Going through the Gate
Yasmin Mwanza and Sam Swann with Readings and Music go through the gates from the memorial to the metaphysical, taking us across fields and city walls
From the Secret Garden to the Trojan Horse, Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony performed with the enemy at the gates to Franz Liszt's Dante Symphony and the Gates of Hell: today's selection of readings and music takes us through the gate. We'll hear folk songs about The Gallow Gate and the Old Garden Gate, readings about the gates of Manderley from Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca and the tollgates which are broken by the Rebecca riots in Llandeilo in 1843, and descriptions of the Watergate political scandal alongside music from the film All the President's Men.
Our readers are Yasmin Mwanza and Sam Swann.
Producer: Ruth Watts
Readings:
The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lady Chatterley – DH Lawrence
Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
The Welsh: The Biography – Terry Breverton
The Third Kissing-Gate - Thomas Hardy
Early One Morning - Edward Thomas
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
The Woodlanders – Thomas Hardy
A Gate at the Stairs – Lorrie Moore
War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
The Siege – Helen Dunmore
Beyond the Wall: East Germany 1949-1990 – Katya Hoyer
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
All the President’s Men - Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
The Aeneid – Virgil
Herodotus: The Histories – translated by Tom Holland
Don Juan - Lord Byron
The History of England from the Accession of James II - Thomas Babbington Macaulay
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
Matthew 7:7-14 (NKJV)
Divine Comedy: Hell, Canto III – Dante
Poems by Number, 303 - Emily Dickinson
The Fellowship of the Ring – JRR Tolkien
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
00:00Philip Sparke
Sunrise at Angel's Gate
Ensemble: UNCG Wind Ensemble. Conductor: John Locke.- The Centennial Collection: Vol. 5, Songs, Stories, and Dances.
- Soundset EQ169.
- Tr2.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Excerpt from The Secret Garden, read by Yasmin Mwanza
00:03Amy Beach
The Hermit Thrush at Eve
Performer: Hiroko Ishimoto.- Pioneers: Piano works by Female Composers.
- Grand Piano GP844.
- Tr6.
DH Lawrence
, Excerpt from Lady Chatterley's Lover, read by Sam Swann
00:08Jean Sibelius
Pelleas et Melisande - Op.46; no.1. At the castle gate
Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.- Sibelius - Incidental Music.
- Chandos CHAN 10828 X.
- Tr1.
Daphne Du Maurier
Excerpt from Rebecca, read by Yasmin Mwanza
00:13Franz Waxman
Suite from 'Rebecca'
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Hollywood Soundstage.
- Chandos CHSA 5294.
- Tr7.
Terry Breverton
The Welsh: The Biography, read by Sam Swann
00:17Trad.
The Gallowgate Lad
Performer: The Unthanks.- Last.
- Rough Trade RTRADDA617.
- Tr2.
Thomas Hardy
The Third Kissing-Gate, read by Yasmin Mwanza
00:20Pyotr Tchaikovsky
50 Russian Folk Songs, TH 176 - 48. By the Gates
Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. Performer: Alexei Kuznetsoff.- Classics for Autumn: Tchaikovsky.
- UMG 00602445056484.
- Tr25.
Edward Thomas - Early One Morning
Early One Morning, read by Sam Swann
00:21Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 3, "Pastoral Symphony": I. Molto moderato
Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.- Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies.
- Chandos/Halle Concerts Society.
- 2.
00:22June Tabor
The Old Garden Gate
- Apples.
- Topic.
- 2.
Charlotte Bronte
Excerpt from Jane Eyre, read by Yasmin Mwanza
00:25Trad.
The Old Garden Gate
Performer: June Tabor.- Apples.
- Topic 888003112698.
- Tr2.
Thomas Hardy
Excerpt from The Woodlanders, read by Sam Swann
00:28Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte, Act.2 Scene.28 Tamino Mein
Singer: Marlis Petersen. Singer: Daniel Behle. Singer: Daniel Behle. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: René Jacobs. Conductor: René Jacobs. Conductor: René Jacobs.- Mozart: Die Zauberflote.
- Harmonia Mundi HMC 902068.70.
- Tr9.
Lorrie Moore
Excerpt from A Gate at the Stairs, read by Yasmin Mwanza
00:31Modest Mussorgsky
The Great Gate of Kyiv
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel).
- EMI 509995 17582 2 6.
