Episode synopsis
(8/10) Humour in Music: Can music, without words, actually be funny? In tonight’s programme, we look at classical music that may, or may not, be funny, and discuss what makes it funny (if indeed it is).
First aired: 7pm-9pm, Sunday 13th June 2021
Tracklist
| Track | Artist | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K 620 – Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen | Florence Foster Jenkins | 19:04 |
| Dvořák: Eight Humoresques, Op 101 – No 7 in G flat. Poco lento e grazioso | Stephen Hough | 19:08 |
| Rawsthorne: Hornpipe Humoresque | Jonathan Delbridge | 19:12 |
| Overture to Candide | Bernstein / Geoffrey Simon & London Symphony Orchestra | 19:19 |
| PDQ Bach: 1712 Overture | Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Walter Bruno | 19:26 |
| Haydn: Symphony No 90 in C – IV. Finale. Allegro assai | Heidelberger Sinfoniker, Thomas Fey | 19:41 |
| Good Grief | Jay Foreman | 19:49 |
| Shchedrin: Concerto for Orchestra No 1 “Naughty Limericks” | Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev | 19:51 |
| Schumann Phantasiestücke, Op 88 – 2 Humoreske: Lebhaft | Martha Argerich, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon | 20:02 |
| Haydn: String Quartet in E flat ‘The Joke’, Op 33 No 2 – IV. Presto | The London Haydn Quartet | 20:10 |
| Reizenstein: Concerto Popolare | David Owen Norris, The Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Massey | 20:15 |
| Moore: ‘And the same to you’ | Piers Lane | 20:31 |
| Haydn: Symphony No 93 in D – II. Largo | Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski | 20:40 |
| Mozart: Divertimento in F, K 522, “A Musical Joke” – IV. Presto | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra | 20:50 |
| Kabalevsky: The Comedians, Op 26 – II. Galop. Presto | BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky | 20:57 |
Episode credits
| Presenter / Producer | Isaac Lowe |
| Presenter / Executive Producer | David Hemingway |
| Presenter / Executive Teaboy | Keoni D’Souza |
