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Music Heard in the Programme
Prokofiev Extracts from the ballet 'Romeo and Juliet' (Montagues and Capulets), 'Lieutenant Kije' (Troika) and 'Peter and the Wolf' (Peter's theme and the wolf's theme)
Shostakovitch Extracts from the opera 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk' and the Symphony No 5
Stravinsky Extract from 'The Rite of Spring'
Kurt Weill Extracts from 'The Threepenny Opera' ('Die Dreigröschenoper') ('Pirate Jenny' and 'Mack the Knife') and 'Surabaya Johnny' (from the musical 'Happy Days')
Richard Strauss Olympic Hymn (written for the 1936 Olympic Games)
George Gershwin Extract from the musical 'Shall we Dance' ('They Can't Take That Away From Me')
Various jazz extracts Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Billie Holiday.
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