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London

Episode 3 of 6

The third of six programmes in which Mary Ann Kennedy looks at the character of an international city through its classical music. Today: London.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 2 Dec 201217:05
BBC Radio Scotland except Extra

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Music Played

  • The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

    Concert Overture: Me and My Girl

    Composer: Noel Gay arr. Iain Sutherland

    • In London Town.

  • Flanagan and Allen

    Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner

    • Underneath the Arches.

  • Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    La Rejouissance (from Music for the Royal Fireworks)

    Composer: Handel

    • Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Fortepiano and Orchestra in D Major Op. 13 no 2 (Last movement)

    Artist: Viktor Lucas

    • The English Bach.

  • Lord Kitchener

    London is the place for me

    • London Is The Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950-1956.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra

    • Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance.

  • The King’s Singers

    Swimming Over London

    Composer: Bob Chilcott arr. C Bennett

    • The Best of the King’s Singers.

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    St. James' Park in the Spring

    Composer: Haydn Wood

    • The Very Best of Melodies For You.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 1

    Artist: Northern Chamber Orchestra

    • Mozart Symphonies Nos 1-5.

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Jerusalem

    Composer: Parry

    • 40 Most Beautiful Classical Anthems.

  • William Lloyd Webber

    Benedictus

    Artist: Tasmin Little- Violin

    • Invocation.

  • Eric Coates

    Knightsbridge March

    Artist: The Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

    • In London Town.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Yeomen of the Guard- Overture

    Artist: The Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

    • In London Town.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite in D

    Artist: Blaserensemble and Budapest Strings

    • Feast of Classical Music.

  • Clare Teal

    A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

    • Hey ho.

  • Edward Elgar

    Nimrod from Enigma Variations

    Artist: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    • Elgar Cello Concerto/Enigma Variations.

  • Joseph Haydn

    London Symphony Hob. 1:102 (First movement)

    Artist: La Petite Bande

    • Haydn: 2 Londoner Sinfonien.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Artist: BBC Symphony Orchestra

    • 40 Most Beautiful Classical Anthems.

  • Robert Farnon

    The Westminster Waltz

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.

    Artist: The Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

    • In London Town.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah

    Artist: Academy and Chorus of St. Martins in the Fields

    • 100 Greatest Classics Part 7.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 27 Nov 201220:05
    BBC Radio Scotland
  • Sun 2 Dec 201217:05
    BBC Radio Scotland except Extra
  • Sun 2 Dec 201218:00
    BBC Radio Scotland Extra