大象传媒

Louise Fryer presents a feast of musical humour.

Rossini, arr. Spike Jones: William Tell Overture
Spike Jones and his City Slickers

Bernstein: One Hundred Easy Ways (from Wonderful Town)
Kim Criswell as Ruth Sherwood
BCMG
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

Victor Borge: Variations on Happy Birthday

Haydn: String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 33 no. 2 (鈥楯oke鈥�)
Lindsay Quartet

Tom Lehrer: Alma

c. 13:30
Basil Brush joins Louise in the studio

attrib. Rossini: Cats duet
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Victoria De Los Angeles (soprano)
Gerald Moore (piano)

Lenny Henry introduces his recording of Prokofiev鈥檚 Peter and the Wolf.

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Lenny Henry (narrator)
Nouvel Ensemble Instrumental du Conservatoire National Sup茅rieur de Paris
Jacques P茅si (conductor)

c. 14:15
Comedian Armando Iannucci joins Louise and chooses some of his favourite pieces of music

c. 14:30
Following on from this morning鈥檚 Composer of the Week, Donald Macleod reveals which 鈥楿nbelievable Spoofs鈥� were real and which were鈥�. well, spoofs.

Mozart: Queen of the Night鈥檚 Aria from The Magic Flute
Florence Foster Jenkins, 鈥渟oprano鈥�

Mozart, arr. Flanders and Swann: Ill Wind

Grieg: Piano Concerto
Eric Morecambe & Andrew Privet (Andre Previn)

Gilbert and Sullivan: 鈥榃hen I was a lad I served a term鈥� from HMS Pinafore
Richard Suart as the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, KCB
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

c. 14:55
Special guest Stephen Mangan (Green Wing, Episodes) joins Louise in the studio and plays music with a comical twist.

Malcolm Arnold: A Grand Grand Overture (recorded at the first ever Hoffnung concert in 1956)
Hoffnung (alias Morley College) Symphony Orchestra
Malcolm Arnold (conductor)

A Dudley Moore musical parody

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel鈥檚 Merry Pranks
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Shelley (conductor)

c. 15:30
Live from Bangor, the 大象传媒 NOT NOW band fiddle with Sibelius. Followed by fifteen minutes of fun at the expense of Richard Wagner, including comedian Anna Russell and Bugs Bunny.

c. 16:00
Afternoon on 3 joins the 大象传媒 Singers and conductor Paul Brough live from Maida Vale, where they perform works including the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel鈥檚 Messiah conducted by Radio 3's Red Nose Conducting Competition winner Dennis Gound.

With presenter Christopher Cook.

大象传媒 Singers
Conductor Paul Brough

Parry: Music, when soft voices die
Holst: Ode to CKS and the Oriana
Joseph Horovitz: It was a lover and his lass
Handel: Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) conducted by competition winner Dennis Gound

c. 16:30
Mozart: A Musical Joke

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