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Get into the holiday mood with a classical staycation mix

In Tune's specially curated playlist. Escapism for a bank holiday at home, with Clyde Valley Stompers' take on Peter and the Wolf and Brad Meldau's version of The Beatles' Blackbird.

In Tune's specially curated playlist: stay at home and enjoy an eclectic musical escape that is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face on a bank holiday like no other.
We jump straight in with Clyde Valley Stompers' swinging arrangement of Peter and the Wolf, Randy Newman rounds up the gang in Toy Story 2, it's a Jolly Holiday with Mary Poppins, we have a hoedown with Aaron Copland and the Brodsky Quartet, Brad Meldau's Blackbird sings and finally we soar through the moonlit sky with E.T. - The Extraterrestrial. You won't want to be anywhere else.

Producer: Barnaby Gordon

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf (arr. Clyde Valley Stompers)

    Ensemble: Clyde Valley Stompers.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no. 2 (BWV.1047) in F major, 3rd movement; Allegro assai

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Performer: Cho-Liang Lin. Performer: William Bennett. Performer: Neal Black. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.
    • Sony.
  • Randy Newman

    Toy Story 2 (1999): Jessie and the Roundup Gang

    Conductor: Randy Newman. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Toy Story 2 (An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 9.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: David Hopper. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • French and Russian Orchestral Works: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 25.
  • Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke

    Jolly Holiday

    • Mary Poppins.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 7.
  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-Down arr Thomas (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)

    Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Music Arranger: Jacqueline Thomas. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • New World Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Swan Theme)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • DG.
  • Paul McCartney

    Blackbird

    Performer: Brad Mehldau. Performer: Jorge Rossy. Music Arranger: Brad Mehldau. Singer: Larry Grenadier.
    • Warner.
  • John Williams

    E.T. (Flying theme)

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Philips.

Broadcast

  • Mon 13 Apr 2020 19:00

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