Words & Music: Birdsong
Poetry readings for BBC Radio 3.
Music, Poetry and Prose on the theme of Birdsong.
Hugh and Claire Skinner read poems including Milton’s Nightingale, Hardy’s Darkling Thrush and Tennyson’s Blackbird. The music includes Saint-Saens’ Cuckoo, Rameau’s Hen and Sibelius’ Swan of Tuonela.