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Join Petroc Trelawny for a special VE Day celebration on In Tune with live music from the swing band, Jivin' Miss Daisy, who will be bringing the sounds of the era to life.

Join Petroc Trelawny for a special VE Day celebration on In Tune with live music from the swing band, Jivin' Miss Daisy, who will be bringing the sounds of the era to life. Plus, Petroc speaks to Wing Commander Richard Murray, Principal Director of Music at the Royal Air Force, about the VE Day parade.

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Music Played

  • Duke Ellington

    I'm Beginning to See the Light

    Ensemble: Jivin' Miss Daisy.
  • William Walton

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.
    • EMI.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Papae Marcelli (Kyrie)

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • The Golden Renaissance: Palestrina.
    • Decca.
    • 2-4.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Réjouissance (Tafelmusik Suite in E minor)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 19.
  • Billy Reid

    The Gypsy

    Ensemble: Jivin' Miss Daisy.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • DG.
  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man (BBC Philharmonic Studio Concerts)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Arturo Márquez

    Danzón no.2

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Sunny Skylar

    Gotta Be This or That

    Ensemble: Jivin' Miss Daisy.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in G major, Op 8 No 2 (3rd mvmt, Rondeau)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi: Les 4 Saisons.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.
  • Edward Elgar

    La capricieuse, Op.17

    Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Petits-fours Favourite Encores: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Ron Goodwin

    Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

    Ensemble: Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Conductor: Wing Commander Richard Murray.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue in C major BWV.846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier Bk 1)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • DECCA.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio No.2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Les Brown

    Sentimental Journey

    Ensemble: Jivin' Miss Daisy.

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