and shared via a phone camera. “Your world / is gleaming in my hands” writes Victoria Gatehouse in Phosphorescence.
But the pervasiveness of technology and the increase in “screentime” come at a cost, challenging our notions of time, privacy, intimacy and human contact. As a dialogue by poet Leontia Flynn sets out, Ours is the Age of Interruption, or the Age of Participation, depending on how you see it. And, as Shakespeare’s Portia swipes through a list of suitors, or E.M. Forster’s Kuno longs for human contact without the aid of “the machine”, our contemporary ways of dating and communicating and sharing ourselves appear not so new after all.
Aoife McMahon and William Hope are our readers, viewing the world through glass screens and handheld devices, with music from Mozart, Holst and Richard Hawley
Readings:
Leontia Flynn - Malone Hoard
Clint Smith - FaceTime
Imtiaz Dharker - Flight Radar
William Shakespeare - The Merchant Of Venice
Sherman Alexie - The Facebook Sonnet
John Donne - Elegy V: His Picture
Victoria Gatehouse - Phosphorescence
Andrew Marvell - The Gallery
Leontia Flynn - Poems Conceived As Dialogues Between Two Antagonistic Voices, Third Dialogue
Jill McDonoguh - Twelve-Hour Shifts
Debora Greger - The War After The War, I.
D.H. Lawrence - From A College Window
Amy Lowell - Towns in Colour, I. Red Slippers
Amy Lowell - Towns in Colour, V. An Aquarium
Dannie Abse - X-ray
Charles Eisenstein - The EcoSexual Awakening
E.M. Forster - The Machine Stops
J. Krishnamurti - Freedom From The Known 
Produced by Phil Smith
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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    ![]() 00:01 00:01Kaitlyn Aurelia SmithClosed Circuit Composer: Suzanne Ciani.- FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy.
- RVNG Intl..
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    English translation of Lux æternaRead by Aoife McMahon and William Hope Leontia Flynn - Malone HoardRead by Aoife McMahon English translation of Lux æternaRead by Aoife McMahon and William Hope ![]() 00:02 00:02Alister Spence TrioLux - Far Flung.
- Rufus Records.
- RF105.
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 Clint Smith - FaceTimeRead by William Hope ![]() 00:04 00:04Four TetReversing - There Is Love In You.
- Domino.
- DNO229.
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 Imtiaz Dharker - Flight RadarRead by Aoife McMahon ![]() 00:07 00:07John DowlandCome again, sweet love doth now invite Performer: David Miller. Performer: Grace Davidson.- The First Booke of Songs or Ayres.
- Signum.
- SIGCD553.
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 William Shakespeare - The Merchant Of VeniceRead by Aoife McMahon & William Hope ![]() 00:09 00:09John DowlandCome again, sweet love doth now invite Performer: Grace Davidson. Performer: David Miller.- The First Booke of Songs or Ayres.
- Signum.
- SIGCD553.
- 17.
 ![]() 00:12 00:12William WaltonFaçade, I. Fanfare Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- ç.
- Hyperion.
- CDA67239.
- 1.
 Sherman Alexie - The Facebook SonnetRead by William Hope ![]() 00:13 00:13Wolfgang Amadeus MozartRequiem in D Minor, K. 626: XIV. Lux Aeterna Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien.- Mozart: Requiem.
- Warner.
- CDATA.
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 ![]() 00:15 00:15Sergey ProkofievRomeo and Juliet Suite No 1, Op. 64bis - 5: Masks Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov. Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.- Suites from Cinderella & Romeo and Juliet.
- Signum.
- SIGCD214.
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 Seneca - On the shortness of life (trans. C.D.N Costa)Read by Aoife McMahon John Donne - Elegy V: His PictureRead by William Hope Victoria Gatehouse - PhosphorescenceRead by Aoife McMahon ![]() 00:22 00:22Benny DavisOh, How I Miss You Tonight Performer: Perry Como. Ensemble: The Satisfiers. Orchestra: Russ Case And His Orchestra.- Dream Along With Me.
- RCA Camden.
- CAL 403.
- 5.
