In City Of Words, Bernard Clarke chronicles the composition of Ulysses in the various cities that James Joyce resided in from 1908 to 1922, with a particular emphasis on the place of popular song in the work - listen above.
From Richard Tauber singing Franz Lehar's Girls were Made to Love and Kiss to John McCormack singing I Hear You Calling Me and extracts from works by Mozart, Wagner and Stravinsky.
This programme was originally broadcast on Bloomsday 2002.
