Saturday 25 December 2010

Swingin' Christmas

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SYNOPSIS

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Michael Parkinson presents the sensational John Wilson Orchestra in a celebration of festive musical treats from the 'golden age of Swing' with soloists Seth MacFarlane, Anna-Jane Casey and special guest Curtis Stigers. The Christmas classics include 'Winter Wonderland', 'Baby It's Cold Outside', 'Let It Snow' and 'White Christmas'.

BBC FOUR: THE SWING THING

Documentary telling the story of swing, using archive and contemporary accounts to shed light on why it endures today.

Go to BBC Four: The Swing Thing website

BBC RADIO 4: FRONT ROW

Seth MacFarlane is best-known for creating the animated series Family Guy. Here he talks to Mark Lawson about his singing and whether he considers it as time off from real work.

Listen to Front Row on BBC Radio 4

PHOTO: SETH MACFARLANE AND ANNA-JANE CASEY

PHOTO: CURTIS STIGERS

BBC RADIO 3 BLOG: GET READY FOR A SWINGIN' CHRISTMAS

John Wilson and his Orchestra are currently riding a wave of popular acclaim following their televised MGM Musicals and Rodgers & Hammerstein Proms concerts in 2009 and 2010. Here, John describes the journey...

Go to the BBC Radio 3 Blog

MUSIC PLAYED

  1. John Wilson Orchestra — Let's Face the Music

  2. John Wilson Orchestra — Mad About the Boy

  3. Anna-Jane Casey & John Wilson Orchestra — Just One of Those Things

  4. Anna-Jane Casey & John Wilson Orchestra — Winter Wonderland

  5. John Wilson Orchestra — (The Capitol Years) Come Rain or Come Shine

  6. John Wilson Orchestra — (The Capitol Years) Come Dance With Me

  7. John Wilson Orchestra — (The Capitol Years) What's New

  8. John Wilson Orchestra — (The Capitol Years) The Trolley Song

  9. John Wilson Orchestra — (The Capitol Years) Come Fly With Me

  10. John Wilson Orchestra — (The Capitol Years) Nature Boy

  11. John Wilson Orchestra — (The Capitol Years) All The Way

  12. Seth MacFarlane & John Wilson Orchestra — Ain't That a Kick in the Head

  13. Seth MacFarlane & John Wilson Orchestra — A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

  14. John Wilson Orchestra — Lady Be Good

  15. John Wilson Orchestra — The Shadow of Your Smile

  16. Seth MacFarlane, Anna-Jane Casey & John Wilson Orchestra — Baby It's Cold Outside

  17. Seth MacFarlane, Anna-Jane Casey & John Wilson Orchestra — For You, For Me, For Evermore

  18. John Wilson Orchestra — (Big Band Medley) Skyliner

  19. John Wilson Orchestra — (Big Band Medley) 'A' Train

  20. John Wilson Orchestra — (Big Band Medley) Let's Dance

  21. John Wilson Orchestra — (Big Band Medley) I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm

  22. John Wilson Orchestra — (Big Band Medley) Begin the Beguine

  23. John Wilson Orchestra — (Big Band Medley) I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

  24. John Wilson Orchestra — (Big Band Medley) Midnight Sun

  25. John Wilson Orchestra — (Big Band Medley) You Made Me Love You

  26. John Wilson Orchestra — (Big Band Medley) Moonlight Serenade

  27. John Wilson Orchestra — (Big Band Medley) Peanut Vendor

  28. John Wilson Orchestra — (Big Band Medley) Woodchopper's Ball

  29. John Wilson Orchestra — (Big Band Medley) One O'Clock Jump

  30. Curtis Stigers & John Wilson Orchestra — Let It Snow

  31. Curtis Stigers & John Wilson Orchestra — That's All

  32. John Wilson Orchestra — Sunday Jumps

  33. Seth MacFarlane & John Wilson Orchestra — What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

  34. Anna-Jane Casey & John Wilson Orchestra — Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

  35. Seth MacFarlane, Anna-Jane Casey & John Wilson Orchestra —White Christmas

CREDITS

Presenter
Michael Parkinson
Participant
Seth MacFarlane
Participant
Anna Jane Casey
Participant
Curtis Stigers
Director
Ian Russell
Producer
Helen Mansfield
Executive Producer
Oliver Macfarlane

BROADCASTS

  1. Sat 25 Dec 2010
    21:20
    BBC Two (except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue))
  2. Mon 27 Dec 2010
    01:55
    BBC HD
  3. Fri 31 Dec 2010
    22:15
    BBC Four

Posted by Britannia Radio at 21:36