Waltzing with Aliens
Episode m000709p, broadcast at Friday 5th August 2022, 7:00pm, and Wednesday 24th July 2019, 7:00pm.
“Sparkling Bach on violins, Nina Simone's black-haired lover, Mary Magdalene and a sweeping Russian waltz all feature in this half hour of uninterrupted music, ending with everybody's favourite movie alien soaring up into the skies on John Williams' uplifting film score. Producer: Helen Garrison”
Track listing
- 0:28 – Concerto in D major for three violins, BWV 1064 (1st mvt) (track 10, J S Bach - Double and Triple Concertos)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Rachel Podger
- Performer Johannes Pramsohler
- Performer Bojan Čičić
- Ensemble Brecon Baroque
- 6:50 – Improvisation in C sharp minor, Op 84 No 5 (track 004, Stephen Hough's French Album)
- Performer Stephen Hough
- Composer Gabriel Fauré
- 8:48 – Masquerade (Waltz) (track 5, Excertps from Spartacus, Gayaneh, Masquerade)
- Composer Aram Khachaturian
- Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
- Conductor Alexander Lazarev
- 13:19 – Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair (track 1, Jazz Masters 17: Nina Simone)
- Singer Nina Simone
- Composer Traditional American
- Performer Lisle Atkinson
- 16:40 – The Nutcracker (Tea) (track 13, Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle)
- Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- 18:00 – O Madalena che portasti
- Director Belinda Sykes
- Ensemble Joglaresa
- Composer St. Lorenzo Giustiniani
- 21:41 – Second Dance (Beni Mora) (track 2, Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2)
- Orchestra BBC Philharmonic
- Composer Gustav Holst
- Conductor Sir Andrew Davis
- Choir Manchester Chamber Choir
- 25:26 – E.T. (Flying theme)
- Orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra
- Conductor John Williams