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New York, New York!

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's Tom Service, exploring the music of The Big Apple, from its underground scene to John and Yoko's loft and Superman's skies.

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's Tom Service, exploring the musical life of The Big Apple, from its underground scene to John and Yoko's loft and Superman's skies. He roams The City That Never Sleeps, whose origins as the swampy "hilly island" known as Mana-hatta are buried under the modern day powerhouse that acts as both setting and character in the music it inspires. From Bach in the subway to minimalist taxi drivers and King Kong, by way of Varese, Thomas Ades and Bernstein, Tom celebrates this astonishing musical city.

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Fri 15 Dec 2023 16:30
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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    On The Town - New York, New York

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Performer: Adolph Green. Performer: Cris Alexander. Performer: John Battles. Performer: John Reardon. Performer: Michael Kermoyan. Performer: On The Town Ensemble. Performer: On the Town Orchestra.
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • G010001222872P.

  • Isaac Hayes

    Theme From Shaft

    Performer: Isaac Hayes. Music Arranger: N/A.
    • STAX.
    • CDSXD-021.

  • Dee Dee Ramone

    Rockaway Beach

    Performer: Ramones.
    • Rhino.
    • POCD-8603.

  • Danny Elfman

    Batman - Main Theme

    Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • SILCD1276.

  • John Kander

    Theme From New York, New York

    Performer: Frank Sinatra.
    • Reprise.
    • 7599-23927-2.

  • Bob Dylan

    Blowin' In The Wind

    Performer: Bob Dylan.
    • CBS.
    • 62193.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Symphony no. 9 in E minor, III. Molto vivace (From the New World)

    Conductor: Kurt Masur. Performer: New York Philharmonic.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 190296485640.

  • Madonna

    Into The Groove

    Performer: Madonna.
    • Warner.
    • 7599-264402.

  • Billy Strayhorn

    Take The A Train

    Performer: Della Reese. Performer: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
    • Acrobat Music.
    • AMACD024.

  • Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

    The Message

    • Castle Music.
    • CMRCD575.

  • Kenny Gerard

    New York, New York (So Good They Named It Twice)

    Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: Kenny Gerard.
    • RCA.
    • PL-25218.

  • William Grant Still

    The American Scene (The East) - Manhattan Skyline

    Conductor: Richard Auldon Clark. Performer: Margaret Astrup. Performer: Manhattan Chamber Orchestra.
    • Newport Classics LTD.
    • N/A.

  • David Shire

    Manhattan Skyline

    Performer: David Shire.
    • Bee Gees Catalogue.
    • 00602567052128.

  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: Ursula Oppens.
    • ECM.
    • 4810712.

  • Traditional folk song

    New York Girls

    Performer: The Exmouth Shanty Men.
    • N/A.
    • N/A.

  • Claudia Feliciano

    Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)

    Composer: Jeffery Penalva. Composer: Keinan Warsame. Composer: Lin‐Manuel Miranda. Composer: Rene Perez Jolger. Composer: Riz MC. Performer: Rene Perez Jolger. Performer: Riz MC. Performer: Snow tha Product. Performer: K’naan.
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 075679922311.

  • Charles Ives

    2 Contemplations - Central Park In The Dark

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Performer: New York Philharmonic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 00028947915126.

  • Billy Strayhorn

    Take The A Tain

    Performer: Della Reese. Performer: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
    • Acrobat Music.
    • AMACD024.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Company - Another Hundred People

    Conductor: Harold Hastings. Performer: Pamela Myers. Performer: Company Orchestra. Performer: Original Broadway Cast Orchestra.
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • G0100009105787.

  • Madonna

    Get Into The Groovey

    Performer: Ciccone Youth.
    • Blast First.
    • BFFP 28 CD.

  • John Zorn

    The Double AA

    Performer: Eugene Chadbourne. Performer: John Zorn.
    • Materiali Sonori.
    • 8012957069834.

  • Neal Hefti

    Batman Theme

    Performer: Neal Hefti.
    • RCA VICTOR.
    • 88697087952.

  • John Zorn

    Batman

    Performer: John Zorn.
    • ELEKTRA NONESUCH.
    • 7559-79238-2.

  • Danny Elfman

    Batman - Main Theme

    Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • SILCD1276.

  • Hans Zimmer

    A Dark Knight

    Composer: James Newton Howard. Performer: Hans Zimmer.
    • Warner Sunset.
    • 9362-49860-0.

  • Edgard VarΓ¨se

    Ameriques

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: New York Philharmonic.
    • Sony classical.
    • SK-45844.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Symphony no. 9 in E minor, I Adagio - Allegro molto (From the New World)

    Conductor: Kurt Masur. Performer: New York Philharmonic.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 190296485640.

  • James Reece Europe

    The Clef Club March

    Performer: Rick Benjamin. Performer: Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.
    • New World Records.
    • 093228061120.

  • Steve Reich

    Four organs

    Performer: Bang on a Can. Performer: Steve Reich.
    • Nonesuch.
    • xxx-xxx.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story - Act 1. Mambo

    Performer: Members of the Cast. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophone.
    • 415253-2.

  • John Williams - Composer

    Superman: The Movie - The Flying Sequence

    Performer: John Williams - Composer.
    • Varese Sarabande.
    • 00030206598193.

  • Philip Glass

    Music In 12 Parts - Part 1

    Performer: Philip Glass Ensemble.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7559.

  • Laurie Anderson

    O SUPERMAN

    Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: Laurie Anderson.
    • Nonesuch.
    • NS011T.

  • Thomas AdΓ¨s

    America (A Prophecy) Part 2 - Burn, Burn, Burn

    Conductor: Thomas Ades (1971). Performer: Susan Bickley. Performer: ---- See CITY OF BIRMINGHAM S O CBSO....
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5576102.

  • Tyshawn Sorey

    Bertha's Lair

    Performer: Claire Chase.
    • Corbett vs. Dempsey Records.
    • N/A.

  • Edgard VarΓ¨se

    Ameriques

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: New York Philharmonic.
    • Sony classical.
    • SK-45844.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    On the town - New York, New York

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Performer: Adolph Green. Performer: Cris Alexander. Performer: John Battles. Performer: John Reardon. Performer: Michael Kermoyan. Performer: On The Town Ensemble. Performer: On the Town Orchestra.
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • G010001222872P.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Dec 2023 17:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Fri 15 Dec 2023 16:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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