Sunday Miscellany Sunday 21 February 2021
Sunday Miscellany
New Writing:
Bath Time, by John MacKenna
Eternity Along The Strand, by Fionn Ó Marcaigh
Portraits and Pancakes, by Carla King
A Day in the (Beatles) Life, by Jonathan White
Lille, 1989, by Paula Shields
And
The Last Carousers, a poem by Gerard Smyth
Music:
Splish Splash, by Bobby Darin
Flute Sonatina, Opus 19, by Malcolm Arnold, played by Judith Pearce on flute with Ian Brown on piano
Beau Soir, by Debussy, played on violin by Kyung Wha Chung with Philip Moss on piano
Strawberry Fields, by the Beatles
And
Dirty Boulevard by Lou Reed
Birdwatching, Baths and Beatles
Curlews and sanderlings... baths, boulevards and old Beatles haunts... and the great friendship of Michael Davitt, Land League founder, and artist Sarah Purser; with John MacKenna, Fionn O Marcaigh, Carla King, Jonathan White, Paula Shields and Gerald Smyth
Bath Time, by John MacKenna
An unusual sleeping arrangement in a London house-share
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Eternity Along The Strand, by Fionn Ó Marcaigh
Surveying wetland birds in winter on Sandymount Strand
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Portraits and Pancakes, by Carla King
On the friendship between Michael Davitt, Land League founder, and artist Sarah Purser
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A Day in the (Beatles) Life, by Jonathan White
A magical mystery tour of the Fab Four's old haunts in Liverpool
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Lille, 1989, by Paula Shields
On adapting to life in a foreign country, and the music that gets you through it
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The Last Carousers, a poem by Gerard Smyth
"One night after pubs and cinemas closed when the actor at the stage door was only an actor's ghost, you stepped into the fray of dawdling crowds, the last carousers."
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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
Splish Splash
Bobby Darin
2:24
Flute Sonatina Op.19 - Allegretto Languido
Judith Pearce (Flute), Ian Brown (Piano)
1:50
Beau Soir
Kyung Wha Chung (Violin) / Philip Moss Piano)
2:17
Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles
4:03
Dirty Boulevard
Lou Reed
1:00
Sunday Miscellany
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Producer: Sarah Binchy
Broadcasting Co-ordinator: Carolyn Dempsey