Episode 40: The Golden Age of Ballooning

Episode 40: The Golden Age of Ballooning (1974)

• La fiera di Venezia - Sinfonia (1772) Antonio Salieri [perf. English Chamber Orchestra cond. Richard Bonynge, 1972 album “Eighteenth-Century Overtures” (Decca SXL 6531)] (‘The Golden Age of Ballooning’)
• Concerto in D Minor for Organ, Transverse Flute, and Strings, Mvt. I (1756) Michel Corrette [perf. Württemberg Chamber Orchestra cond. Jörg Faerber, 1967 album “Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings (et al.)” (Turnabout TV 34135-S)] (Montgolfiers look at their craft; Montgolfiers wash)
• La fiera di Venezia - Sinfonia (1772) Antonio Salieri [perf. English Chamber Orchestra cond. Richard Bonynge, 1972 album “Eighteenth-Century Overtures” (Decca SXL 6531)] (‘The Golden Age of Ballooning’)
• Five Fanfares No. 4: The Tower (1942) Charles Williams [perf. Queen’s Hall Light Orchestra, 1969 album “Fanfares Vol. 1” (Chappell CIS 5025)] (Louis XIV enters)
• Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay (18th C.) Sir Alexander MacDonald(?); arr. in medley “Reel” (1973) Addie Harper [perf. Wick Scottish Dance Band, 1973 album “A Call From the North” (Talisman STAL 5029)] (Garden chase)
• La fiera di Venezia - Sinfonia (1772) Antonio Salieri [perf. English Chamber Orchestra cond. Richard Bonynge, 1972 album “Eighteenth-Century Overtures” (Decca SXL 6531)] (‘The Golden Age of Ballooning’)
• Concerto Grosso in C Major (Alexander’s Feast), Mvt. I (1736) George Frideric Handel [perf. Philomusica of London cond. Granville Jones, 1960 album “Handel” (L’Oiseau-Lyre OL.50181)] (Court of King George III)
• *George III (1974) Neil Innes [perf. Sue Glover, Rosetta Hightower, & Joanna Williams] (The Ronettes)
• The Liberty Bell (1893) John Philip Sousa [perf. Band of the Grenadier Guards cond. Rodney Bashford, 1967 album “Sousa Marches” (Decca PFS 4134)] (End credits)
• La fiera di Venezia - Sinfonia (1772) Antonio Salieri [perf. English Chamber Orchestra cond. Richard Bonynge, 1972 album “Eighteenth-Century Overtures” (Decca SXL 6531)] (‘The Golden Age of Ballooning’)
• The Poor Soul (1967) Peter Reno (Peter Taylor & Cliff Twemlow) [perf. Rose Treacher, 1967 album “The Silent Film Era No. 2” (De Wolfe DW/LP 3054)] (Barry Zeppelin)
• On Wings of Song (1834) Felix Mendelssohn; arr. (c.1943) Jack Byfield [perf. Palm Court Trio, 1969 album “The Palm Court Trio” (Music for Pleasure MFP 1300)] (Musicians in airship)
• La fiera di Venezia - Sinfonia (1772) Antonio Salieri [perf. English Chamber Orchestra cond. Richard Bonynge, 1972 album “Eighteenth-Century Overtures” (Decca SXL 6531)] (‘The Golden Age of Ballooning’)
• Market Research (1973) John Reids [1973 album “Output” (De Wolfe DW/LP 3263)] (‘The Golden Age of Colonic Irrigation’)
• Symphony No. 2, Mvt. I (1911) Sir Edward Elgar [perf. London Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Sir Adrian Boult, 1968 album “Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat” (Lyrita SRCS 4)] (‘The Mill on Floss’)
• Colditz Theme (1972) Robert Farnon (Lost deleted scene: Harpo Nietzsche and Barry Zeppelin)