Andrew Motion goes mystical in his continuing search for the Englishness of English music and poetry in the 20th century. In this programme, he looks at the Celtic twilight, the transcendental and occult, the lure of the East and Christian mysticism. With music by Vaughan Williams , Bax, Ireland,
Tippett Tavener , Foulds, Hoist and Delius, and poetry from Whitman to R S Thomas by way of Yeats, de la Mare, Stevie Smith and others. With contributions from composers including Anthony Payne ,
Diana Burrell and Robin Holloway , conductors Richard Hickox ,
Vernon Handley and Leonard Slatkin , poets Jo Shapcott and Tom Paulin , and Matthew Greenall from the British Music
Information Centre.
A Classic Arts production