A staycation fantasy flight into space
Episode m000h92d, broadcast at Friday 17th April 2020, 7:00pm.
“A fantasy flight into space, especially for the staycation, to celestial music by Vivaldi, Beethoven, Holst, Ligeti, Bach and Anna Meredith. John Williams transports us into the heart of an asteroid field with typical Star Wars thrills and spills, and, to end, music for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Space Rocket Take Off (track 5, Essential Science Fiction Sound Effects Vol. 2)
- Ensemble The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
- Composer Dick Mills
- 0:09 – Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets, Op 32) (track 3, Sir Simon Rattle - Gustav Holst)
- Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
- Composer Gustav Holst
- Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- 4:07 – Kaksikpuhendus (Double Dedication) - ii. Stars (track 15, Veljo Tormis: Choral Music)
- Conductor Cecilia Rydinger Alin
- Composer Veljo Tormis
- Choir Orphei Drängar
- 6:44 – Concerto in D major, RV 124
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Director Lars Ulrik Mortensen
- Orchestra European Union Baroque Orchestra
- 8:57 – Moonmoons
- Performer Anna Meredith
- Performer Maddie Cutter
- 13:09 – The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Studies bk 2)
- Performer Yuja Wang
- Composer György Ligeti
- 18:08 – Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (2nd mvt) (track 6, Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Wand, NDR-Sinfonieorchester)
- Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- Orchestra North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Günter Wand
- 19:40 – Venusian Space Lab (track 18, Essential Science Fiction Sound Effects Vol. 2)
- Performer The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
- Composer John Baker
- 19:56 – The Asteroid Field (from The Empire Strikes Back)
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor John Williams
- 24:04 – Unaccompanied Cello Suite No.1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Sarabande (track 4, Six Evolutions)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Yo‐Yo Ma
- 26:33 – Journey of the Sorcerer
- Composer Bernie Leadon
- Ensemble Eagles