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This week's show includes Laurie Johnson's theme Las Vegas, which became the signature tune to BBC TV's Animal Magic; a song from Julian Slade's musical Salad Days and classical favourites from Vaughan Williams, Lehar and Offenbach.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Sun 23 Aug 200919:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Royal Phil Orchestra

    Ballet Egyptien No 1 Allegro Non Troppo

    • C/B Anatole Fistoulari.
    • LUIGINI: BALLET EGYPTIEN OP 12.

  • Leontyne Price

    Summertime

    • Leontyne Price - Mozart. Verdi. Puccini.
    • Decca.

  • Group-Forty Orchestra

    Animal Magic

    • Johnson Laurie.
    • THE GREAT BRITISH EXPERIENCE.

  • Bryn Terfel

    The Little Prince

    • If Ever I Would Leave You.
    • Deutsche Grammophhon.

  • Emerald Concert Orchestra CB. Christopher Ball

    Piper's Skirl (From the Hebrides

    • Celtic Twilight.
    • Omnibus Classics.

  • Artist Unknown

    Meine Lippen Sie Kussen So Heiss

    • Souvenirs.
    • DEUTCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Ron Grainer & His Orchestra

    Theme Maigret

    • The Maigret Theme.
    • ACE OF CLUBS.

  • BBC Phil Orchestra Cb. Yan Pascal Tortelier

    Overture: Mignon

    • Tortelier's French Bonbons.
    • Chandos.

  • Janie Dee

    I Sit In The Sun

    • Salad Days.
    • EMI.

  • Academy of St Matine in the Fields (N.Marriner)

    The Lark Ascending

    • The English Connection.
    • Academy Sound and Vision Limited.

  • Richard Tauber

    Serenade - Frasquita

    • Tauber & Lehar.
    • EMI.

  • Orchestre national de France

    Overture: Gaite Parisienne

    • Offenbach.Gaite Parisienne. Maazel.
    • CBS Maestro.

  • Al Jarreau and Kathleen Battle

    My Favourite Things

    • Al jarreau.
    • WEA.

  • John Reed and Chorus;

    Judge's Song

    • The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
    • The Very Best of Gilbert & Sullivan.

  • MGM Studio Orchestra

    Portsmouth Harbour (Mutiny on the Bounty)

    • Mutiny on the Bounty&Taras Bulba.
    • MGM.

  • members of the RPO cb Owain Arwel Hughes

    Fossils (carnival of the Animals)

    • Musical Fun & Games.
    • ASV.

  • Chloë Hanslip

    Schindler's List

    • Chloe.
    • Warner Music.

  • Philip Mccann;

    I'll Walk Beside You

    • Huddersfield Choral Society Youth Choir;.
    • Simon World's Most Beautiful Melodies Vol 5.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Aug 200919:00
    BBC Radio 2