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Back to SearchSend in the Clowns
Stephen Sondheim's song, Send In the Clowns, from the musical 'A Little Night Music' was written late in rehearsals for the actress Glynis Johns, pla…
15 years, 4 months ago
Bach's Goldberg Variations
Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.
Bach wrote his Goldberg Variations for harpsichord in the 1740s, but today it's pe…
15 years, 9 months ago
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands is a spiritual song originating in the USA.
But it first caught the public's attention when Laurie London took i…
15 years, 9 months ago
Dido's Lament
Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.
Dido's Lament is a popular name for a famous aria, 'When I am laid in earth', from…
15 years, 10 months ago
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.
When Mendelssohn wrote his Violin Concerto in 1844 he could hardly have imagined h…
15 years, 10 months ago
Praise My Soul
Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.
Based on Psalm 103, this hymn was written by Henry Francis Lyte, who also penned A…
15 years, 10 months ago
Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs
Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.
Richard Strauss was 84 when he completed his last work. It was the Four Last Song…
16 years, 3 months ago
You've Got a Friend
Written by Carole King and made famous by James Taylor, You've Got a Friend won a Grammy Award in 1971.
In this programme people tell how this song h…
16 years, 3 months ago
Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme, by Thomas Tallis
Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
When Vaughan Williams wrote his Tallis Fantas…
16 years, 3 months ago
The Look of Love
Hal David discusses writing The Look of Love with Burt Bacharach, for the soundtrack of the spoof 1967 James Bond film Casino Royale.
This classic tr…
16 years, 4 months ago