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The Addictions of Sin: W. H. Auden in His Own Words (1/6)

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Uploaded by on Oct 18, 2009

To commemorate the centenary of the birth of one of Britain's most influential and best-loved poets, this film combines dramatisations of telling events in the life of WH Auden with interviews from the TV and radio archives and extracts from Auden's poetry, notebooks, letters and journals.

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  • thank you so much for posting this wonderful documentary - I had no idea it existed, but realise now that I was missing it madly.

  • For anyone still interested the music is by Max Richter - 'Vladimir's Blues' from The Blue Notebooks.

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  • Happy Birthday!

    

  • Thank you, this has been added to our playlists here and on facebook..

  • The orator they use has such a marvelous voice, so soothing and deep.

  • @ca7andra Well said.

  • @lioneljluthor I just bought it. Haunting, brilliant music. The perfect complement to Auden's haunting, brilliant poetry.

  • Great rendering

  • this is good stuff... his poetry is very precise

  • @lioneljluthor Hey! If you look closely at the credits at the end of the documentary it says" original music composed by "Eddie Martin." I have been trying to find his compositions but have had no such luck. Perhaps you can do better. :)

  • @singingandsighing I was also wondering this (I had suspected Eno), do we know if it is Einaudi playing here and, if so, which track?

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