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Going through the Gate

Yasmin Mwanza and Sam Swann with Readings and Music go through the gates from the memorial to the metaphysical, taking us across fields and city walls

From the Secret Garden to the Trojan Horse, Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony performed with the enemy at the gates to Franz Liszt's Dante Symphony and the Gates of Hell: today's selection of readings and music takes us through the gate. We'll hear folk songs about The Gallow Gate and the Old Garden Gate, readings about the gates of Manderley from Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca and the tollgates which are broken by the Rebecca riots in Llandeilo in 1843, and descriptions of the Watergate political scandal alongside music from the film All the President's Men.

Our readers are Yasmin Mwanza and Sam Swann.

Producer: Ruth Watts

Readings:

The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lady Chatterley – DH Lawrence
Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
The Welsh: The Biography – Terry Breverton
The Third Kissing-Gate - Thomas Hardy
Early One Morning - Edward Thomas
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
The Woodlanders – Thomas Hardy
A Gate at the Stairs – Lorrie Moore
War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
The Siege – Helen Dunmore
Beyond the Wall: East Germany 1949-1990 – Katya Hoyer
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
All the President’s Men - Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
The Aeneid – Virgil
Herodotus: The Histories – translated by Tom Holland
Don Juan - Lord Byron
The History of England from the Accession of James II - Thomas Babbington Macaulay
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
Matthew 7:7-14 (NKJV)
Divine Comedy: Hell, Canto III – Dante
Poems by Number, 303 - Emily Dickinson
The Fellowship of the Ring – JRR Tolkien

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1 hour, 14 minutes

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Philip Sparke

    Sunrise at Angel's Gate

    Ensemble: UNCG Wind Ensemble. Conductor: John Locke.
    • The Centennial Collection: Vol. 5, Songs, Stories, and Dances.
    • Soundset EQ169.
    • Tr2.
  • 00:01

    Philip Sparke

    Sunrise at Angels's Gate

    Ensemble: UNCG Wind Ensemble.
    • The Centennial Collection Vol. 5: Stories, Songs and Dances.
    • Soundset.
    • 2.
  • Frances Hodgson Burnett

    Excerpt from The Secret Garden, read by Yasmin Mwanza

  • 00:04

    Amy Beach

    The Hermit Thrush at Eve

    Performer: Hiroko Ishimoto.
    • Pioneers: Piano works by Female Composers.
    • Grand Piano GP844.
    • Tr6.
  • 00:05

    Amy Beach

    The Hermit Thrush at Eve Op.92`1

    Performer: Hiroko Ishimoto.
    • Pioneers: Piano Works by Female Composers.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 601.
  • DH Lawrence

    , Excerpt from Lady Chatterley's Lover, read by Sam Swann

  • 00:09

    Jean Sibelius

    Pelleas et Melisande - Op.46; no.1. At the castle gate

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • Sibelius - Incidental Music.
    • Chandos CHAN 10828 X.
    • Tr1.
  • 00:09

    Jean Sibelius

    At the Castle Gate (Pelleas and Melisande)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • Sibelius - Incidental Music.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Daphne Du Maurier

    Excerpt from Rebecca, read by Yasmin Mwanza

  • 00:14

    Franz Waxman

    Suite from 'Rebecca'

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Hollywood Soundstage.
    • Chandos CHSA 5294.
    • Tr7.
  • 00:15

    Franz Waxman

    Suite from 'Rebecca'

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Hollywood Sound Stage.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Terry Breverton

    The Welsh: The Biography, read by Sam Swann

  • 00:18

    Trad.

    The Gallowgate Lad

    Performer: The Unthanks.
    • Last.
    • Rough Trade RTRADDA617.
    • Tr2.
  • Thomas Hardy

    The Third Kissing-Gate, read by Yasmin Mwanza

  • 00:21

    Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    50 Russian Folk Songs, TH 176 - 48. By the Gates

    Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. Performer: Alexei Kuznetsoff.
    • Classics for Autumn: Tchaikovsky.
    • UMG 00602445056484.
    • Tr25.
  • Edward Thomas - Early One Morning

    Early One Morning, read by Sam Swann

  • 00:21

    Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    50 Russian Folk Songs, TH 176 - 48. By the Gates

    Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. Performer: Alexei Kuznetsoff.
    • Classics for Autumn: Tchaikovsky.
    • UMG.
    • 25.
  • 00:22

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 3, "Pastoral Symphony": I. Molto moderato

    Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies.
    • Chandos/Halle Concerts Society.
    • 2.
  • 00:22

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 3, "Pastoral Symphony": I. Molto moderato

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams Complete Symphonies.
    • Chandos/Halle CDHLD7557 / CD HLL 7540.
    • CD3,Tr2.
  • 00:23

    June Tabor

    The Old Garden Gate

    • Apples.
    • Topic.
    • 2.
  • Charlotte Bronte

    Excerpt from Jane Eyre, read by Yasmin Mwanza

  • 00:25

    Trad.

