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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

• 00:00

  Raymond Scott

  Powerhouse

  Performer: Raymond Scott Quintet

  • Basta 30-9073-2.

• Aesop

  Aesop’s Fable - The hare and the tortoise, readers Alison Steadman and Peter Egan

• 00:04

  Raymond Scott

  Powerhouse

  Performer: Raymond Scott Quintet

  • Basta 30-9073-2.

• Stephen Kelman

  Pigeon English, readers Peter Egan and Alison Steadman

• 00:07

  Cole Porter

  You're the top

  Performer: Ella Fitzgerald Performer: Buddy Bregman and orchestra

  • Verve 537 257-2.
• 00:10

  Franz Schubert

  String Quintet, Adagio (excerpt)

  Performer: Melos Quartet Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich

  • Deutsche Grammophon 415 373-2.

• Rudyard Kipling

  If, reader Alison Steadman

• Philip Larkin

  Letter to a friend about girls, reader Peter Egan

• 00:19

  Irving Berlin

  Anything You Can Do

  Performer: Original Broadway Cast of ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ Performer: Chorus and Orchestra, directed by Jay Blackton

  • MCA Classics MCAD-10047.

• Margaret Thatcher

  The Path to Power, reader Alison Steadman

• 00:23

  Michael Nyman

  Chasing Sleep, from 'The Draughtsman's Contract'

  Performer: Michael Nyman Band

  • Virgin DVEBN 55.

• Margaret Thatcher

  The Path to Power, reader Alison Steadman

• 00:26

  Giuseppe Verdi

  Triumphal March ('Gloria all'Egitto') from 'Aida'

  Performer: Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis) Performer: Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

  • Deutsche Grammophon 415 286-2.

• Stephen Kelman

  Pigeon English, reader Peter Egan

• 00:31

  Richard Wagner - Walther's Prize Song ('Morgenlich leuchtend'), from 'Die Meisters

  Performer: Jonas Kaufman (tenor) Performer: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Marco Armiliato (conductor)

• Lewis Carroll

  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (excerpt), readers Alison Steadman and Peter Egan

• 00:36

  Dmitry Shostakovich

  Galop from 'Odna'

  Performer: Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Performer: Mikhail Jurowski (conductor)

  • Capriccio 10 562.
• 00:40

  Franklin Ardelle

  Won't You Come Over and Play Croquet

  Performer: Peter Savidge (baritone) Performer: Jennifer Partridge (piano)

  • Just Accord JUSCD001.
• 00:43

  Arvo Pärt

  Fratres for string and percussion

  Performer: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Performer: Tamás Benedek (conductor)

  • Naxos 8 553750.

• William Shakespeare

  Henry V (St Crispin’s Day speech), reader Peter Egan

• 00:52

  Johann Kuhnau

  Biblical Sonata No. 1 'The Combat between David and Goliath'

  Performer: John Butt (keyboard)

  • Harmonia Mundi HMU 907133.

• Bible

  David and Goliath, readers Peter Egan and Alison Steadman

• 00:57

  Gabriel Fauré

  In Paradisum

  Performer: Gilles Cachemaille, Mathias Usbeck, Daniel Fuchs Performer: Choeur de Chambre Romand Performer: Choeur Pro Arte Performer: André Charlet Performer: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Performer: Armin Jordan (conductor)

  • Erato 3984-23274-2.
• 01:01

  Charles Ives

  Piano Sonata No.2 "Concord", 3rd movement

  Performer: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

  • Warner 2564 60297-2.

• John Milton

  Paradise Lost (excerpt), reader Alison Steadman

• Stephen Kelman

  Pigeon English, readers Peter Egan and Alison Steadman

• 01:08

  John Williams

  Main Theme from 'Superman' (excerpt)

  Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: John Williams (conductor)

  • Warner 3257-2.

• Stephen Kelman

  Pigeon English, reader Peter Egan

• 01:10

  Queen

  We Are The Champions

  Performer: Queen

  • Parlophone 6 86642 2.