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Afternoon Concert: Celebrating the Ulster Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra (5/5)
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Ian Skelly with music by James MacMillan and (in his centenary year) Malcolm Arnold, as well as a specially recorded The Sound of TV in which Matthew Sweet explores the very best in music for TV programmes over the years
2.30pmThe Sound of TV
Matthew Sweet looks at the intriguing world of TV signature tunes, which also involves delving in to the BBC archives to find original manuscripts that haven’t seen the light of day since they were recorded for the programmes themselves back in the 60s and 70s. Favourites include The Avengers, Black Beauty, Miss Marple and GrandstandBBC Concert OrchestraRichard Balcombe, conductor
Synopsis Source: BBC website listing
Broadcast notes:
Sweet's segment included works by Ron Grainer including The Prisoner as well as the Doctor Who theme (Murray Gold arrangement), plus a newly performed arrangement of music from The Aztecs based on recently found manuscripts by Richard Rodney Bennett.
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