Music TV - January 20 - 26

Hello again, 

Short and sweet this week, we've managed to compact the talents of Mozart,Iron Maiden, Bruce Springsteen and Thin Lizzy into one night on BBC Four.

Enjoy;

Friday 21 January - BBC Four

1930 - 2030: Mozart Uncovered, Symphony No 40 in G Minor K550

Conductor Charles Hazlewood rehearses and performs some of the key works featured in the BBC series The Genius of Mozart and analyses them in more detail. Mozart's Symphony No.40 in G minor, K550 is examined by Hazlewood and his specially-formed period orchestra, the second of Mozart's three last great symphonies written in an extraordinary burst of creativity in just six weeks.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074q3y

2030 - 2100: Transatlantic Sessions

Folk musicians come together in what have been called 'the greatest backporch shows ever'. Paul Brady hooks up with Scottish chanteuses Eddi Reader and Karen Matheson and a few others in a performance of his song, Rainbow. Also featured are Iris DeMent in a rare appearance in the UK, joining Joan Osborne and Bruce Molsky, with the instrumental talents of Sharon Shannon on accordion and Russ Barenberg on guitar.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00809fv

2100 - 2200: Legends - Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation

Repeated: BBC Four - Sunday 2330

Affectionate but honest portrait of Thin Lizzy, arguably the best hard rock band to come out of Ireland.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xln7l

2200 - 2355: Iron Maiden - Flight 666

Repeated: BBC Four - Sunday 2430

A film that documents the first leg of Iron Maiden'sSomewhere Back in Time world tour, which took them 50,000 miles around the planet playing 23 concerts on five continents in just 45 days.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r5ylv

2355 - 2450: Classic Albums - Black Sabbath - Paranoid

The second album by Black Sabbath, released in 1970, has long attained classic status. Paranoid not only changed the face of rock music, but also defined the sound and style of heavy metal more than any other record in rock history. The result of a magic chemistry which had been discovered between four English musicians, it put Black Sabbath firmly on the road to world domination.

This programme tells the story behind the writing, recording and success of the album. Despite vilification from the Christian and moral right and all the harsh criticism that the music press could hurl at them, Paranoid catapulted Sabbath into the rock stratosphere.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vlq0y

2450 - 2620: Bruce Springsteen - The Promise - The Making Of Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Thom Zimny's film, The Promise - The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town, explores the three years it took to make Bruce Springsteen's fourth studio album, 1978's Darkness on the Edge of Town. Zimny's film is driven by in-depth interviews with Springsteen, the E-Street Band and producers Jon Landau and Jimmy Lovine and features extensive black-and-white archive footage of the process from the time, shot in Springsteen's home studio and at New York's Record Plant.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xk78m

2620 - 2720: Bruce Springsteen - The Darkness Live 1978

Hot on the heels of the release of their classic fourth studio album, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band went on the road with renewed hunger and are captured here playing the songs from the album live in 1978 in Houston, cementing their reputation as saviours of rock 'n' roll.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xxn1l





Next week; More Mozart, guitars and Mark Knopfler.

Take care of yourselves

Rory