- Tr15.
Leo Tolstoy, Rosemary Edmonds(translator)
Excerpt from War and Peace, read by Sam Swann
00:35Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, I. Allegretto
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad".
- Naxos 8573057.
- Tr1.
Helen Dunmore
Excerpt from The Siege, read by Yasmin Mwanza
00:38Dave Brubeck
Brandenberg Gate
Performer: The Dave Brubeck Quartet.- Gone with the Wind.
- Efor S.L. 885686589434.
- Tr11.
Katya Hoyer
Excerpt from Beyond the Wall: East Germany 1949-1990, read by Sam Swann
00:41Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 1235 "Choral": I. Allegro non troppo
Ensemble: Members of the Orchestra of the Kirow-Theatre Leningrad. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Ensemble: Members Of The London Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: Members of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Ensemble: Memebers of the Orchestre de Paris. Ensemble: Memebers of the Staatskappelle Dresden. Ensemble: Members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Ode to Freedom - Bernstein in Berlin -m Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
Margaret Atwood
Excerpt from The Handmaid’s Tale, read by Yasmin Mwanza
00:44Suzi Quatro
Devil Gate Drive
- The Wild One: The Greatest Hits.
- Chrysalis Records CHR 4036.
- Tr4.
00:44David Shire
All The President's Men - Creep Sequence 1
Orchestra: David Shire Orchestra. Conductor: David Shire.- Klute / All The President's Men.
- FSM Vol.10 No.16 63855 80246 2 1.
- Tr37.
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Excerpt from All the President’s Men, read by Sam Swann
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
2nd excerpt from All the President’s Men, read by Sam Swann
00:46Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto For Two Trumpets In C Major Allegro
Performer: Helmut Wobisch. Performer: Adolf Holler. Ensemble: Zagreb Soloists. Conductor: Antonio Janigro.- Vivaldi in Film.
- Menuetto Classics 4803309970.
- Tr12.
Virgil, W.F. Jackson Knight (translator)
Excerpt from The Aeneid, read by Yasmin Mwanza
00:50James Horner
The Wooden Horse and the Sacking of Troy
Conductor: James Horner.- Music From The Motion Picture Troy.
- Warner Sunset/Reprise 093624879862.
- Tr10.
Herodotus, Tom Holland (Translator)
Excerpt from The Histories, read by Sam Swann
00:52James Horner
The Wooden Horse and the Sacking of Troy
Conductor: James Horner.- Music From The Motion Picture Troy.
- Warner Sunset/Reprise 093624879862.
- Tr10.
Lord Byron
Excerpt from Don Juan, read by Yasmin Mwanza
Thomas Babbington Macaulay
Excerpt from The History of England from the Accession of James II, read by Sam Swann
00:52James Horner
The Wooden Horse and the Sacking of Troy
Performer: James Horner. Performer: Tanja Tzarovska.- Music from the Motion Picture Troy.
- 10.
00:53Anna von Hausswolff
Outside the Gate (For Bruna)
Performer: Anna von Hausswolff.- All Thoughts Fly.
- Southern Lord LORD 280.
- Tr7.
Kenneth Grahame
Excerpt from The Wind in the Willows. read by Sam Swann
00:57Henry Purcell
Theodosius, or The Force of Love: The gate to bliss
Singer: Judith Nelson. Singer: Emma Kirkby. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Purcell: Theatre Music.
- Decca Music Group 00028947552925.
- Tr2.
New King James Version Bible
Matthew, Ch.7, vv:7-14 read by Yasmin Mwanza
01:01James MacMillan
Bring Us, O Lord God
Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Conductor: Owen Rees.- Signum Classics SIGCD475.
- Tr8.
01:04Franz Liszt
Dante Symphony, S. 109: Ia. Inferno. Lento - Un poco più accelerando
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 5.
- Chandos CHAN 10524.
- Tr1.
Dante Alighieri
Divine Comedy - Hell, Canto III, read by Sam Swann
Emily Dickinson –
Poems by Number 303, read by Yasmin Mwanza
01:08Johnny Cash
Redemption Day
- American VI: Ain't No Grave.
- American Recordings.
- 1.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring, A Journey in the Dark, read by Sam Swann
01:10Richard Wagner
Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla from Scene IV of Das Rheingold
Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Wagner - Dudamel.
- 3614590009908.
- Tr2.
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