Sapphire FM On Demand

Classical Cameos - Pt 1

Playlist

(00.47) Mikalojus Konstantinos Čiurlionis (Lithuania)/Section 2, The Sea (Jura);  Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, cond. Juozas Domarkas  

(07.37) Anton Bruckner (Austria)/Movement #5, Mass #3 in F Minor; NDR Elbphilharmonie & Chor, cond. Herbert Blomstedt, soprano Angela Maria Blasi, alto Cornelia Kallisch, tenor Herbert Lippert, bass Franz-Josef Selig, at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 1996, St. Marien, Lübeck   

(16.17) Seóirse Bodley (Eire)/Movement #1 (Allegro Moderato), Symphony #2, I Have Loved The Lands of Ireland;  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Bryden Thomson

(21.06) Frederick Delius (England)/Movement #2, Florida Suite;  Welsh Opera Orchestra, cond. Sir Charles Groves

(28.26) Gustav Mahler (Austria_Bohemia)/Movement #4 (Adagietto), Symphony #5;  Berlin Philharmonic, cond. Herbert von Karajan
  
(40.50) Fanny Mendelssohn (Germany)/Notturno in G Minor;  piano, Heather Schmidt

(45.30) Felix Mendelssohn (Germany)/Movement #1, Allegro Vivace, Symphony #4, Italian;  Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. Georg Solti

(56.02) Sir Edward Elgar (England)/Movement #1, Sea Slumber Song, Sea Pictures Op 37;  London Symphony Orchestra, cond Sir John Barbirolli, Mezzo Soprano Dame Janet Baker 

(01.01.49) Franz Joseph Haydn (Austria)/Movement #1, Moderato, Divertimento #2 in G Major;  Three Piece Suite (Rachel Westwood violin, Valmai Coggins viola, Deborah Coogan cello)

(01.06.49) Claude Debussy (France)/Jeux de Vagues (The Games of Waves), Movement #2, La Mer;  Cleveland Orchestra, cond. Vladimir Ashkenazy

(01.12.55) Louise Farrenc (France)/Movement #1, Adagio-Allegro, Symphony #3 in G Minor, Op 36;  Solistes Européens, cond. Christof König

(01.25.31, 01.29.35) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austria)/Movements #3 & #4, Menuetto & Presto, Symphony #28;  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Karl Böhm

(01.33.32) Frédéric Chopin (Poland)/Etude Opus 10 #3, Tristesse;  Pavel Kushnir

(01.38.20) Jon Lord (England)/Part 3, Movement 2, The Durham Concerto;  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Mischa Damev, Northumbrian Small Pipes Kathryn Tickell

(01.51.09) Johann Sebastian Bach (Germany - Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach)/The Goldberg Variations, Aria + Variations 1-3;  Glenn Gould

(01.54.25) Lili Boulanger (France)/D'Un Matin de Printemps (On A Spring Morning);  Seattle Symphony Orchestra, cond. Cristian Măcelaru

(02.01.20) Benjamin Britten (England)/Movement #3, Moonlight, Four Sea Interludes (from Peter Grimes);  Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra, cond. Paavo Järvi   

Wavelength recommends:
2MBS-FM, Sydney, listen live & on demand - 2mbsfinemusicsydney.com
KUSC, Classical California, 9 on demand streams & a live stream 24/7 - kusc.org

Links
The Classical Age  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music
The Musical Eras  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dates_of_classical_music_eras
The Symphonic or Tone Poem  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dates_of_classical_music_eras
Female Classical Composers  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFHXNnOblgI#ddg-play
 
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The Cure In Concert
BBC Radio Theatre, October 31, 2024 

Introduction  (01.13) Alone  (08.16) Pictures Of You  (15.37) A Fragile Thing  (20.14) High  (23.59) A Night Like This  (28.19) Love Song  (31.58) The Walk  (35.34) In Between Days  (38.35) Just Like Heaven  (42.38) From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea  (50.36) End Song  (01.01.25) Friday I'm In Love   

Links
The Cure  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cure
NME Interview, Robert Smith  https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-cure-2025-world-songs-lost-world-tour-2029-anniversary-tim-pope-documentary-3802253

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Wavelength World of Music - April 23, 2025

Playlist

(00.14) Black Angels/Grab As Much As You Can  (05.10) Dennis Browne/The Promised Land  (11.29) Joan Armatrading/The Weakness In Me  (15.51) Maire Brennan/To The Water  (19.12) James Mark/When There's A Will  (25.05) The Cure/Alone  (32.11) PJ Harvey/You Said Something  (35.21) The Seshen/Kitty Kat  (40.24) Weather Report/Nubian Sundance (radio edit, with Ravel's 'Bolero')  (44.05) Tei Shi/Year 3K  (49.40) Paul Weller & Amy Winehouse/Don't Go To Strangers (live, Jools Holland)  (56.20) Connie Converse/I Have Considered The Lilies  

Program Links
Artists' 'Silent' Protest Album   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyd3r62kp5o
Connie Converse   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Converse

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Wavelength World of Music - April 19, 2025

Playlist

(00.12) Amy Shark/All Loved Up  (05.03) Arctic Monkeys/A Certain Romance  (10.21) Sandy Denny (with Fairport Convention)/Down In The Flood  (13.59)Fraser Hayes Four/Nice Work If You Can Get It  (21.02) Florence & The Machine/Free  (24.54) Cigarettes After Sex/Cry  (29.00) Arushi Jain/Richer Than Blood  (34.29) Beatles/Paperback Writer  (36.40) Christine Wheeler/Rain In The Mountains  (40.52) Grandaddy/Watercooler  (47.26) John Mayall/Vacation_Walking On Sunset_Laurel Canyon Home  (57.31) Toumani Diabate (ft Ali Farka Toure)/Hawa Dolo  

(01.03.16) Woodes/Dots  (01.07.39) Darkbird/3-2 Wake Up  (01.11.25) Christy Hays/Ribbon Of Highway  (01017.24) Pavel Kushnir/Chpoin's Etude Op 10 #3 'Tristesse'  (01.21.49) Corridor/Mon Argent  (01.25.23) Ella Fitzgerald/Don't Fence Me In  (01.28.41) FFS/Johnny Delusional  (01.34.35)  Michelle Gurevic/Speechless  (01.38.21) Mike Batt/Soldier's Song  (01.42.42) King Ibis/Watch My Mind Bend  (01.46.48) Paul Simon/Something So Right  (01.51.14) Batts/Blue  (01.55.29) Travelling Wilburys/End Of The Line  (02.00.23) Bob Newhart/Training The Bus Driver

Program Links
The Arroyo Restaurant's Humourous Signs  https://www.boredpanda.com/best-el-arroyo-sign-of-all-times/
Pavel Kushnir  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Kushnir
Keith Jarrett:  The Koln Concert  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_K%C3%B6ln_Concert 

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Gems of the 49th Parallel, Pt 1
A Showcase of Canadian Music, and a tribute to Jim Lanning 

Playlist 

(02.35) Rita MacNeil/The Music's Going Round   (06.12) Corridor/Topographe   (09.20) Cowboy Junkies/Oregon Hill   (14.06) Michelle Gurevic/Blue Eyes Unchanged   (19.08) Gordon Lightfoot/Rainy Day People   (21.52) Youngblood(now Blonde Diamond)/Broken English   (26.04) Bachman Turner Overdrive/Blue Collar   (34.42) Ray Materick/Carnaval Knowledge   (38.15) Luce Dufault/Soirs De Scotch   (41.38) Neil Young/Harvest Moon   (46.30) JP Hoe/Save You   (49.58) Grimes/Dream Fortress   (54.58) Lt Cdr Chris Hadfield/Space Oddity   (59.55) Carmanah/Never Goin' Back    

