Reflection On Mothering Sunday

On Mothering Sunday, Dr Ruth Valerio looks to the cosmos, reflecting on how we care for the environment and nurture the natural world. She reflects on this in the context of the current global crisis with the Revd Prebendary Dr Isabelle Hamley who is chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Producer Andrew Earis.

Poems

It felt love - Hafiz, trans by Daniel Ladinsky

Primary Wonder - Denise Levertov

How surely gravity's law - Rainer Maria Rilke

For Loneliness - John I'Donohue

Music

1. Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in E minor - Ralph Vaughan Williams

The New Queen's Hall Orchestra

CD: Vaughan Williams - Orchestral Works (Decca)

2. Seek him that maketh the seven stars - Jonathan Dove

Tenebrae

CD: Mother and Child (Signum)

3. Sospiri - Edward Elgar

Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

CD: Adagio! Classics for Relaxation (Decca)

4. Peace - Paui Mealor

CD: I saw eternity - Paul Mealor (Decca)

5. Morning has broken

Cat Stevens

CD: The very best of Cat Stevens (Universal)

6. Gabriel's Oboe (from 'The Mission') - Ennio Morricone

Yo-Yo Ma

CD: Yo-Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone (Sony)

Ruth Valerio and Isabelle Hamley reflect on how we care for and nurture the natural world.

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