11 January 2007
Thursday 11 January 2007 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Wednesday 7 February 2007 15:45-16:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Brian Kay presents a selection of light music favourites including Albert W. Ketelbey's In a Persian Market, Richard Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto and two party pieces performed by percussionist Evelyn Glennie.
Playlist
Robert Farnon
'Journey Into Melody' (3'14")
Queen's Hall Light Orchestra conducted by Charles Williams
CD: Conifer 75605 52269-2, CD 1, track 1
Benjamin Frankel
'Carriage and Pair' (2'49")
RTE Concert Orchestra conducted by Ernest Tomlinson
CD: Marco Polo 8.223522, track 4
Hans Christian Lumbye
'Galop: The Life Hunters Regiment of Amager' (2'53")
Tivoli Concert Hall Orchestra conducted by Thomas Jensen
LP: HMV CLP 1865, side 1 track 5
Steve Race
'Pied Piper' (2'16")
Steve Race and his Orchestra
LP: Columbia SX 6101, side 2 track 4
Albert W. Ketelbey
'In a Persian Market' (5'31")
Slovak Male Voice Choir, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Adrian Leaper
CD: Marco Polo 8.223442, track 15
Vittorio Monti arr. Palmer
'Czardas' (5'10")
Evelyn Glennie (percussion), National Philharmonic conducted by Barry Wordsworth
CD: RCA RD 60242, track 6
Lambert Williamson
'Curtain Up' (3'06")
Queen's Hall Light Orchestra conducted by Sidney Torch
CD: ASV AJA 5419, track 1
B.C. Hilliam and Malcolm McEachern
'Little Betty Bouncer' (2'10")
Flotsam and Jetsam
CD: Conifer CDHD 163, track 11
McCann and Bolesworth
'Pulling Strings' (2'13")
Frank Chacksfield and his Singing Strings
CD: ASV AJA 5470, track 13
Richard Addinsell
'Warsaw Concerto' (8'49")
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff
CD: Decca 460 503-2, track 1
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Palmer
'Flight of the Bumble Bee' (1'16")
Evelyn Glennie (percussion), National Philharmonic conducted by Barry Wordsworth
CD: RCA RD 60242, track 5
John Lennon and Paul McCartney arr. Arthur Wilkinson
'Beatlecracker Suite' (13'12")
City of Prague Philharmonic conducted by Gavin Sutherland
CD: ASV WHL 2142, tracks 1-8