    The Old Garden Gate

    Performer: June Tabor.
    • Apples.
    • Topic 888003112698.
    • Tr2.
  • Thomas Hardy

    Excerpt from The Woodlanders, read by Sam Swann

  • 00:28

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflöte, Act.2 Scene.28 Tamino Mein

    Singer: Marlis Petersen. Singer: Daniel Behle. Singer: Daniel Behle. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: René Jacobs. Conductor: René Jacobs. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Mozart: Die Zauberflote.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC 902068.70.
    • Tr9.
  • 00:29

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Tamino mein! (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Marlis Petersen. Singer: Daniel Behle. Conductor: René Jacobs. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • Mozart - Die Zauberflote - Rene Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Lorrie Moore

    Excerpt from A Gate at the Stairs, read by Yasmin Mwanza

  • 00:32

    Modest Mussorgsky

    The Great Gate of Kyiv

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel).
    • EMI 509995 17582 2 6.
    • Tr15.
  • 00:33

    Modest Mussorgsky

    The Great Gate of Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 15.
  • Leo Tolstoy, Rosemary Edmonds(translator)

    Excerpt from War and Peace, read by Sam Swann

  • 00:36

    Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, I. Allegretto

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad".
    • Naxos 8573057.
    • Tr1.
  • 00:36

    Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 7 in C Major Op. 60: I. Allegretto

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad'.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Helen Dunmore

    Excerpt from The Siege, read by Yasmin Mwanza

  • 00:38

    Dave Brubeck

    Brandenberg Gate

    Performer: The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
    • Gone with the Wind.
    • Efor S.L. 885686589434.
    • Tr11.
  • 00:39

    The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Brandeburg Gate

    • Gone With the Wind.
    • Efor Films SL.
    • 11.
  • Katya Hoyer

    Excerpt from Beyond the Wall: East Germany 1949-1990, read by Sam Swann

  • 00:41

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (Live)

    Performer: Members of the Orchestra of the Kirow-Theatre Leningrad, Members of the London Symphony Orchestra, Members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Members of the Staatskapelle Dresden, Members Of The London Symphony Orchestra, Members Of The New.
    • Ode To Freedom - Bernstein in Berlin: Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
    • Deutsche Grammophon 00028942986121.
    • Tr4.
  • 00:42

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 1235 "Choral": I. Allegro non troppo

    Ensemble: Members of the Orchestra of the Kirow-Theatre Leningrad. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Ensemble: Members Of The London Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: Members of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Ensemble: Memebers of the Orchestre de Paris. Ensemble: Memebers of the Staatskappelle Dresden. Ensemble: Members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ode to Freedom - Bernstein in Berlin -m Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Margaret Atwood

    Excerpt from The Handmaid’s Tale, read by Yasmin Mwanza

  • 00:44

    Suzi Quatro

    Devil Gate Drive

    • The Wild One: The Greatest Hits.
    • Chrysalis Records CHR 4036.
    • Tr4.
  • 00:45

    Suzi Quatro

    Devilgate Drive

    • The Wild One - The Greatest Hits.
    • Chrysalis Records.
    • 4.
  • 00:45

    David Shire

    All The President's Men - Creep Sequence 1

    Orchestra: David Shire Orchestra. Conductor: David Shire.
    • Klute / All The President's Men.
    • FSM Vol.10 No.16 63855 80246 2 1.
    • Tr37.
  • Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

    Excerpt from All the President’s Men, read by Sam Swann

  • 00:45

    David Shire

    All The President's Men - Creep Sequence 1

    Orchestra: David Shire Orchestra. Conductor: David Shire.
    • Klute/All the President's Men Origianl Soundtrack.
    • FSM Vol 10 No. 16.
    • 37.
  • Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

