Sound poems by Ernst Jandl orchestrated and spoken by the author himself in a production with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Ernst Jandl is one of the leaders of the international sound and concrete poetry movement. His success at the Royal Albert Hall on June 11, 1965, when his reading was enthusiastically received by an audience of six thousand. demonstrated his work's power on a large scale. Tonight its intellectual subtlety and musical ingenuity as well as its vigour and humour are emphasised by the use of radiophonic techniques, including speeding up and slowing down of tapes, multiple recording, echo and feedback.
Introduced by GEORGE MACBETH