Poetry Cafe 104: Corfu
15.07.2019
Greece: 5. The Island of Corfu
Texts read & music played:
Lorentzos Mavilis: Aphrodite of the Islands Kostis Palamas: Corfu Shakespeare: The Tempest (Caliban: ‚This island’s mine…‘) Thomas Ades: The Tempest, Scene 4 Michael Nyman: Noises, Sounds and Sweet Airs (‚This damned witch…‘) Shakespeare: The Tempest (‚The isle is full of noises…‘) Thomas Ades: The Tempest, Scene 2 Michael Nyman: Noises, Sounds and Sweet Airs Lawrence Durrell: Prospero’s Cell Lawrence Durrell: ‚Truth‘ (poem) Lawrence Durrell: The Greek Islands Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite no. 2 Gastouriotikos Horos (traditional Corfu music) Henry Miller: The Colossus of Maroussi Amaranthos (traditional Corfu music) Gerald Durrell: My Family and Other Animals Brian Dicks: The Greek Islands Edward Lear: There was an old person of Paxo… (limerick) Noel Coward: Mad Dogs and Englishmen Imnos stin Eleftheria (Hymn to Liberty): Greek National Anthem Lawrence Durrell: The Greek Islands (on the Gorgon) Sergei Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (‚Sisi‘): Abschied und Rueckfahrt Nana Mouscouri: Tora Pou Pas Stin Xenitia Homer: The Odyssey, Book VII (extract) Thomas Hardy: The Return of the Native Jim Potts: Corfu (poem, from ‚Corfu Blues‘) Kato Ston Ai Giorgi (traditional Corfu song)