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Holyhead to Liverpool: music used in this programme

 

Holyhead to Liverpool

Map showing Holyhead to Liverpool

MUSIC IN PROGRAMME 2 - Holyhead to Liverpool

Story: Coast Holyhead to Liverpool
Context: Introduction to North Wales programme and into the Coast titles sequence, also used over shots of Holyhead ferry port, ferry's arriving and departing from the port.
MUSIC COMPOSED & PERFORMED FOR COAST BY: Alan Parker

Story: A shipwrecked child & the Thomas Splint
Context: Alice Roberts driving in green van introducing the modern orthopaedic surgery story, also used when Alice Roberts is walking through the cemetery and used again, when Alice is climbing on rocks to look at lighthouse.
TRACK TITLE: "Ei di'r Deryn Du?'
TRACK NUMBER: 6
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Gweini Tymor
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Sian James

Context: Aerial pictures of 'lonely' coastline and close up pictures of sea crashing against rocks, continuing to Alice Roberts arriving in green van.
Also used over aerial pictures of the island and pebble beach, continuing to Alice Roberts walking with Dyfrig Roberts
Also used when Alice Roberts is walking on the beach, packing her bag and walking next to the cemetery.
TRACK TITLE: Y Gwydd
TRACK NUMBER: 3
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Gweini Tymor
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Sian James

Story: Wylfa Nuclear Power Station
Context: Aerial pictures of Wylfa Power station
TRACK TITLE: E Wah 1
TRACK NUMBER: 1
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Drones and Underscore
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Paul Joseph Smith

Story: Holyhead to Liverpool Optical Telegraph
Context: Aerials and graphic map into Neil Oliver walking at the Point Lynas lighthouse
MUSIC COMPOSED & PERFORMED FOR COAST BY: Alan Parker

Context : Neil Oliver, Frank Large & the sea cadets experiment with a model optical telegraph
TRACK TITLE: At The Mercy Of
TRACK NUMBER: 2
CD TITLE/NUMBER: PURE PIANO / CHAP 309
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Philip Sheppard

Story: The Royal Charter
Context : Getting lifeboat ready to rescue Neil Oliver
TRACK TITLE: Warm Waves
TRACK NUMBER: 8
CD TITLE/NUMBER: The Seasons / CHAP 286
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Steve Carter

Story: Shell fish - old and new
Context : Arctic Clams under water. Aerials of the Lavan Sands into the mussel fishery
TRACK TITLE: Misted Outlines
TRACK NUMBER: 15
CD TITLE/NUMBER: CHAP 314
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Max Reud

Context: Views of two fishing trawlers in operation, scooping and emptying mussels from the seabed
TRACK TITLE: VI th movement "Waltz 2" From The Jazz Suite No2 (Suite for Promenade Orchestra)
TRACK NUMBER: 13
CD TITLE/NUMBER: SHOSTAKOVITCH : JAZZ MUSIC / DECCA 433 702-2
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Riccardo Chailly

Story: Ogof Llech - Mostyn's Heir
Context: Aerials of the Great Orme, sea views of Ogof Llech cave. Neil Oliver, discovers the hidden cave of Ogof Llech on the Great Orme. Team climbing down to the cave. Also used when Neil and Nick Jowett are looking at carved faces in the cliffs and views of the cave.
TRACK TITLE: Psalms of Repentance
TRACK NUMBER: 1
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Alfred Schnitke Psalms of Repentance
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Tonu Kaluste / Swedish Radio Choir

Context: Neil Oliver on mobile phone carrying out research on the history of the Cave and views of Ogof Llech cave
TRACK TITLE: E Wah 3
TRACK NUMBER: 1
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Drones and Underscore
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Paul Joseph Smith

Context: Rock sample from the cave in hand and Neil Oliver holding map. Also views of Llandudno
TRACK TITLE: E Wah Space
TRACK NUMBER:
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Drones and Underscore
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Paul Joseph Smith

Context: Interior of cave and under poem read by Neil Oliver. Neil Oliver discovers the identity of Mostyn's heir
TRACK TITLE: Pick Wah
TRACK NUMBER:
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Drones and Underscore
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Paul Joseph Smith

Context: More views of Ogof Llech and aerial pictures of the Great Orme. Resolution of the Ogof Llech Story
TRACK TITLE: Coplandesque
TRACK NUMBER: 30
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Orchestral Volume 2 Mood Music CD Killer Tracks
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Larry Cansler / Terry Woodson

Story: Towyn Storm
Context: Graphic map moving on to aerial of the sea wall and the storm story in Towyn
MUSIC COMPOSED & PERFORMED FOR COAST BY: Alan Parker

Story: Airbus
Context: Pictures of Airbus in flight and its wing leaving the Airbus factory in Broughton
TRACK TITLE: Fanfare for the Common Man
TRACK NUMBER:
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Fanfare for the Common Man
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein. Aaron Copland.

Story: The Dee Estuary
Context : Waders and wildfowl on the beach, Neil Oliver looking through binoculars. Shots of Red Shank, Pintail and Kestral. Also used when the waters are rising and the saltmarsh becomes sea and of the birds and animals on the saltmarsh
TRACK TITLE: Between Places
TRACK NUMBER: 4
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Acoustic Textures
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Richard Beddow

Context: Kayakers on estuary, graphic map, Thurstaton. Introduction to Nick Cranes pebble story.
TRACK TITLE: E Wah 1
TRACK NUMBER: 1
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Drones and Underscore
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Paul Joseph Smith

Context: Mouth of the Dee Estuary and Hilbury. Also graphic map taking us into Liverpool, aerials of Liver building, Liverpool
MUSIC COMPOSED & PERFORMED FOR COAST BY: Alan Parker

Story: Holyhead to Liverpool Optical Telegraph
Context : Mobile phone text message experiment with Neil Oliver in Liverpool and eight other teams scattered from Holyhead to Liverpool
TRACK TITLE : Milkman's Holiday
TRACK NUMBER: 18
CD TITLE/NUMBER: 'Eccentrics' / ATMOS-CD191
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Billy Conrad / Sam Keaton

Story: 'Another Place' at Crosby Beach
Context: Background to images of Antony Gormley's statues on Crosby Beach
TRACK TITLE: Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten
TRACK NUMBER:
CD TITLE/NUMBER: Arvo Part Fratres
PERFORMED/COMPOSED BY: Tasmin Little / Martin Roscoe / Bournemouth Sinfonietta

Context: Programme 3 trail and closing titles over aerials of Anthony Gormley's statues and beach
MUSIC COMPOSED & PERFORMED FOR COAST BY: Alan Parker

Holyhead to Liverpool: Thursday 2 Nov, 8pm on BBC TWO

 

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Dublin to Derry

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See Also

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Neil Oliver
Alice Roberts
Mark Horton
Miranda Krestovnikoff
Nicholas Crane
Hermione Cockburn
Dick Strawbridge

On bbc.co.uk
Wildlife of the Dee Estuary


On the rest of the web

Welsh Orthopaedic Society
Wylfa Nuclear Power Station

Ocean Sciences

Dee Estuary

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