Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

25/11/2014

Debussy's goldfish, Chopin's dog and Brahms' red hedgehog all feature on the programme, as Jamie looks at the animal world in music.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Tue 25 Nov 2014 20:05

Clip

Music Played

  • Terry Gilkyson

    The Bare Necessities

    Performer: Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman.
  • George Gershwin

    Promenade (Walking The Dog)

    Performer: Richard Stoltzman, London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Stern.
  • Frederic Chopin

    Minute Waltz / Little Dog Waltz

    Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.
  • Aaron Copland

    Rodeo Ballet Music, Hoedown

    Performer: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal DorΓ΅ti.
  • Camille Saint-Saens

    The Swan

    Performer: Ofra Harnoy, Michael Dussek.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Dance Of The Swans

    Performer: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
  • Claude Debussy

    Poisson DΒ’or from Images

    Performer: Norika Ogawa.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madame Butterfly, Un Bel di

    Performer: Mirella Freni, Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Finale from Firebird Suite

    Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Rattle.
  • Franz Schubert

    Trout Quintet in A major, Scherzo

    Performer: Martin Helmchen, Alina Ibragimova, Antoine Tamestit, Christian Poltera, Luis Cabrera.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti, London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Litton.
  • John Lennon and Paul McCartney

    Blackbird

    Music Arranger: Daryl Runswick. Performer: The King’s Singers.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Ballad of the Unhatched Chicks

    Performer: Rotterdam Philharmonic. Conductor: James Conlon.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Nun, liebes Weibchen, ziehst mit mir

    Performer: Bryn Terfel, Miah Persson, Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras.
  • John Taverner

    The Lamb

    Performer: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma Mere LΒ’Oye, Laideronette Empress of the Pagodas & The Fairy Garden

    Performer: Orchestra de LΒ’Opera National De Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No 3

    Performer: Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy. Conductor: JΓ©rΓ΄me Kaltenbach.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird

    Performer: Elizabeth Atherton, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Simon Halsey.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 5

    Performer: Alessio Bax.
  • Dmitri Shostakovich

    Romance from The Gadfly Suite Op. 97

    Performer: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Conductor: Theodore Kuchar.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Melancholy from Cantus Arcticus

    Performer: The Klemetti Institute symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen.
  • Bob Chilcott

    The Dove And The Olive Leaf

    Performer: Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Mateusz Boduch. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
  • Leos Janacek

    The Cunning Little Vixen

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance Of The Hours from La Gioconda

    Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Lenard.

Broadcast

  • Tue 25 Nov 2014 20:05