Sunday Miscellany Sunday 29 November 2020
Sunday Miscellany
New Writing:
Kavanagh in Drumcondra, by Dermot Bolger;
Voices in the Ether, by Barbara Scully;
Vaclav Havel Borrowed The Toaster, by Frank Kavanagh;
The Book That Changed My Life (for Dervla Murphy's Birthday) by Hannah Kiely;
The Revolutions of Wheels and the Wheels of Revolution, by Colin Regan,
And
Bitter Legend, a poem by Vincent Woods
Music:
Hear My Song, Violetta, sung by Josef Locke;
Everybody Eats When They Come To My House, by Cab Calloway;
Étude in C Opus 10 no. 1 – the Waterfall Étude -- by Chopin, played by Vlado Perlemuter on piano;
In Bicicletta, by Luis Bacalov, from the film Il Postino,
And
Broken Bicycles, by Tom Waits
Sunday Miscellany Podcast 29th November 2020
On this week's programme, the bicycle as GAA freedom machine -- and in the writings of celebrated travel writer Dervla Murphy, who celebrates her 89th birthday this weekend. Also, Vaclav Havel's liking for toast and Patrick Kavanagh's Drumcondra haunts with Dermot Bolger, Barbara Scully, Frank Kavanagh, Hannah Kiely, Colin Regan and Vincent Woods
Kavanagh in Drumcondra, by Dermot Bolger
His Drumcondra flat was the first of many Dublin addresses for Patrick Kavanagh
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Voices in the Ether, by Barbara Scully
On adjusting to this new working, living and studying at home
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Vaclav Havel Borrowed The Toaster
On visiting Warsaw just after the fall of the Berlin Wall
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The Book That Changed My Life by Hannah Kiely
A homage to Dervla Murphy, one of the great travel writers of our time
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The Revolutions of Wheels and the Wheels of Revolution, by Colin Regan
Before the rise of the motor car, the bicycle was part of the GAA mythology
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Bitter Legend, a poem by Vincent Woods
"When the Jews were expelled from Spain
they travelled east..."
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About The Show
New writing for radio, accompanied by complementary music, broadcast every Sunday morning since 1968.
Music Played on the Show
Hear My Song Violetta
Josef Locke (Tenor)
2:44
Everybody Eats When They Come To My House
Cab Calloway
2:43
Étude No. 1 In C Major, Op. 10
Vlado Perlemuter (Piano)
2:16
In Bicicletta
Luis Bacalov
2:23
Broken Bicycles
Tom Waits
2:46
Sunday Miscellany
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Producer: Sarah Binchy
Broadcasting Co-ordinator: Carolyn Dempsey