Melodies for You
| Genre | Music |
|---|---|
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Home station | BBC Light Programme BBC Radio 2 |
| Hosted by | Eric Robinson (1967–1971)[1] Kenneth Alwyn (1971–1972) Sam Costa (1972–1974) David Jacobs (1974–1984)[2] Robin Boyle (1985–1986) Richard Baker (1986–1995, 1999-2003)[3] Hugh Scully (1996–1999) Brian Kay (2003–2004)[4] Sheridan Morley (2004-2006)[4] Alan Titchmarsh (2007-2011) |
Melodies for You was a long-running BBC radio music programme, broadcast on Sunday mornings until 1992 and Sunday evenings subsequently, which presented works of light popular and classical music.
The show was merged with Your Hundred Best Tunes in 2007 by BBC controller Lesley Douglas, who appointed Alan Titchmarsh as presenter.[5] The show was then dropped by controller Bob Shennan with the final broadcast on Sunday, 28 August 2011.[4]
In the final broadcast, Alan Titchmarsh played personal favourites:[6]
- Gilbert Vinter and his Orchestra — The Arcadians Overture
- Edita Gruberová — Der Holle Rache
- Black Dyke Mills Band — The Titchmarsh Warbler
- The New London Orchestra — Knightsbridge March
- Iona Brown — The Lark Ascending
- Jussi Bjoerling and Robert Merrill — Pearl Fishers Duet
- Peter Skellern and Richard Stilgoe — Joyce the Librarian
- The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines — Sunset
- New Symphony Orchestra of London — The Nightmare Song from Isidore
- Pat Metheny — Always and Forever
- Thomas Round — Love Unspoken from The Merry Widow
- BBC Concert Orchestra — Leap Year Waltz
- Philharmonia Orchestra — Rose Adagio
- Joyce Grenfell — Old Tyme Dancing
- Manchester Children's Choir — Nymphs and Shepherds from The Libertine
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Pride and Prejudice
- Shirley Jones and Gordon Macrae — If I Loved You
- Huddersfield Choral Society and Orchestra — Hallelujah Chorus
References
[edit]- ^ Socialist commentary, 1967
- ^ Screen international film and television directory
- ^ International who's who in music and musicians' directory
- ^ a b c "Alan Titchmarsh With Melodies For You on Radio 2 comes to a close" (Press release). BBC. 18 August 2011.
- ^ Paul Donovan (9 November 2008). "Ross and Brand: Radio 2 clean up their act". The Times. London.[dead link]
- ^ Alan Titchmarsh with Melodies for You, BBC, 28 August 2011