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Mark Tully explores different approaches to the intractable issues in our lives. When is it better to wrestle with them head-on, and when is it better to seek a gentler resolution?

Mark Tully explores different approaches to the intractable issues in our lives. When is it better to wrestle with them head-on, and when is it better to seek a gentler resolution?

The readers are Emily Raymond and William Gaminara.

Music

Music 1: ‘Symphony No. 2, Op. 27 Allegro molto’ composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Available on the album The Best of Rachmaninoff. Released by Philips.

Music 2: ‘I Wander by the Edge’ composed by Peter Warlock, performed by Ian Partirdge and the Music Group of London. Available on A Warlock Centenary Album, released by EMI Records.

Music 3: ‘Where I Go’ by Natalie Merchant. Available on the album Tigerlily. Released by Elektra.

Music 4: ‘The Voice Out of The Whirlwind’ composed by Vaughan Williams, performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra. Available on the album Willow-Wood, released by Naxos.

Music 5: ‘That Don’t Make It Junk’ by Leonard Cohen. Available on the album Ten New Songs. Released on Columbia.

Music 6: ‘Geistliches Lied Op.30’ composed by Johannes Brahms, performed by Gerhard Dickel. Available on Chorwerke, released by Deutsche Grammophon.

Readings

Reading 1: “Meeting with Remarkable Men” by G.I. Gurdjieff. Published by Penguin.

Reading 2: “Till God Will” by Mary Ward, edited by Emmanuel Orchard. Published by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd.

Reading 3: “A Calendar of Wisdom” by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Peter Sekirin. Published by Prentice Hall.

Reading 4: ‘Letters from Baron von Hugel to a Niece’ by David Scott. From Selected Poems. Published by Bloodaxe.

28 minutes

Last on

Sun 31 Jan 2010 05:32GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 30 Jan 2010 00:32GMT
  • Sat 30 Jan 2010 19:32GMT
  • Sun 31 Jan 2010 05:32GMT