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Twins and doppelgangers

From Castor and Pollux to the Kray twins to Tweedledum and Tweedledee, twin cities, twin towers, uncanny likenesses and shadows. The readers are Tracy-Ann Oberman and Don Gilet.

The involuntary double-take occasioned by seeing two people who look exactly alike or, imagine this, of coming face to face with your own likeness. This edition of Words and Music focuses on twins and doppelgangers. Lewis Carroll鈥檚 Tweedledum and Tweedledee rub shoulders with Carol Ann Duffy鈥檚 Kray Sisters, while Romulus and Remus are brought to life by the European Saxophone Ensemble, and the Ashvins, twin gods from Hindu mythology, sing to each other in Ravi Shankar鈥檚 opera Sukanya. The doppelganger appears in Schubert鈥檚 chilling and tragic song of the same name, while Imtiaz Dharker reveals our doubles who lurk in the pages of fiction. The likeness that that is always near at hand 鈥� our shadow 鈥� is sung about by Judy Garland and comes alarmingly to life in a story by Hans Christian Andersen. Another pair of twins 鈥� the twin cities of Cork and Coventry - are celebrated in verse by Raef Boylan and musically by Se谩n 脫 Riada and Benjamin Britten respectively. The readers are Tracy-Ann Oberman and Don Gilet.

Readings and *Music

*Harold Budd 鈥� Twins
Percy Bysshe Shelley - Homer's Hymn To Castor And Pollux
Percy Bysshe Shelley 鈥� Prometheus Unbound
*Maciej Ma艂ecki - Europa: Romulus and Remus
Lewis Carroll 鈥� Alice Through the Looking-Glass
*Otis Spann & Muddy Waters 鈥� Look Like Twins
Charles Dickens 鈥� Nicholas Nickelby
*Fr茅d茅ric Devreese - Gemini, Suite for Double Orchestra : Dance of the Twins
Carol Ann Duffy 鈥� The Kray Sisters
*Miklos Rozsa 鈥� Twins
Hans Christian Andersen 鈥� The Shadow
*Judy Garland 鈥� Me and My Shadow
Elizabeth Jennings 鈥� The Child and the Shadow
*Se谩n 脫 Riada - Port na bP煤ca铆
Raef Boylan 鈥� Be Rightly Proud
*Benjamin Britten 鈥� War Requiem, Op. 66: I. (a) Requiem aeternam. "Requiem aeternam"
*William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops III - dlp 4.3
Grace Schulman 鈥� Because
*Richard Rijnvos - Manhattan Square Dances (for two identical orchestras): Washington Square Dance
John Burnside 鈥� The man who was answered by his own self
*Franz Schubert - Schwanengesang, D. 957: XIII. Der Doppelg盲nger
Imtiaz Dharker 鈥� Double
*Jaco Pastorius 鈥� Twins
Ted Hughes 鈥� Gaudete
*Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531 (Arr. M. Prooijen for Cello, Double Bass & Chamber Ensemble): I. Allegro
Sarah Crossan 鈥� One
*Ravi Shankar - Sukanya, Act 1: I. Prelude. Aswini Twins Song to Love
Robert Louis Stevenson 鈥� The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
*Black Box Recorder 鈥� The Deverell Twins
Maggie O鈥橣arrell 鈥� Hamnet
*Howard Shore - Dead Ringers: Closing Credits

1 hour, 14 minutes

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Sun 10 Sep 2023 17:30
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  • 00:01

    Harold Budd

    The Twins

    Performer: Harold Budd.
    • All Saints Records WAST062DL.

  • Percy Bysshe Shelley

    Homer's Hymn To Castor And Pollux read by Tracy-Ann Oberman

  • Percy Bysshe Shelley

    Prometheus Unbound, read by Don Gilet

  • 00:03

    Maciej Ma艂ecki

    Europa: Romulus and Remus

    Performer: European Saxophone Ensemble.
    • Met-X 888002665652.

  • Lewis Carroll

    Alice Through the Looking-Glass, read by Tracy-Ann Oberman

  • 00:09

    Otis Spann & Muddy Waters

    Look Like Twins

    • MCA Records 00602547408549.

  • Charles Dickens

    Nicholas Nickleby, read by Don Gilet

  • 00:14

    Fr茅d茅ric Devreese

    Gemini, Suite for Double Orchestra : Dance of the Twins

    Performer: Brussels Philharmonic.
    • Cypres 541221706197.

  • Carol Ann Duffy

    The Kray Sisters, read by Tracy-Ann Oberman

  • 00:22

    Mikl贸s R贸zsa

    Twins

    Orchestra: The Symphony Orchestra Graunke. Conductor: Mikl贸s R贸zsa.

  • Hans Christian Andersen

    The Shadow, read by Don Gilet

  • 00:26

    Judy Garland

    Me and My Shadow

    • Capitol Records 191018789657.

  • Elizabeth Jennings

    The Child and the Shadow, Tracy-Ann Oberman

  • 00:31

    Trad.

    Port na bP煤ca铆

    Performer: Se谩n 脫 Riada.
    • Gael Linn.

  • Raef Boylan

    Be Rightly Proud, Don Gilet

  • 00:35

    Benjamin Britten

    War Requiem, Op. 66: I. (a) Requiem aeternam. "Requiem aeternam"

    Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Composer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Warner Classics International cat no: 825646397433.
  • 00:39

    William Basinski

    dip 4.3

    Performer: William Basinski.
    • Temporary Residence Ltd TRR225DIG1.

  • Grace Schulman

    Because, read by Tracy-Ann Oberman

  • 00:41

    Richard Rijnvos

    Manhattan Square Dances (for two identical orchestras): Washington Square Dance

    Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Celso Antunes.
    • Challenge Classics CC72583.

  • John Burnside

    The man who was answered by his own self, Don Gilet

  • 00:46

    Franz Schubert

    Schwanengesang, D. 957: XIII. Der Doppelg盲nger

    Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: David Willison.
    • Chandos CHAN8721.

  • Imtiaz Dharker

    Double, read by Tracy-Ann Oberman

  • 00:51

    Jaco Pastorius

    Twins

    Performer: Jaco Pastorius.
    • Rhino/Warner Records.

  • Ted Hughes

    Gaudete, read by Don Gilet

  • 00:53

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531 (Arr. M. Prooijen for Cello, Double Bass & Chamber Ensemble): I. Allegro

    Performer: Rick Stotijn. Performer: Johannes Rostamo. Ensemble: Camerata RCO.
    • BIS BIS2509.

  • Sarah Crossan

    One, read by Tracy-Ann Oberman

  • 00:58

    Ravi Shankar

    Sukanya, Act 1: I. Prelude. Aswini Twins Song to Love

    Singer: Michel de Souza. Singer: Njabulo Madlala. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Murphy.
    • LPO LPO0115D.

  • Robert Louis Stevenson

    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, read by Don Gilet

  • 01:04

    Black Box Recorder

    The Deverell Twins

    Performer: Black Box Recorder.
    • One Little Independent Records.

  • Maggie O鈥橣arrell

    Hamnet, read by Tracy-Ann Oberman

  • 01:09

    Howard Shore

    Dead Ringers: Closing Credits

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Fitzpatrick.
    • Decca Classics (UMO).

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