Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,507 playable programmes from the BBC

Diamond from the Ashes

on BBC Radio 3

The poetry of Cyprian Norwid (1821-83) by JERZY PETERKIEWICZ who also translated the poems in collaboration with BURNS SINGEH and CHRISTINE BROOKE-ROSE Cyprian Norwid died 100 years ago at a home for destitute
Polish exiles in Paris. lenored. misunderstoodorridiculed during his lifetime. his beat work unpublished, he was rediscovered at the beginning of this century and is now recognised as one of the most original minds in Polish literature.
Bitter bread is Polishnea. How eager they all an to die /or liberty, as if the cemetery alone could be called free.
Readers GABRIEL WOOLF and BARBARA LETGHHUNT
Polish reader JERZYPETERKIEWTCZ Narrator BRETT USHER
Directed by JOHN TIFLOCHARIS (Barbara Leigh-Hunt is appearing in Pack of Lies at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerzy Peterkiewicz
Unknown:
Burns Singeh
Unknown:
Christine Brooke-Rose
Unknown:
Cyprian Norwid
Readers:
Gabriel Woolf
Readers:
Barbara Letghhunt
Directed By:
John Tiflocharis
Directed By:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More