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In the Fullness of Time & At the End of the Day

Irma Kurtz considers how clichés can be convenient truisms that keep us linked to our heritage and community, but also potentially dangerous generalisations.

Irma Kurtz considers the origins and uses of clichés.

She finds that, although many of our most often used clichés originated with Shakespeare, newly minted clichés appear every day. She reflects that clichés can be convenient truisms that keep us linked to our heritage and community - but also potentially dangerous generalisations.

To help explain her thesis we hear readings from the works of Shakespeare, Bernard Levin and Daisy Ashford, and music from Ravel, Cole Porter and Frank Loesser.

The readers are Liza Sadovy and Col Farrell.
The producer is Ronni Davis.
A Unique production for Â鶹Éç Radio 4.

28 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Oct 2022 23:30
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Music Played

  • Charles Mingus

    Jump Monk

    Performer: Charles Mingus

    • Mingus at the Bohemia.
    • Debut.
    • OJCCD-045-2.

  • Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen

    You've got to accentuate the positive

    Performer: Johnny Mercer

    • G.I. Jukebox Jive.
    • iTunes.
    • N/A.

  • Cole Porter

    Brush up your Shakespeare

    Performer: Original Broadway cast (for Kiss me Kate)

    • Kiss me Kate and Out of the world.
    • Regis Records.
    • B004B433MI.

  • George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin

    A foggy day (in London town)

    Performer: Frank Sinatra

    • Frank Sinatra: Songs for Young Lovers.
    • Capitol.
    • 4 96986 2.

  • Liam Lynch

    United States of Whatever

    Performer: Liam Lynch

    • Fake Songs.
    • S-Curve Records.
    • 7243 5 84713 04.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Romeo and Juliet Overture - Fantasy

    Performer: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paavo Jarvi

    • Romeo & Juliet; Symphony No.6.
    • Telarc.
    • CD-80681.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite #3 In D, BWV 1068 - Air "On The G String"

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jaime Laredo

    • The Pachelbel Canon - Masterpieces for Strings.
    • MCA.
    • B00000DW9U.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 18 Nov 2012 06:05
    Â鶹Éç Radio 4 FM
  • Sun 18 Nov 2012 23:30
    Â鶹Éç Radio 4
  • Sun 23 Oct 2022 06:05
    Â鶹Éç Radio 4
  • Sun 23 Oct 2022 23:30
    Â鶹Éç Radio 4