Wishes

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

• William Wordsworth

  My Heart Leaps Up read by Shobna Gulati

• 00:00

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Cosi Fan Tutte Act I - Soave Sia il Vento

  Singer: Simone Kermes. Singer: Malena Ernman. Singer: Konstantin Wolff. Ensemble: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.

  • SONY 8843095832.
  • Tr 19.
• 00:01

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Soave Sia il Vento (Act 1, Cosi Fan Tutte)

  Performer: Simone Kermes.

  • Cosi Fan Tutte.
  • Sony.
  • 1.

• William Shakespeare

  Hamlet Act III scene I: To Be or Not to Be read by Colin Tierney

• 00:04

  Giacomo Puccini

  Madama Butterfly Symphonic Suite

  Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.

  • SIGNUM SIGCD778.
  • Tr 1.
• 00:05

  Giacomo Puccini

  Madama Butterfly Symphonic Suite

  Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.

  • Puccini: Symphonic Suites.
  • Signum.
  • 1.
• 00:07

  John Morris

  Mrs White from Clue

  Conductor: John Morris.

  • La-La Land Records LLLCD 1154.
  • Tr 1.

• Nicola Upson

  The Christmas Clue read by Shobna Gulati

• 00:08

  John Morris

  Mrs White from Clue

  Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Morris.

  • Clue - The Movie (Music From The Paramount Motion Picture).
  • La-La Land Records.
  • 1.
• 00:09

  Alan Menken

  Arabian Nights "Aladdin" Instrumental

  Conductor: David Friedman.

  • Walt Disney Records D003229825.
  • Tr 1.
• 00:10

  Alan Menken

  Arabian Nights "Aladdin" Instrumental

  Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: David Friedman.

  • Aladdin (Instrumental Version).
  • Walt Disney Records.
  • 1.

• Anonymous

  Aladdin read by Colin Tierney

• Mary Jean Chan

  Wish read by Shobna Gulati

• 00:13

  Billy Taylor and Dick Dallas

  I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free

  Performer: Nina Simone.

  • RCA 82876 596202.
  • Tr 6.
• 00:13

  Billy Taylor

  I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

  Lyricist: Dick Dallas. Singer: Nina Simone.

  • Silk & Soul.
  • RCA.
  • 6.

• Born Yesterday

  Philip Larkin read by Colin Tierney

• 00:16

  Stephen Sondheim

  Children Will Listen

  Singer: Barbra Streisand. Conductor: Jonathan Tunick.

  • Columbia 4738802.
  • Tr 6.
• 00:17

  Stephen Sondheim

  Children Will Listen

  Singer: Barbra Streisand. Conductor: Jonathan Tunick.

  • Back To Broadway.
  • Columbia.
  • 6.

• Emily Dickinson

  'Hope’ is the Thing with Feathers read by Shobna Gulati

• 00:21

  Béla Bartók

  Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

  Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.

  • Philips 4168362 Track: Tr 4.
• 00:21

  Béla Bartók

  Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

  Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.

  • Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
  • Philips.
  • 4.

• W.W. Jacobs

  The Monkey’s Paw read by Colin Tierney

• Carol Ann Duffy

  Wish read by Shobna Gulati

• 00:27

  Pink Floyd

  Wish You Were Here

  Performer: Pink Floyd.

  • Legacy Recordings G0100056407942.
  • Tr 4.
• 00:28

  David Gilmour

  Wish You Were Here

  Composer: Roger Waters. Performer: Pink Floyd.

  • Wish You Were Here.
  • Legacy Recordings.
  • 4.

• The Gospel of Luke from The Bible

  Chapter 6, verses 27 – 36 read by Colin Tierney

• 00:32

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  St Matthew Passion (BWV.244) - Erbarme Dich

  Singer: Bernarda Fink. Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

  • Teldec 8573810362.
  • Tr 10.
• 00:33

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  St Matthew Passion (BWV.244) - Erbarme Dich

  Choir: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

  • Bach Matthäus-Passion.
  • Teldec.
  • 4.

• Jane Hirshfield

  I Would Like read by Shobna Gulati

• 00:39

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  The Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

  Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.

  • EMI Classics 7690442.
  • Tr 18.
• 00:40

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  The Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

  Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.

  • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker.
  • EMI Classics.
  • 18.

• Edward Lear

  The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs read by Colin Tierney

• 00:44

  Toru Takemitsu

  A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden

  Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: Tashi Quartet. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.

  • Deutsche Grammophon 00028947753810.
  • Tr 2.

• Eleanor Corr

  Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes read by Shobna Gulati Colin Tierney

• Joan Aitken

  The Cat Sat on the Mat read by Shobna Gulati

• 00:45

  Toru Takemitsu

  A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden

  Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: Tashi Quartet. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.

  • Takemitsu: Quatrain, A Flock descends.
  • DG.
  • 2.
• 00:51

  Floyd Huddleston

  The Aristocats - Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat

  Composer: Al Rinker. Singer: Phil Harris. Singer: Thurl Ravenscroft. Singer: Scatman Crothers.

  • EMI Gold 00094635862058.
  • Tr 4.
• 00:52

  Floyd Huddleston

  The Aristocats - Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat

  Composer: Al Rinker. Singer: Phil Harris. Singer: Thurl Ravenscroft. Singer: Scatman Crothers.

  • The Aristocats Original Soundtrack.
  • EMI Gold.
  • 4.
• 00:54

  Leigh Harline

  Pinocchio - When You Wish Upon a Star

  Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Silva Screen Records SILED1448.
  • Tr 20.
• 00:55

  Leigh Harline

  Pinocchio - When You Wish Upon a Star

  Composer: Ned Washington. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • The Essential Disney Collection.
  • Silva Screen Records.
  • 18.
• 00:56

  Sergey Rachmaninov

  Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (Nitin Sawhney Version)

  Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Performer: Ashwin Srinivasan. Remix Artist: Nitin Sawhney.

  • Deutsche Grammophon 00028948358748.
  • Tr 4.

• Erin Morgenstern

  The Starless Sea read by Colin Tierney

• 00:57

  Nitin Sawhney

  Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (Nitin Sawhney Version)

  Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov. Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Performer: Ashwin Srinivasan. Performer: Nitin Sawhney.

  • Memory Echo.
  • DG.
  • 4.

• Salman Rushdie

  Haroun and the Sea of Stories read by Shobna Gulati

• 01:02

  Stevie Wonder

  I Wish

  Performer: Stevie Wonder.

  • UNI/Motown 00602577871313.
  • Tr 6.
• 00:01

  Anon.

  Raga Durga

  Performer: Hariprasad Chaurasia.

  • Music Today 829410552257.
  • Tr 2.
• 01:03

  Stevie Wonder

  I Wish

  Performer: Stevie Wonder.

  • Songs in the Key of Life.
  • Motown.
  • 6.

• Kalidasa

  Meghadūta (Cloud Messenger) read by Shobna Gulati

• 01:05

  Anon.

  Raga Durga

  Performer: Hariprasad Chaurasia.

  • The Best Of Hariprasad Chaurasia.
  • Music Today.
  • 2.
• 01:08

  Charles Gounod

  Faust - Act 1 Scene 1 - Introduction

  Orchestra: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Georges Prêtre.

  • Warner Classics UK 0077774749350.
  • Tr 1.
• 01:08

  Charles Gounod

  Faust - Act 1 Scene 1 - Introduction

  Orchestra: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Georges Prêtre.

  • Gounod: Faust.
  • Warner Classics.
  • 1.