(1.08.09) Bryan Adams/Summer Of '69   (1.11.30) Susan Aglukark/O Siem   (1.15.50) Ocie Elliott/Like A River   (1.19.16) Young Galaxy/New Summer   (1.23.14) Couloir/The Swan (from Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals)   (1.26.00) Joni Mitchell/Marcie   (1.30.30) Timber Timbre/Too Old To Die Young   (1.38.14) Bruce Coburn/On A Roll   (1.41.26) Feist/1234   ((1.44.25) Slow Nerve Action/Bunz   (1.49.39) Ellevator/The City  (1.54.09) Leonard Cohen/So Long, Marianne   (1.59.40) Thomas Handy Trio/Spring   (2.09.41) Rachel Page/Belinda 

Dedication:   In memory of James Lanning 12/9/52 - 29/5/24, of Richmond, Vancouver - an inspiring Canadian and the finest of friends 

Special thanks:   Frank Handy 

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Gems of the 49th Parallel, Pt 2
A Showcase of Canadian Music, and a tribute to Jim Lanning

Playlist

Introduction   (02.58) Ian Tyson/Four Strong Winds   (06.48) Tei Shi/Bassically   (11.43) Be Good Tanyas/Waitin' Around To Die (Townes van Zandt cover)   (16.51) Broken Social Scene/Skyline   (20.58) Charlotte Cardin/Faufile   (23.27) Arcade Fire/The Suburbs   (28.34) Mo Kenney/Telephones   (36.46) Glenn Gould/JS Bach's Goldberg Variations - Aria, Variations 1-3   (40.58) Clann/Her And The River   (46.35) Lewis Furey/Lullaby   (51.22) Stan Rogers/Northwest Passage   (56.07) Ghostly Kisses/Empty Note   (59.54) Floes/A Long Time Ago   

(1.03.34) KD Lang/The Valley   (1.12.14) Tia McGraff/Hope Is Everything   (1.16.01) Jane Siberry/Calling All Angels   (1.21.10) Moxy Fruvous/My Baby Loves A Bunch Of Authors   (1.23.52) Kate & Anna McGarrigle/I'm Losing You   (1.27.32) Men I Trust/Show Me How   (1.31.00) James Keelaghan/My Old Man   (1.34.46) Alanis Morissette/Hand In My Pocket   (1.41.55) National Anthem, Oh Canada (bi-lingual)   (1.43.20) The Grateful Dead/Ripple

Dedication:   In memory of James Lanning 12/9/52 - 29/5/24, of Richmond, Vancouver - an inspiring Canadian and the finest of friends

Special thanks:   Frank Handy

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The Romans;   The Adventure Of English;   Boris Johnson;   1984;   Woke Therapy Group;   Drake Poem;   London Criminals;    The Great Train Robbery;   Coronation St

Adult content in this series is marked with an asterisk *

Introduction   Listen With Mother Introduction (Eileen Browne)   (02.45) Ian Dury/England's Glory   (06.06) Lewis Hamilton Wins Portuguese GP, 2020   (06.34) Paul Cosgrave/Pliny The Elder's Description of Albion   (07.09) Melvyn Bragg/Introduction to The Adventure Of English   (08.25) Paul Cosgrave/John Ruskin Quotation   (08.34) The Kinks/Waterloo Sunset   (11.37) Peter Baker/Prologue from Beowulf (excerpt)    (11.50) Yes Minister - Diplomacy   (13.26) Boris Johnson Loses Speech Notes   (13.55) Parliamentary Criticism & Brexit   (15.23) Fascinating Aida (*expletives)/We're So Sorry, Scotland   (19.22) Excerpts from the film 1984   (20.52) Dominic Muldowney/Oceania, Tis For Thee (the 'corporate anthem' from 1984)  (23.15) David Walliams/Computer Says No (from Little Britain)   (24.46) Melvyn Bragg, excerpts  from The Adventure Of English (general prologue, the Canterbury Tales;  Bragg on Chaucer;  excerpt from The Miller's Tale (*adult reference)   (26.05) Harry Champion/I'm Henery The 8th, I Am   (26.58) Excerpt from A Man For All Seasons (Orson Welles & Paul Scofield)   (30.30) Rick Wakeman/Catherine Parr   (32.47) Tracy Ullman/*The Woke Therapy Group  (34.43) Journey Into Space (opening)   (35.45) Gabrielle Drake/The Shell, Nick Drake/Chime Of A City Clock   (41.38) Gangsters:  Mad Frankie Fraser, Eddie Richardson, Ronnie & Reggie Kray   (44.08)  Ad - London Under Siege   (44.37) Jingle - Radio England   (44.41) The Great Train Robbery:  Bruce Reynolds, Ronald Biggs   (48.01) Jingle - Radio London   (48.13)  Ronald Biggs In Australia, Vox Pop   (50.26) Lily Allen/LDN   (53.18) Coronation St:  Theme;  Ena Sharples' debut appearance, ep 1, Dec 9, 1960 (Violet Carson);   10,000th Episode (BBC Newshour Report);  Full Theme (composer, Eric Spear)

