Working with Your Hands
Gandhi and Tolstoy both championed the benefits of manual labour for all on political and spiritual grounds. Mark Tully considers the contemporary resonance of these ideas.
At a time when many are asking whether there is enough attention paid to developing vital manual skills and practical professions, Mark Tully considers the importance accorded to manual labour by philosophers, poets and composers.
He asks Matthew Pottage of Wisley Gardens, at 29 the youngest curator appointed by the Royal Horticultural Society, about the problem of recruiting younger generations of gardeners and discusses the satisfaction he still gets from hands on work.
The readings are taken from Tolstoy, Gandhi and the carpenter and poet Adam White - with music from Wagner, the Ian Campbell Folk Group and The Africando All Stars.
The readers are Adjoa Andoh, Jonathan Broadbent and Francis Cadder.
Presenter: Mark Tully
Producer: Frank Stirling
A Unique production for 91热爆 Radio 4.
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Music Played
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The Ian Campbell Folk Group
Jute Mill Song
- The Ian Campbell Folk Group: Across The Hills.
- Essential, ESMCD357.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite No 5 in E major HWV430 - Air - "Harmonius Blacksmith"
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Handel, Scarlatti: Piano Suites & Son Atas.
- Sony Classical.
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Paul Dukas
The Sourcerer聮s Apprentice
Performer: Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Michel Plasson.- French Symphonic Poems.
- EMI.
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Africando
Carpintero
- Mandali.
- Stern聮s Africa / STCD1092.
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Wagner
Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg: Jerum! Jerum! Hallahallohe!
Performer: Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Fritz Reiner.- Richard Wagner : Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg.
- Archipel 聳 Walhall.
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Michael Tippett
Sonata no2
Performer: Michael Tippett.- Tippett: Piano Concerto.
- Hyperion.
Readings
The Ploughman聽by Oliver Wendell 91热爆s. Published by Bartleby
Letter from Leo Tolstoy 聽by聽Leo Tolstoy. 聽Published by Wikisource聽
Indian Opinion by聽聽Mahatma Gandhi聽
Adam Bede聽by George Eliot. 聽Published by Modern Library Classics聽
Accurate Measurements聽by Adam White. 聽Published by Doire Press聽
For My Grandmother Knitting聽 by Liz Lochead. 聽Published by Polygon聽
Broadcasts
- Sun 18 Sep 2016 06:0591热爆 Radio 4
- Sun 18 Sep 2016 23:3091热爆 Radio 4