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Comedy Classics

From Victoria Wood to Mozart and Billy Connolly, music has long been used to make people laugh. Jamie explores how comedy and classical music have been used together over the years with gems from Bill Bailey, Haydn, Monty Python and Charlie Chaplin.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 19 Sep 2021 19:00
成人论坛 Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Harmonie Ensemble, New York, Al Gallodoro (sax)

    Lady, be good! - musical comedy, Fascinatin' rhythm

  • George Gershwin

    Fascinatin' rhythm (Lady, Be Good!)

    Composer: Ira Gershwin. Performer: Alfred Gallodoro. Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • Gershwin by Grofe: Harmonie Ensemble, New York.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.

  • Michael Palin

    Decomposing Composers

    Performer: Michael Palin.
    • Monty Python Sings.
    • 20.

  • Johann Strauss II

    The Blue Danube, Op 314

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • RCA.

  • Bill Bailey

    Classical Cockney

    Performer: Bill Bailey.
    • The Ultimate Collection Ever!.
    • MCPS.
    • 13.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Andr茅 Previn. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, Symphony no.2: Royal Phil, Andre Previn.
    • Telarc.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    A Musical Joke, K.522: IV. Presto

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Gerard Hoffnung

    The Famous Tay Whale

    Orchestra: Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hoffnung's Music Festivals CD1.
    • MCPS.
    • 19.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 13, 'Path茅tique' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Beethoven Piano Sonatas: 'Moonlight' 'Pathetique' 'Waldstein' Steven Osborne pia.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Cin茅ma-Fantasie after Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58b - LM edited

    Performer: Joo Yeon Sir. Performer: Irina Andrievsky.
    • Joo Yeon Sir: Suites & Fantasies.
    • Rubicon.

  • Jack Benny

    The Violin Lesson

    • Radio's Greatest Comedians.
    • 1.

  • Peter Cook & Dudley Moore

    Goodbyeee

    • The Essential Peter Cook And Dudley Moore.
    • 8.

  • Joo Yeon Sir & Irina Andrievsky

    Milhaud: Cin茅ma-Fantasie after Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58b

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Eternally

    Orchestra: Charlie Chaplin Orchestra.
    • Best Of A 100 Ans Du Cinema.
    • 23.

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Napoli March (From "The Great Dictator")

    Composer: Scott Stapp. Composer: Mark Tremonti. Orchestra: The Bavarian Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Music Of Charles Chaplin.
    • 12.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    CU 18 Ill Wind

    Composer: Michael Flanders. Composer: Donald Swann. Performer: Michael Flanders. Performer: Donald Swann.
    • The Complete Flanders And Swann CD1:At The Drop Of Another Hat.

  • Jerome Kern

    Show Boat (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta.
    • The Very Best of Broadway.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Marx Brothers

    The Big Store: Harpo's Bazar

    • The Marx Brothers Sing and Play.
    • Chansons Cinema.
    • 18.

  • Erik Satie

    Embryons desseches. III. de Podophthalma

    • Erik Satie - Alexandre Tharaud Avant-Derni猫res Pens茅es.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • John Altman

    Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

    Composer: Eric Idle. Performer: Eric Idle.
    • A Symphony Of British Music: Music For The Closing Ceremony Of The London 2012 O.
    • 14.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat major, Op 33 No 2, 'The Joke'

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Leroy Anderson

    The Typewriter

    • Children's Favourites.
    • River Productions.
    • 17.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lilya Zilberstein. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Grieg: Piano Concerto, Lyric Suite, In Autumn: Zilberstein, Gothenburg SO, Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Victoria Wood

    Barrry And Freda (Let's Do It)

    Performer: Victoria Wood.
    • The Best Comedy Album In The World...Ever! CD2.
    • Virgin.
    • 21.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 18 Jul 2021 19:00
    成人论坛 Radio Scotland
  • Sun 19 Sep 2021 19:00
    成人论坛 Radio Scotland