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'The truth is rarely pure and never simple.' Morfydd Clark and Neil Dudgeon read a selection of prose and poems mixed with music on a theme inspired by the 2019 National Poetry Day.
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple" Morfydd Clark and Neil Dudgeon with a selection of prose and poems mixed with music on a theme inspired by National Poetry Day 2019, which is crowd-sourcing poems that tell the truth about something that matters to you, or deliver a home truth.
National Poetry Day is on October 3rd.
Producer: Torquil MacLeod
Readings:
Emily Dickinson – Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant
John Keats – Ode on a Grecian Urn
Stephen Crane – XXVIII [Truth, said a traveller]
Thomas Hardy – Tess of the d’Urbervilles
Hans Christian Andersen – The Emperor’s New Clothes
WB Yeats – To A Friend Whose Work Has Come To Nothing
Selima Hill – Why I Left You
Vernon Scannell – Where Shall We Go?
Hilaire Belloc – Matilda
Philip Gross – Severn Song
Charles Bukowski – Confession
Meena Alexander – Diagnosis
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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    ![]() 00:00 00:00Joel CohenMotet: Veritas Arpie Performer: Laurie Monahan (mezzo-soprano), Shira Kammen (rebec).- ERATO 4509963922.
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    Emily DickinsonTell all the Truth, but tell it slant, read by Morfydd Clark ![]() 00:01 00:01Manuel de FallaEl pan de Ronda que sabe a verdad Performer: Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Spiri (piano).- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902133.
- Tr28.
 John KeatsOde on a Grecian Urn, read by Neil Dudgeon ![]() 00:03 00:03Arvo PärtCantus in memory of Benjamin Britten Performer: Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Dennis Russell Davies (conductor).- ECM 817 764-2.
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 Stephen CraneXXVIII [Truth, said a traveller], read by Morfydd Clark ![]() 00:09 00:09Dave BrubeckTruth Composer: Robert Penn Warren. Ensemble: Pacific Mozart Ensemble.- SONO LUMINUS DSL92160.
- Tr19.
 Thomas HardyTess of the dÂ’Urbervilles, read by Neil Dudgeon ![]() 00:13 00:13Darby SlickSomebody To Love Performer: Jefferson Airplane.- Sony Music 8697 48240 2.
- Tr13.
 ![]() 00:13 00:13Lowman PaulingTell The Truth Performer: Ray Charles.- Rhino Records (2) R2 72859.
- CD1 Tr22.
 Hans Christian Andersen (translated by Jean Hersholt)The EmperorÂ’s New Clothes, read by Morfydd Clark ![]() 00:19 00:19Giuseppe VerdiO Signor, di Fiandra arrivo Singer: Sherrill Milnes. Singer: Ruggero Raimondi. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.- EMI CDS7477018.
- CD2 Tr4.
 ![]() 00:22 00:22Giuseppe VerdiQuestÂ’e la pace che voi date al mondo? Singer: Sherrill Milnes. Singer: Ruggero Raimondi. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.- EMI CDS7477018.
- CD2 Tr5.
 W. B. YeatsTo A Friend Whose Work Has Come To Nothing, read by Neil Dudgeon ![]() 00:25 00:25Joni MitchellHejira Performer: Joni Mitchell.- Nonesuch ?79817-2.
- CD2 Tr5.
 Selima HillWhy I Left You, read by Morfydd Clark Vernon ScannellWhere Shall We Go? read by Neil Dudgeon ![]() 00:37 00:37Femi KutiTruth Don' Die - Wrasse Records WRASS 136.
- Tr1.
 Hilaire BellocMatilda, read by Morfydd Clark ![]() 00:45 00:45Ludwig van BeethovenDiabelli Variations – Var. 31: Largo, molto espressivo Performer: Igor Levit.- SONY 8887506092.
- CD2 Tr32.
 ![]() 00:50 00:50Howard SkemptonLento Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.- NMC NMCD032.
- Tr1.
 Philip GrossSevern Song, read by Neil Dudgeon Alfred Lord TennysonThe Grandmother, read by Morfydd Clark ![]() 00:59 00:59Ralph Vaughan WilliamsValiant-for-truth Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.- NAXOS 8572465.
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 Charles BukowskiConfession, read by Neil Dudgeon ![]() 01:06 01:06Brian WilsonTill I Die Performer: The Beach Boys.- Brother Records (3) UICY-25601.
- Tr9.
 Meena AlexanderDiagnosis, read by Morfydd Clark ![]() 01:09 01:09John TavenerNew Jerusalem – Upanishad Hymn Singer: Patricia Rozario. Singer: Adrian Peacock. Singer: Adrian Peacock. Singer: Jeremy Birchall. Singer: Jeremy Birchall. Choir: The Choir of Temple Church. Choir: The Choir of Temple Church. Choir: The Choir of Temple Church. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- RCA 82876661542.
- CD2 Tr17.
 Broadcasts- Sun 22 Sep 2019 17:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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