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A Little Light Music Playlist for Thursday 27th June 2019

Offenbach: Overture ‘Voyage to the Moon’. Philharmonia Orchestra cond. Antonio de Almeida.

Ernest Tomlinson: ‘Fairy Coach’. Czech-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer.

Beethoven: Romance for violin and orchestra no. 2 in F major. Emmy Verhay, violin.

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: ‘Drake’s Drum’ from ‘Songs of the Sea’, op. 91. Gerald Finley, baritone, BBC National Choir of Wales, BBCNOW cond. Richard Hickox.

Johann Strauss II: Polka ‘Bitte Schön’ (‘If You Please’). Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Willi Boskovsky, from the New Year’s Day Concert from Vienna, 1979.

Vivaldi: Alleluja from cantata Nulla in mundo pax. Emma Kirkby, soprano. Academy of Ancient Music cond. Christopher Hogwood.

Purcell: An Evening Hymn. Artistes as above.

Stanford: Magnificat in G major. Op. 81. Alastair Hussain, treble. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge cond. Stephen Cleobury.

Arr. Ernest Tomlinson: Three English Folk Songs: ‘Kettledrum’, Chipping Lane’, ‘Newcastle’. Czech-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer.

Stanford: ‘The Old Superb’ from ‘Songs of the Sea’, op. 91. Artistes as above.

Playout: Johann Strauss II: Waltz ‘Wine, Women and Song’.