    2nd excerpt from All the President’s Men, read by Sam Swann

  • 00:47

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto For Two Trumpets In C Major Allegro

    Performer: Helmut Wobisch. Performer: Adolf Holler. Ensemble: Zagreb Soloists. Conductor: Antonio Janigro.
    • Vivaldi in Film.
    • Menuetto Classics 4803309970.
    • Tr12.
  • 00:47

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major : I. Allegro (from All the President's Men)

    Performer: Helmut Wobisch. Performer: Adolf Holler. Ensemble: I Solisti di Zagreb. Conductor: Antonio Janigro.
    • Vivaldi in Film.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 12.
  • Virgil, W.F. Jackson Knight (translator)

    Excerpt from The Aeneid, read by Yasmin Mwanza

  • 00:50

    James Horner

    The Wooden Horse and the Sacking of Troy

    Conductor: James Horner.
    • Music From The Motion Picture Troy.
    • Warner Sunset/Reprise 093624879862.
    • Tr10.
  • Herodotus, Tom Holland (Translator)

    Excerpt from The Histories, read by Sam Swann

  • 00:52

    James Horner

    The Wooden Horse and the Sacking of Troy

    Conductor: James Horner.
    • Music From The Motion Picture Troy.
    • Warner Sunset/Reprise 093624879862.
    • Tr10.
  • Lord Byron

    Excerpt from Don Juan, read by Yasmin Mwanza

  • Thomas Babbington Macaulay

    Excerpt from The History of England from the Accession of James II, read by Sam Swann

  • 00:53

    James Horner

    The Wooden Horse and the Sacking of Troy

    Performer: James Horner. Performer: Tanja Tzarovska.
    • Music from the Motion Picture Troy.
    • 10.
  • 00:53

    Anna von Hausswolff

    Outside the Gate (For Bruna)

    Performer: Anna von Hausswolff.
    • All Thoughts Fly.
    • Southern Lord LORD 280.
    • Tr7.
  • 00:54

    Anna von Hausswolff

    Outside the Gate (For Bruna)

    • All Thoughts Fly.
    • (RED) Southern Lord.
    • 7.
  • Kenneth Grahame

    Excerpt from The Wind in the Willows. read by Sam Swann

  • 00:58

    Henry Purcell

    Theodosius, or The Force of Love: The gate to bliss

    Singer: Judith Nelson. Singer: Emma Kirkby. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Purcell: Theatre Music.
    • Decca Music Group 00028947552925.
    • Tr2.
  • 00:59

    Henry Purcell

    Theodosius, or The Force of Love: The gate to bliss

    Singer: Judith Nelson. Singer: Emma Kirkby. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Purcell: Music Theatre.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • New King James Version Bible

    Matthew, Ch.7, vv:7-14 read by Yasmin Mwanza

  • 01:01

    James MacMillan

    Bring Us, O Lord God

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Signum Classics SIGCD475.
    • Tr8.
  • 01:02

    James MacMillan

    Bring Us, O Lord God

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • A New Heaven.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 08.
  • 01:05

    Franz Liszt

    Dante Symphony, S. 109: Ia. Inferno. Lento - Un poco più accelerando

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 5.
    • Chandos CHAN 10524.
    • Tr1.
  • 01:06

    Franz Liszt

    Dante Symphony, S. 109: Ia. Inferno. Lento - Un poco più accelerando

    Lyricist: Saint Jerome. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.
  • Dante Alighieri

    Divine Comedy - Hell, Canto III, read by Sam Swann

  • Emily Dickinson –

    Poems by Number 303, read by Yasmin Mwanza

  • 01:08

    Sheryl Crow

    Redemption Day

    Performer: Johnny Cash.
    • American VI: Ain't No Grave.
    • American Recordings 06025731562.
    • Tr2.
  • 01:08

    Johnny Cash

    Redemption Day

    • American VI: Ain't No Grave.
    • American Recordings.
    • 1.
  • J.R.R. Tolkien

    Excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring, A Journey in the Dark, read by Sam Swann

  • 01:11

    Richard Wagner

    Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla from Scene IV of Das Rheingold 

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Wagner - Dudamel.
    • 3614590009908.
    • Tr2.
  • 01:12

    Richard Wagner

    Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (Das Rheingold)

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Wagner - Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel.
    • 2.

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