Dedication:   In memory of Viola Mary Cosgrave, a true light of England

Special Thanks:   Anna Clark-Doyle, Louise Watson, Greg Bordas

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Gems of the 49th Parallel, Pt 1
A Showcase of Canadian Music, and a tribute to Jim Lanning

Playlist

(02.35) Rita MacNeil/The Music's Going Round   (06.12) Corridor/Topographe   (09.20) Cowboy Junkies/Oregon Hill   (14.06) Michelle Gurevic/Blue Eyes Unchanged   (19.08) Gordon Lightfoot/Rainy Day People   (21.52) Youngblood(now Blonde Diamond)/Broken English   (26.04) Bachman Turner Overdrive/Blue Collar   (34.42) Ray Materick/Carnaval Knowledge   (38.15) Luce Dufault/Soirs De Scotch   (41.38) Neil Young/Harvest Moon   (46.30) JP Hoe/Save You   (49.58) Grimes/Dream Fortress   (54.58) Lt Cdr Chris Hadfield/Space Oddity   (59.55) Carmanah/Never Goin' Back   

(1.08.09) Bryan Adams/Summer Of '69   (1.11.30) Susan Aglukark/O Siem   (1.15.50) Ocie Elliott/Like A River   (1.19.16) Young Galaxy/New Summer   (1.23.14) Couloir/The Swan (from Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals)   (1.26.00) Joni Mitchell/Marcie   (1.30.30) Timber Timbre/Too Old To Die Young   (1.38.14) Bruce Coburn/On A Roll   (1.41.26) Feist/1234   ((1.44.25) Slow Nerve Action/Bunz   (1.49.39) Ellevator/The City  (1.54.09) Leonard Cohen/So Long, Marianne   (1.59.40) Thomas Handy Trio/Spring   (2.09.41) Rachel Page/Belinda

Dedication:   In memory of James Lanning 12/9/52 - 29/5/24, of Richmond, Vancouver - an inspiring Canadian and the finest of friends

Special thanks:   Frank Handy

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Peter Sellers;   Soldiers;   WW1  &  WW2;   Dr Johnson's Dictionary;   Hancock's Half Hour;   Art

