Sunday Miscellany Sunday 15 November 2020
New Writing:
High Hopes by Clare O'Reilly;
Uncle Canice, by Justin Kilcullen;
Dylan Thomas’s Lost Manuscript, by Justin MacCarthy;
La Dolce Vita, by Pauline Shanahan;
Encounter at Lenaboy Castle, by Pat Dolan
And
Mum’s First Letter at Boarding School, a poem by James Harpur
Music:
It Ain't What You Do, It’s The Way That You Do it, by Bananarama with Fun Boy Three;
Dragon Songs: Dance of the Yao Tribe played by Lang Lang on piano with the Silk String Quartet;
The opening of Richard Burton’s narration of Under Milk Wood, followed by Eli Jenkin’s Prayer from Under Milk Wood, sung by Treorchy Male Voice Choir;
An extract from Nessun Dorma, sung by the three tenors, Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo, conducted by Zubin Mehta;
And The West’s Awake by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
Dylan Thomas's lost manuscript, adventures in Duolingo, remembering Fr Michael Griffin of Galway, and more, with Clare O'Reilly, Justin Kilcullen, Justin MacCarthy, Pauline Shanahan, Pat Dolan and James Harpur
Causing a security alert at a graduate fair in London
Experiences of an Irish missionary priest to China
The twists and turns of the story behind Under Milk Wood
Duolingo awakens the competitive spirit
Stumbling on a connection to the murder of Fr Michael Griffin of Galway
'At sea for days casting memories/overboard I heard a siren call.'
New writing for radio, accompanied by complementary music, broadcast every Sunday morning since 1968.
It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It
Fun Boy Three & Bananarama
3:01
Dance Of The Yao Tribe
Lang Lang And The Silk String Quartet;
1:35
Eli Jenkin’S Prayer From Under Milk Wood
Richard Burton/Treorchy Male Voice Choir
3:05
Nessun Dorma
Luciano Pavarotti
3:00
The West’S Awake
Tommy Makem/ Liam Clancy
3:19
sundaymiscellany@rte.ie
Producer: Sarah Binchy
Broadcasting Co-ordinator: Carolyn Dempsey