Sunday Miscellany Sunday 22 March 2020
New Writing:
My Mother and Daniel J Travanti by Tim Carey
Hankie Swanky by Mary Dowey
The Golden Fleece by Geraldine Mitchell
She Read as She Cradled, a poem by Lemn Sissay
You Can Borrow It by Andrew Meehan
And
A Different Kind of Mother's Day by Nollaig Rowan
Music:
The theme from Hill Street Blues, composed by Mike Post;
The Star of the County Down, by Van Morrison and the Chieftains;
The Spinning Wheel, a ballad by John Francis Waller made famous by Delia Murphy – this version was sung by Nana Mouskouri;
Seobá Mo Leanbh (Shush My Baby), by Caitríona O’Leary and Dúlra;
and
Schubert’s Serenade, played by Julian Lloyd Webber on cello and John Lenehan on piano
This week we have an entertaining and reflective Mother's Day programme to keep you company these strange days. Writers include Andrew Meehan, Geraldine Mitchell, Mary Dowey and Tim Carey and glorious music from Schubert, Van Morrison, Caitríona O'Leary and more.
A mother's childhood friendship with Captain Furillo of Hill Street Blues
The pleasures of a crisp linen handkerchief
About Lilias Mitchell, the visionary woman behind the Golden Fleece award for Irish artists and craftspeople
About books, endings, Constance and Oscar Wilde, and the writer's own mother
Mother's Day at a "social distance"
New writing for radio, accompanied by complementary music, broadcast every Sunday morning since 1968.
Hill Street Blues
Mike Post
2:32
The Star Of The County Down
Van Morrison With The Chieftains
2:39
The Spinning Wheel
Nana Mouskouri
3:27
Seobá Mo Leanbh (Shush My Baby)
Caitriona O'Leary (Voice)
1:33
Serenade
Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello);John Lenehan Piano)
4:17
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Producer: Sarah Binchy
Broadcasting Co-ordinator: Carolyn Dempsey