Bradford
From Arthur Butterworth's Path Across the Moors to the 'mean streets' in AA Dhand's Virdee crime novels; famous concerts at St George's Hall to the play Rita, Sue and Bob Too.
As the city of Bradford hosts the New Music Biennial, which is being recorded for broadcast by Radio 3, this week's Words and Music brings us a mix of old and new writing and music evoking the city and its surrounds - from the drama of the moors to the quiet beauty of surrounding farmland; from the legacy of the Industrial Revolution to the multi-cultural magic of today. You will hear the music of Delius, of Jasdeep Singh Degun and Hans Zimmer - who imagines a woman from Bradford as the critical listener to all his film scores. There鈥檒l be the emotional power of the Brontes, the wisdom of JB Priestley and the contemporary zip of AA Dhand's Virdee. We鈥檒l hear how some of Bradford鈥檚 brilliant sons and daughters experienced the city, from the biography of the artist David Hockney to the memoir of the broadcaster Anita Rani to the working class playwright Andrea Dunbar who wrote Rita, Sue and Bob Too.
Our readers are Vinette Robinson who starred in Boiling Point and Enzo Cilenti of Game of Thrones and The Serpent Queen.
Readings:
Lines Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day by Anne Bront毛
Low Moor Iron Works 1829 by John Nicolson
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront毛
The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront毛
The Music of Frederick Delius by Jeremy Dibble
蜜芽传媒 to Waggonhouses by Marjorie Olive Whitaker
Windy Ridge by William Riley
Bright Day by JB Priestley
Hockney, the biography by Christopher Sykes
Rita, Sue and Bob too by Andrea Dunbar
Bradford by Susanna Clark
The audiobook of The Right Kind of Girl by Anita Rani
The Family Tree by Sairish Hussain
BFD by Kirsty Taylor
Hive Mother鈥檚 Prayer by Rachel Bower
The Blasphemers' Banquet by Tony Harrison
Streets of Darkness by AA Dhand
Bradford by Joolz Denby
Produced in Salford by Olive Clancy
On radio
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are the time of the day
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17:01Frederick Delius
On hearing the first cuckoo in spring RT.6.19 for orchestra
Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- Halle.
- Tr 6.
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Anne Bronte
Lines Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day read by Vinette Robinson
John Nicholson
Low Moor Iron Works 1829 read by Enzo Cilenti
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17:04Handel Parker
Deep Harmony, hymn tune
Performer: Black Dyke Band.- Chandos.
- Tr 12.
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre read by Vinette Robinson
Benjamin Myers
The Gallows Pole read by Enzo Cilenti
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17:12Sting
Black Seam
Performer: Swan Arcade.- Fellside Recordings Ltd.
- Tr1.
Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights read by Emily Bronte
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17:13Alfred Newman/Angela Morley
Cathy鈥檚 Theme from Wuthering Heights (1939)
Performer: Itzhak Perlman, Angela Morley.- Sony Classical.
- Tr12.
Jeremy Dibble
The Music of Frederick Delius read by Vinette Robinson
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17:17Frederick Delius
North Country Sketches IV March of Spring
Performer: Hall茅.- Halle.
- Tr7.
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17:12Edward Fitzball
Maritana
Composer: William Vincent Wallace. Composer: William Vincent Wallace. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Performer: Majella Cullagh. Performer: Majella Cullagh.- Marco Polo.
- Tr3.
Marjorie Olive Whitaker writing as Malachi Whitaker
蜜芽传媒 to Waggonhouses read by Vinette Robinson
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17:22Dizzy Gillespie
St Louis Blues
Performer: Dizzie Gillespie quintet.- Fresh Sounds.
- Tr5.
William Riley
Windy Ridge read by Enzo Cilenti
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17:26Eric Fenby
Rossini on Ilka Moor 鈥� Overture (1938)
Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.- Decca.
- Tr11.
JB Priestley
Bright Day read by Enzo Cilenti
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17:32Franz Schubert
Trio in B Flat Major D898 for piano and strings second movement
Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff.- Naxos, ondine.
- Tr2.
Hockney
Christopher Skyes read by Vinette Robinson
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17:41Sergey Rachmaninov
5 Morceaux de Fantaisie 鈥� No 1 Elegie
Performer: Yuja Wang.- UME.
- Tr8.
Andrea Dunbar
Rita, Sue and Bob Too performed by Vinette Robinson and Enzo Cilenti
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17:45Smokie
Back to Bradford
Performer: Smokie.- Ariola Express.
- Tr6.
Susanna Clark
Bradford, read by Vinette Robinson
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17:47Ernest Tomlinson
Kielder Water
Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Marco Polo.
- Tr4.
Anita Rani
Extract from the audiobook The Right Kind of Girl, read by Anita Rani
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17:52Jasdeep Singh Degun
RPS Veer
Performer: Millennia Strings.- Real World Records.
- Tr1.
Eddie Lawler
Spinnin and Weavin, courtesy of the artist
Sairish Hussain
The Family Tree read by Vinette Robinson
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17:56Ryuichi Sakamoto
The Wuthering Heights
Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto. Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto. Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.- Milan.
- Tr12.
Kirsty Taylor
BFD performed by Kirsty Taylor
Rachel Bower
Hive Mother鈥檚 Prayer read by Vinette Robinson
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18:01Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
The Flooded Stream
Performer: Geraldine McGreevy.- Hyperion.
- Tr32.
Tony Harrison
The Blasphemers Banquet read by Enzo Cilenti
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18:04Reena Esmail
Varsha
Performer: Clare Bryant.- Bright Shiny Things.
- Tr3.
AA Dhand
Streets of Darkness read by Enzo Cilenti
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18:07Hans Zimmer
Time
Performer: Hans Zimmer.- Water Tower Music.
- Tr12.
Joolz Denby
Bradford (extract) read by Vinette Robinson
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18:11Edward Elgar
Salut D'Amour arr for cello and piano
Performer: Johannes Moser. Performer: Richard Uttley.- Platoon Ltd.
- Tr1.
Broadcast
- Sunday 18:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
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