All The Right Notes - Not Necessarily In The Right Order

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Episode

Title

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Broadcast

Repeated

Comments

Victor Borge

20020827

20030415

The Danish comedian's musicianship and wit endeared him to audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.

Gerrard Hoffnung

20020903

20030416

whose symphonic caricatures remain among the funniest recordings ever produced.

03 LAST

20020910

20030417

Featured performers include Anna Russell, Peter Schickele, Spike Jones, and Andre Previn with Morecambe and Wise.

Peter Schickele

20060131

20060906

Rainer meets and talks to American satirist Peter Schickele about his unique brand of classical music humour.

As well as being an internationally recognised composer, Schickele's alter ego - a professor of musicology - has been unearthing and performing the lost works of one PDQ Bach for over 40 years.

Anna Russell

20060207

20060913

Rainer looks at the life and work of Anna Russell.

Now 95 years old, she is famous for her analytical send up of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.

The Comedian Harmonists

20060214

20060920

Rainer recounts the story of The Comedian Harmonists, the German comedy singing sensation of the 1920s and 30s.

An elegant sextet, five vocalists and a pianist all dressed in tails, the Comedian Harmonists had a repertoire that encompassed many vocal styles, ranging from folk songs to sentimental hits accompanied by banter and silliness on stage.

A national phenomenon in their day, The Harmonists were best known for their close harmony delivered with humour and style.

Then Hitler came to power and the three Jewish members were banned.

04 LAST

Spike Jones - The Man Who Murdered Music

20060221

20060927

Rainer profiles the life and work of American big band musical comedian Spike Jones - one of the biggest stars of the 1940s and '50s whose career was launched in 1941 with a song that mocked Adolf Hitler - Der Furher's Face.

With his band The City Slickers, Spike was never averse to wearing wigs, playing toilet seats, or tuning gunshots to C-sharp.

He mixed the high and the lowbrow, the serious and the comic, instrumental virtuosity and sonic hi-jinks into a blend that startled and delighted audiences in a much more innocent time.

Rainer also talks to Spike Jones Jr about the life and work of his father.

Episodes

Series	Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	01	Victor Borge	20020827	20030415	The Danish comedian's musicianship and wit endeared him to audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
01	02	Gerrard Hoffnung	20020903	20030416	whose symphonic caricatures remain among the funniest recordings ever produced.
01	03 LAST		20020910	20030417	Featured performers include Anna Russell, Peter Schickele, Spike Jones, and Andre Previn with Morecambe and Wise.
02	01	Peter Schickele	20060131	20060906	Rainer meets and talks to American satirist Peter Schickele about his unique brand of classical music humour. As well as being an internationally recognised composer, Schickele's alter ego - a professor of musicology - has been unearthing and performing the lost works of one PDQ Bach for over 40 years.
02	02	Anna Russell	20060207	20060913	Rainer looks at the life and work of Anna Russell. Now 95 years old, she is famous for her analytical send up of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.
02	03	The Comedian Harmonists	20060214	20060920	Rainer recounts the story of The Comedian Harmonists, the German comedy singing sensation of the 1920s and 30s. An elegant sextet, five vocalists and a pianist all dressed in tails, the Comedian Harmonists had a repertoire that encompassed many vocal styles, ranging from folk songs to sentimental hits accompanied by banter and silliness on stage. A national phenomenon in their day, The Harmonists were best known for their close harmony delivered with humour and style. Then Hitler came to power and the three Jewish members were banned.
02	04 LAST	Spike Jones - The Man Who Murdered Music	20060221	20060927	Rainer profiles the life and work of American big band musical comedian Spike Jones - one of the biggest stars of the 1940s and '50s whose career was launched in 1941 with a song that mocked Adolf Hitler - Der Furher's Face. With his band The City Slickers, Spike was never averse to wearing wigs, playing toilet seats, or tuning gunshots to C-sharp. He mixed the high and the lowbrow, the serious and the comic, instrumental virtuosity and sonic hi-jinks into a blend that startled and delighted audiences in a much more innocent time. Rainer also talks to Spike Jones Jr about the life and work of his father.