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George Herbert provided the series Something Understood with its title and so is, in a sense, the programme’s literary patron. Mark Tully presents a celebration of the seventeenth century metaphysical poet’s life and work in conversation with his latest biographer John Drury, and discusses the relevance Herbert can still have for us today.
There are readings of Herbert’s work and the music his verse has inspired. The featured authors and composers include Vikram Seth, T S Eliot, Alec Roth, Sandy Denny and Vaughan Williams.
The readers are Jane Whittenshaw, David Westhead and Francis Cadder.
Produced by Frank Stirling
A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
Alec Roth and Vikram Seth
Host
Performer: Samuel Boden. Performer: Grace Davidson. Performer: Ex Cathedra Choir. Performer: Philippe Honoré. Performer: Martha McLorinan. Performer: Jeffrey Skidmore. Performer: Katie Trethewey. Performer: Susannah Vango.
Shared Ground. Signum Classics.
William Lawes
William Lawes: Ton de stefken – Jigg VdGS 357
Performer: Jonathan Dunford.
Lawes – Suites Pour 1 Et 3 Lyra Violes. Ades.
Anon
Vicar of Bray
Performer: Owen Brannigan. Performer: Hendon Grammar School Choir. Performer: Charles Mackerras.
Hearts Of Oak: Songs Of The British Isles. Classics For Pleasure.
George Herbert and Ralph Vaughan Williams
Antiphon (“Let all the world”)
Performer: Halifax Choral Society. Performer: John Pryce-Jones.
Five Mystical Songs. Naxos.
George Herbert and Kenneth Leighton
Let All The World In Every Corner Sing
Performer: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Philip Ledger.
Music for Holy Week. EMI Music Distribution.
George Herbert and Vaughan Williams
Let All The World In Every Corner Sing
Performer: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Performer: Martin Neary.
The Royal Golden Wedding. Griffin.
Hilary Davan Wetton
Love III
Five Tudor Portraits; Five Mystical Songs. Hyperion.
Readings
Title: Prayer (1)
Author: George Herbert
Published: George Herbert – The Complete English Poems (Penguin Classics)
Synopsis: The author expresses his belief that that prayer settles the mind
Title: George Herbert (Writers & Their Work)
Author: T.S. Eliot
Published: Northcote House Publishers Ltd
Synopsis: Eliot argues that Herbert’s relevance is not limited to Christians.
Title: The Life Of George Herbert
Author: Izaak Walton
Published in: The Lives of – John Donne – Sir Henry Wotton – Richard Hooker – George Herbert & Robert Sanderson –
Published by: Pomona Press
Synopsis: A description of Herbert finding happiness as a country priest.
Title: Affliction (1)
Author: George Herbert
Published in: George Herbert – The Complete English Poems (Penguin Classics)
Published by: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (7 Oct 2004)
Synopsis: The poet gives form to his disillusion with academic life.
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