Ars longa, vita brevis
Short lives well spent form the basis of Jeremy Siepmann 's selection of records this morning: Schubert, Mozart and Mendelssohn are represented, as are Chopin, Pergolesi and Gershwin. There are historic recordings by DINU LIPATTI and GINETTE NEVEU , reflections from ROBERT GRAVES and DYLAN THOMAS , and crocodile tears for Jim, who gets eaten by a lion.