Sunday Lollipop

Music has been a life long pleasure. Classical mainly, but not exclusively. Luckily for blog readers I haven't talked about it yet because I tend to pontificate at some length.

Thomas Beecham would sprinkle his concerts with what he called "lollipops" - lightweight stuff, good tunes - a sort of musical Alka Seltzer to send the crowds home happy after trying to digest 90 mins of Mahler. I thought I'd do something similar on a weekly basis. Try and pick a hit-parade tune that maybe isn't so well-known. Whether it's well-known or hit-parade material rather depends on who's listening of course. I'll reveal the music the week after, unless someone has already done so.

Music for Sunday 8th February

Update. Nathalie suggested that I provide a photo to accompany the music. So, I offer you this one as a clue. If you even know why this is a clue, then you know more about the composer than I do.

I have to confess that I'm doing something I always rage about when Classic FM does it - chopping up works that are supposed to be heard in their entirety. But this time I'm doing it, so it's ok. I promise not to play the last movement of Beethovens 5th before the first though, as Classic FM did on their first day of broadcast all those years ago.