Introduction   (01.13) Steeleye Span/The Hard Times Of Old England   (06.17) Peter Sellers & Irene Handl/The Critics   (12.38) Mike Batt/Portishead Radio   (16.18) Pink Floyd/Introduction from When The Tigers Broke Free (film soundtrack version, The Wall)   (16.42) Edward Woodward/The Soldiers Of The Queen (film soundtrack   version, Breaker Morant)   (18.22) Crowning of Elizabeth 1 (film soundtrack, Shakespeare In Love)   (19.00) Elizabeth 1 at Tilbury, August 9, 1588 (film soundtrack Fire Over England, 1937, Dame Flora Robson)   (19.29) George Formby/Bless 'Em All   (20.23) Bertrand Russell/On Pacifism & The Great War (with Ralph Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending, LSO, cond. Vernon Handley, violin David Nolan)    (22.26) Excerpt from Peaky Blinders, s01e01   (23.28) Station ID - Birmingham   (23.51) Film soundtrack Oh! What A Lovely War:   We Need Recruits  &  When They Ask Us    (28.14) Dame Vera Lyn/Bluebirds Over Dover (with Neville Chamberlain's war declaration, Winston Churchill's Never Surrender speech)   (31.05) George VI's Sept 3rd 1939 speech   (36.43) Excerpt from British Pathe News Report on Dunkirk Evacuation   (37.30) Pink Floyd/When The Tigers Broke Free (studio version)   (40.28) TV Commercial - The Dambusters   (41.48) Melvyn Bragg/Dr Johnson's Dictionary   (43.30) Excerpt from Hancock's Half Hour - A Sunday Afternoon At Home   (47.03) Jingle - Radio Caroline   (47.15) Mike Oldfield/Portsmouth   (49.13) Excerpt from Auf Wiedersehen Pet (s01e07), with Station ID - Geordie   (50.51) John Ruskin Quotation   (51.04) Art:  Excerpts from film soundtrack of Mr Turner &  Fake Or Fortune   (53.43) Brian & Michael/Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs   (57.55) Catherine Tate (The Posh London Family)/The Nannie From The North 

Dedication:  In memory of Kevin Boyd, a true light of England

Special Thanks:  Anna Clark-Doyle, Louise Watson, Greg Bordas

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Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Sir Michael Caine;   A Clockwork Orange;   The 1984 Miners' Strike;   Shakespeare;   Social Housing;   Peter Cook & Dudley Moore

Introduction   (01.27) Roy Harper/One Of Those Days In England   (04.43) *Steve Coogan & Rob Brydon, from The Trip    (06.19) Michael Caine/Rudyard Kipling's If   (08.47) *Official Trailer,  A Clockwork Orange   (10.38) Acker Bilk/Stranger On The Shore   (13.25) The 1984 miners' strike - from BBC Radio 2's Ballad Of The Miner's Strike (ft music by John Tams, Bob Fox, Julie Matthews, Jez Lowe, Ray Hearne)    (23.55) She Drew The Gun/Class War   (27.06) Ad - Coffee   (27.38) Jingle - Radio Caroline   (27.45) Flanagan & Allen/Who You Think You Are Kidding, Mr Hitler (with Arthur Lowe, Ian Lavender & Cast of Dad's Army)   (29.09) Britlish on Whinging  (29.28) *Catherine Tate/The Yorkshire Couple's Shiitake Mushroom Soup   (30.51) Station ID - Yorkshire   (31.07) Monty Python/Four Yorkshire Industrialists   (34.09) Neil Innes/Lie Down And Be Counted   (36.53) excerpt from Just A Minute   (38.45) Shakespeare:  Quotations, Documentary Introduction (John Nettles)   (39.45) Dame Judy Dench & Cast from Shakespeare In Love (with John Dowland's Lady Hunsdon's Puffe, Rosemary Hodgson lute)   (40.48) Sir John Gielgud_David Gilmour/Shakespeare's Sonnet #18   (43.11) John Ruskin Quotation   (43.24) Social Housing: Excerpts from Thinking Allowed, BBC Radio 4, 9/10/2019 (with Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Fanfare For The Common Man, Rapper 'Plan B', Prof Tom Slater, Prof Insa Lee Koch)   (45.29) John Cooper Clarke/Beasley Street   (51.37) Bertrand Russell/What I Have Lived For (with John Dowland's Lachrimae, Julian Bream lute)   (54.11) Peter Cook & Dudley Moore/The Psychiatrist   (59.33) The Dudley Moore Trio/Amalgam (section)

Dedication:   In memory of Vince Petkevitch, a true light of England

Special Thanks:  Anna Clark-Doyle, Louise Watson, Greg Bordas 

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