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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

A reflection on the changes from Saturday night to Sunday morning. Including music by Mendelssohn, Handel, Miles Davis and words by Graham Greene, Edith Nesbit and Charles Bukowski

Tom Glenister and Ellie Haddington bring us readings reflecting on what a night out looks like in the working men鈥檚 club depicted in Alan Sillitoe鈥檚 first novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and a description of a Sunday stroll after visiting the Pump Room in Bath in a Jane Austen novel. We hear about the animals assembling on a Sunday to receive their orders in George Orwell's Animal Farm and about the loneliness of a student listening to Miles Davis conjured in Caleb Azumah Nelson's novel Small Worlds. Other music includes Mendelssohn, Handel, and Elton John.

Producer: Paul Frankl

READINGS:
Alan Sillitoe: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Michael Frayn: Towards the End of the Morning
Edith Nesbit: Saturday Song
Princess Victoria: Diary Entry, 14th March 1837
Colm Tobin: Brooklyn
Caleb Azumah Nelson: Small Worlds
Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey
Graham Greene: The Destructors
Emily Dickinson: Some keep the Sabbath going to church
George Orwell: : Animal Farm
Louis McNeice: Sunday Morning
Sarah Wimbush: Inside Lingerie
Charles Bukowski: Downtown

1 hour, 14 minutes

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Sun 28 Sep 2025 18:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • GEORGIA INTRO

  • 00:01

    Elton John

    Saturday Night鈥檚 Alright (For Fighting)

    Performer: Elton John.
    • Rocket.
    • 1.

  • Alan Sillitoe

    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning read by Ellie Haddington

  • 00:04

    Paul Desmond

    Take Five

    Performer: The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
    • JMY 1001-2.
    • 4.

  • Michael Frayn

    Towards the End of the Morning read by Tom Glenister

  • 00:05

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Libiamo, libiamo ne' lieti calici... (La Traviata)

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • DG 4779170.

  • Edith Nesbit

    Saturday Song read by Ellie Haddington

  • 00:10

    Henry Mancini

    Something for Audrey

    Performer: Orchestra.
    • RCA BVCP 1026.

  • Princess Victoria

    Diary Entry, 14th March 1837 read by Ellie Haddington

  • 00:15

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Trumpet Overture

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG 423104-2.
    • 5.
  • 00:24

    罢谤盲诲

    Jackie Coleman鈥檚

    Performer: Matt Molloy.
    • Realworld.
    • CDRW26.

  • Colm Tobin

    Brooklyn read by Tom Glenister

  • Caleb Azumah Nelson

    Small Worlds read by Tom Glenister

  • 00:28

    Miles Davis and Bill Evans

    Blue In Green

    Performer: Miles Davis Sextet.
    • Columbia C6K65833.
    • 4/5.
  • 00:34

    Lou Reed

    Sunday Morning

    Performer: The Velvet Underground.
    • Polydor 鈥� B0016946-02.
    • 1.

  • Jane Austen

    Northanger Abbey read by Ellie Haddington

  • 00:38

    George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in C "Alexander's Feast"

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV 415 291-2.
    • 1.

  • Graham Greene

    The Destructors read by Tom Glenister

  • 00:44

    Leos Jan谩膷ek

    The Little Saws (Lachian Dances)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • Supraphon 1106242.
    • 10.

  • Emily Dickinson

    Some keep the Sabbath going to church read by Ellie Haddington

  • 00:47

    Eric Whitacre

    I Thank You God For Most This Amazing Day

    Performer: Eric Whitacre Singers.
    • Decca 2743209.
    • 12.

  • George Orwell

    Animal Farm read by Tom Glenister

  • 00:56

    Nobuyuki Shimizu

    dhadhi dado da

    Composer: Kemmei Adachi.
    • Fangamer FG23.
    • 9.

  • Louis McNeice

    Sunday Morning read by Tom Glenister

  • 00:59

    Sir Hamilton Harty

    In the Antrim Hills (An Irish Symphony)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Chandos CHAN8314.
    • 3.

  • Sarah Wimbush

    Inside Lingerie read by Ellie Haddington

  • 01:06

    Tom T. Hall

    Chicken Every Sunday

    Performer: Dolly Parton.
    • Sony BMG Music Entertainment 鈥� 88697304672.
    • 3/13.
  • 01:08

    Aaron Copland

    Paisaje Mexicano (3 Latin American Sketches)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Naxos 8.559844.
    • 6.

  • Charles Bukowski

    Downtown read by Tom Glenister

  • 01:11

    Roy Harris

    Symphony No.3

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DG 4694602.
    • 5/3.

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  • Sun 14 May 2023 17:30
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  • Sun 28 Sep 2025 18:00
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