Music from the Moon
Episode m0006v4q, broadcast at Friday 19th July 2019, 7:00pm.
“The space scientist and lunar expert Maggie Aderin-Pocock curates and narrates a special edition of the In Tune Mixtape, marking the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landings. From Debussy and Dvorak to Gil Scott-Heron and Stevie Wonder, Aderin-Pocock introduces the music which has accompanied her lifelong fascination with Earth's closest neighbour.”
Track listing
- 4:03 – Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, Op 32)
- Composer Gustav Holst
- Orchestra Hallé
- Conductor Sir Mark Elder
- 11:44 – Whitey on the Moon
- Performer Gil Scott‐Heron
- 13:11 – Song to the Moon (Rusalka) (track 5, Kate Royal: Midsummer Night)
- Conductor Edward Gardner
- Composer Antonín Dvořák
- Orchestra English National Opera Orchestra
- Singer Kate Royal
- 19:36 – Moondance
- Performer Van Morrison
- 21:47 – Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Performer Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
- 26:18 – Der Mond ist fort (from Der Mond)
- Performer Philharmonia Orchestra
- Composer Carl Orff
- Performer Philharmonia Chorus
- Performer Children's Chorus
- Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch