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From boating in Wind in the Willows to boredom in the schoolroom described by DH Lawrence, Haydn's symphony "Il Distratto" (The Distracted) to John Coltrane's Lazy Bird.

As summer progresses, we explore the passage of time and the various ways we can experience it, from relaxed, lazy days spent messing about in boats with Kenneth Grahame's Ratty and Mole, to the frustrated boredom of waiting for the school day to end, as expressed by D.H. Lawrence. Keats explores the complicated interplay of wanting to get on with a project whilst also being unable to stop procrastinating, whilst Laurie Lee evokes sun-kissed summers of childhood that feels as though they'll never end. Music ranges from Haydn's symphony 'Il Distratto', to the fat waddling duck from Prokofiev's Peter And The Wolf, to John Coltrane's Lazy Bird.
The readers are Laura Dos Santos and Ben Crowe.

Producer: Luke Mulhall

1 hour, 14 minutes

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Timings (where shown) are the time of the day

  • 18:45

    Ella Fitzgerald

    Lazy

    Orchestra: Paul Weston & Orchestra.

    Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Weston and orchestra

    • Verve.
    • 829 534-2.
    • Tr13.

  • Robert W Service

    Laziness, read by Laura Dos Santos

  • 18:48

    Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No.1

    Performer: Jean Carpentier.
    • Satie: Gymnopedies.
    • Nordic Classical Records 198846122007.
    • S1 Tr1.

  • Kenneth Grahame

    Wind In The Willows, read by Ben Crowe

  • 18:55

    Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie: Overture

    Orchestra: The Soviet State Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gauk.
    • World Famous Overtures.
    • P4Y 87192740906566.
    • S1 T3.

  • Paul Laurence Dunbar

    A Lazy Day, read by Laura Dos Santos

  • 19:01

    Friedrich von Flotow

    Martha Opera in 4 Acts, Act III: M'apparì tutt'amor

    Singer: Jonathan Tetelman. Orchestra: Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria. Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon.
    • Arias.
    • Deutsche Grammophon 0002894629275.
    • S1 Tr4.

  • Jerome K Jerome

    Three Men In A Boat, read by Ben Crowe

  • 19:06

    John Coltrane

    Lazy Bird

    • Blue Train.
    • Blue Note Records 724359172125.
    • S1 Tr5.

  • Sara Teasdale

    Peace, read by Laura Dos Santos

  • 19:09

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: David Wise. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
    • Malcolm Sargent Conducts English Music (a Centenary Tribute).
    • Dutton Epoch CDAX8012.
    • S1 Tr8.

  • Laurie Lee

    Cider With Rosie, read by Ben Crowe

  • Christina Rossetti

    Twilight Calm, red by Laura Dos Santos

  • 19:20

    Sandy Denny

    Who Knows Where The Time Goes?

    Performer: Fairport Convention.
    • UMG Recordings, Inc. 00602507428051.
    • Tr7.

  • William Wordsworth

    To Sleep: A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by…, read by Ben Crowe

  • 19:24

    J.S. Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations.
    • Sony Classical S3K 87703.
    • S2 Tr1.

  • Emmanuel Levinas

    Existence & Existents, read by Ben Crowe

  • John Keats

    Ode on Insolence, read by Laura Dos Santos

  • 19:32

    Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No. 2ng Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno: Andante

    Performer: Lafayette String Quartet.
    • Sono Luminus) DOR 90203.
    • S1 Tr3.

  • Ivan Goncharov

    Obolomov, read by Laura Dos Santos

  • 19:37

    Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 60 in C Major, Hob. I:60 "Il distratto": I. Adagio - Allegro di molto

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Warner Classics 9026684599.
    • S1 Tr1.

  • David Yezzi

    Lazy, read by Ben Crowe

  • 19:42

    Dmitry Shostakovich

    String Quartet No. 15 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 144: I. Elegy

    Performer: The Shostakovich String Quartet.
    • Shostakovich : Complete String Quartets.
    • Regis Records RCC 5001.
    • T3.

  • Jane Austen

    Pride & Prejudice, read by Laura Dos Santos

  • 19:47

    Athanasius Kircher

    La Carpinese (Tarantella)

    Composer: Trad.. Singer: Lucilla Galeazzi. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Performer: Christina Pluhar. Performer: Marco Beasley.
    • Alpha Classics ALPHA 503.
    • S1 Tr1.

  • Philip Larkin

    Afternoons, read by Ben Crowe

  • 19:51

    Paul Hindemith

    The Four Temperaments for Piano and Strings: Var. 3. Phlegmatisch. Moderato - Allegretto - Allegretto scherzando

    Performer: Anna Gourari. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Markus Poschner.
    • ECM New Series 4875453.
    • S1 Tr1.

  • Alfred, Lord Tennyson

    The Lotus eaters, read by Laura Dos Santos

  • 19:54

    Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: Poco piu andante

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stanislav Gorkovenko.
    • Sony Classical G010001222516W.
    • S1 Tr5.

  • D.H. Lawrence

    Last Lesson Of The afternoon, read by Ben Crowe

  • 19:56

    Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock

    Big Rock Candy Mountain

    Performer: Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock.
    • Oh Brother Is This Americana.
    • TV Music AW73438.
    • S1 Tr2.

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