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Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life

Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life, taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through music, prose and poetry

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Something Understood: The Song Inside

18/01/2015

The Song Inside

BBC Radio 4 - Something Understood, The Song Inside

Melissa Viney reflects on people's need to express 'the song inside'.

Melissa Viney reflects on people's fear of going to 'their graves with their songs inside them'.

Inspired by words attributed to Henry Thoreau, Melissa Viney reflects on the fear some people have of leading 'lives of quiet desperation' and going to their graves 'with their songs inside them'.

She draws on readings from Raymond Carver, Mary Oliver and Martha Graham, a comedy routine by Dylan Moran, music by Pink Floyd, Talking Heads and Brahms, and an interview with the poet Ruth Sharman.


Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

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