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The Outsider

Fergal Keane considers the place of the Outsider both as an individual, and as a group - Outsider and Outsiders.

Fergal Keane considers the Outsider both as a force for good and progress, and also as a more malign being. He reflects on the psychology of the individual writer, musician or painter and their need to create an outsider image for the public; on outsiders who are consigned to exclusion because of their social circumstances, and on more sinister outsiders who keep dark secrets.

The programme includes readings of work by Colin Wilson, William Trevor, and Anton Chekhov, and music by Gustav Mahler, Ismael Lo, and Rufus Wainwright. The readers are Jonjo O'Neill, Gina Peach and Frank Stirling.

Producer: Ronni Davis
A Unique production for ±«Óãtv Radio 4.

30 minutes

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Sun 13 Nov 2011 23:30
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Music Played

  • Michael Daugherty

    Bone

    Performer: Marin Alsop, Kevin Pritchard, Andrew Jones, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    • Ghost Ranch I.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.559613.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Andante

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra

    • Symphony No.6.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 445835-2.

  • Ismaël Lô

    Nabou

    Performer: Ismael Lo

    • The Balladeer: The Best of Ismael Lo.
    • Wrasse Records.
    • B00005IC0B.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.

    Performer: Boris Berezovsky, Vadim Repin

    • Strauss, Stravinsky and Bartok: Violin Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • B000056C5Z.

  • Margaret Barry

    The Galway Shawl

    Composer: Traditional

    • Cream of Irish Folk.
    • Arran Records.
    • B0038FCG24.

  • Rufus Wainwright

    When in Disgrace with Fortune (Sonnet 29)

    Performer: Rufus Wainwright

    • When Love Speaks – The Sonnets.
    • EMI Classics.
    • B002Q1RY14.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    'Winter Dreams' (Symphony No.1 in G Minor; II Adagio Cantabile)

    Performer: Claudio Abbado, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1 & The Nutcracker Suite.
    • Sony Classic.
    • B001GTNXZI.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 13 Nov 2011 06:05
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4
  • Sun 13 Nov 2011 23:30
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4