 Andrew Marvell - The GalleryRead by William Hope ![]() 00:24 00:24Kae TempestPictures On A Screen - Let Them Eat Chaos.
- Caroline International .
- CHAOS23.
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 ![]() 00:27 00:27George Frideric HandelIl pastor fido, Overture HWVa: III. Allegro Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert.- Water Music - Overture "Il Pastor Fido".
- Archiv Produktion.
- 471 723-2.
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 Leontia Flynn - Poems Conceived As Dialogues Between Two Antagonistic Voices, Third DialogueRead by William Hope ![]() 00:28 00:28Isambard KhroustaliovEb-Ub-Ob-Aa - This Is My Private Beach, This Is My Jetsam.
- Not Applicable.
- none.
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 Leontia Flynn - Poems Conceived As Dialogues Between Two Antagonistic Voices, Third DialogueRead by Aoife McMahon ![]() 00:29 00:29George Frideric HandelIl pastor fido, Overture HWVa: III. Allegro Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert.- Water Music - Overture "Il Pastor Fido".
- Archiv Produktion .
- 471 723-2.
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 Leontia Flynn - Poems Conceived As Dialogues Between Two Antagonistic Voices, Third DialogueRead by William Hope ![]() 00:29 00:29Jürg FreyCircular Music #7 Ensemble: University Of South Carolina Experimental Music Workshop Ensemble.- Ephemeral Constructions.
- Edition Wandelweiser Records.
- EWR 1709.
- 2.
 Leontia Flynn - Poems Conceived As Dialogues Between Two Antagonistic Voices, Third DialogueRead by Aoife McMahon Jill McDonoguh - Twelve-Hour ShiftsRead by William Hope ![]() 00:34 00:34Gustav HolstThe Planets, Op.32 : 1. Mars, the Bringer of War Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- The Planets.
- LPO.
- LPO-0047.
- 1.
 Debora Greger - The War After The War, I.Read by Aoife McMahon ![]() 00:37 00:37Gil Scott‐HeronThe Revolution Will Not Be Televised - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.
- RCA.
- NL 86994.
- 1.
 D.H. Lawrence - From A College WindowRead by William Hope ![]() 00:41 00:41Nico MuhlyTwo Boys, Act I, Scene 4: Chorus: U there? / Who is this? Conductor: David Robertson. Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra.- Two Boys.
- Nonesuch.
- 541941.
- 04.
 ![]() 00:46 00:46Father John MistyTrue Affection - I Love You, Honeybear.
- Bella Union.
- BELLA476V.
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 Amy Lowell - Towns in Colour, I. Red SlippersRead by Aoife McMahon ![]() 00:50 00:50Patti PageThe Doggie In The Window? - The Doggie In The Window / My Jealous Eyes.
- Mercury .
- 70070-X45.
- 1.
 Amy Lowell - Towns in Colour, V. An AquariumRead by Aoife McMahon ![]()  Camille Saint‐SaënsThe Aquarium Conductor: Louis Frémaux. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Brenda Lucas. Performer: John Ogdon.- The Carnival Of The Animals.
- His Master’s Voice.
- ASD 2753.
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 Dannie Abse - X-rayRead by William Hope ![]() 00:56 00:56Alec RothPart II: Contemplation Of The Earth Seen From Space Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore. Ensemble: Ex Cathedra.- Earthrise.
- Signum.
- SIGCD270.
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 Charles Eisenstein - The EcoSexual AwakeningRead by William Hope ![]() 01:02 01:02Rued LanggaardI. Like sunbeams on a coffin decorated with sweet smelling flowers Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra.- Music of the Spheres.
- Dacapo Records.
- 6220535.
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 E.M. Forster - The Machine StopsRead by William Hope ![]() 01:07 01:07Richard HawleyThe World Looks Down - Hollow Meadows.
- Parlophone.
- 0825646056460.
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 J. Krishnamurti - Freedom From The KnownRead by Aoife McMahon ![]() 01:11 01:11The BeatlesI'm Looking Through You - Rubber Soul.
- Apple Records (2009 Stereo Remaster).
- 0946 3 82418 2 9.
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