Wendy Cope | Poet
Poet Wendy Cope joins our editorial assistant Freya Parr over Zoom from her home in Cambridgeshire to discuss how her enduring relationship with classical music has changed throughout the course of her life, with various careers as a primary school teacher, journalist and now poet. Introduced to the piano at the age of five, music has been a constant in Wendy\u2019s life, with many of her poems having now been set by the UK\u2019s leading composers. She tells us all about this fascinating process, and how it feels to hear your words set to music.\xa0\xa0\nWebsite: classical-music.com/podcasts\nRecordings featured:\nMozart: Serenade No. 13 \u2018Eine Kleine Nachtmusik\u2019: I. Allegretto (Vienna Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan Warner Classics 4768762)\nBach: \u2018Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme\u2019 Cantata BWV 140 (English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner Deutsche Grammophon 4807512)\nBach: Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in D minor (2nd movement): Isabelle Faust, Bernhard Forck (violins), Akademie f\xfcr Alte Musik Berlin Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)\nSchubert: Im Fr\xfchling (Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) Warner Classics 5563472)\nPeter Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness (Peter Maxwell Davies (piano) Naxos 950161)\nTibetan Singing Bowls and Ocean Waves Sounds for Relaxation\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices