31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 05. Jänner 2021: Reading Circle, Jan 5, 2021 Maria, Sandra and Andrew each choose 3 of their favourite books, from the 75 books discussed in the Reading Circle since Autumn 2012. Maria: Barbara Kingsolver:...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 02. Februar 2021: Janet Frame: ‚An Angel at My Table‘ (1989) After being mis-diagnosed with schizophrenia as a young woman, Janet Frame spent several years in psychiatric institutions. She...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 02. März 2021: Jan Morris ‚Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere‘ (2001) Sandra, Alex and Andrew discuss. This history-drenched City on the Adriatic always tantalized Jan Morris....
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 06. April 2021: Reading Circle Tues April 6, 2021 Lily King: ‚Euphoria‘ (2014) In 1933 three young, gifted anthropologists are thrown together in the jungle of New Guinea. They are Nell Stone,...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 01. Juni 2021: The Lost Pianos of Siberia, Sophy Roberts (2020) Andrew and Sandra read extracts from and comment on the book. “Siberia’s story is traditionally one of exiles, bitter cold and suffering. Yet...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 06. Juli 2021: An Orchestra of Minorities (2019), Chigozie Obiama Angie, Sandra and Andrew read from and discuss this dramatic novel. A young farmer named Chinonso prevents a woman from falling to her...
31.01.2022 - ‚Never Let me Go‘ (2005), Kazuo Ishiguro Kathy, Ruth and Tommy grew up together at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic school deep in the English countryside, with a dreadful secret at its heart. Now 31, Kathy attempts to come to terms with...
06.12.2021 - ‚Autumn‘ (2016), by Ali Smith Daniel is a century old. Elisabeth, born in 1984, has her eye on the future. The UK is in pieces, divided by a historic once-in-a-generation summer….yes, Brexit. Love is won, love is lost....
06.12.2021 - Dylan at 80 Playlist (texts read and music heard) 1. Knockin' on Heaven's Door 2. Comments by Dylan (1965) 3. The Times they are a-changin' 4. Talkin' New York 5. Blowin' in the Wind 6. Desolation Row (live, 1966) 7. Like a Rolling Stone 8....
06.12.2021 - Birds of Spring (Cuckoo, Blackbird, Skylark, Nightingale) Playlist: texts read & music played:- 1. Song of Blackbird 2. Heine/ Schumann: ‘Im wunderschönen Monat Mai…’ (from Buch der Lieder, 1827/ Dichterliebe, 1840) 3. ‚Sumer is...
06.12.2021 - ‚The Hill We Climb‘, Amanda Gorman Playlist: texts read & Music played 1. Interviews with Amanda Gorman 2. Miles Davis: A Kind of Blue 3. ‚The Hill We Climb‘, Amanda Gorman (at Inauguration, Jan 20, 2021) 4....
06.12.2021 - Katherine Mansfield (2) Playlist: texts read & music played 1. Poem to Stanislaw Wyspianki 2. Alpine Folk Music 3. Letter February 4, 1920 4. ‚The Sister of the Baroness‘ (from ‚In a German pension‘): an extract 5....
06.12.2021 - Katherine Mansfield (1) 1888-1923 Playlist: texts read & music played 1. ‚To the Edge of the Earth‘ (from ‚The Piano‘) 2. from Mansfield: Prelude, 1917 3. from Mansfield: The Voyage (1921) 4. ‚Big my Secret‘...
19.11.2021 - welcome zur 42.sendung von trains&bells. das fleisch der fische in der himmelsblue. the different meaning of things. wörter und ein raunen, abschiede, gehen und weitergehen. come and listen