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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

• 00:00

  Ennio Morricone

  'The Ecstasy of Gold' - from 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'

  Performer: London Studio Orchestra.

  • Liberty.
  • LN-10273.

• Nothing Gold can Stay by Robert Frost read by Lesley Nicol

• Gold by Chris Cleave read by Robert Morrisey

• 00:01

  Ennio Morricone

  The Ecstasy of Gold

  Orchestra: London Studio Orchestra.
• 00:04

  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

  Suite: The Golden Cockerel

  Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
• 00:05

  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

  The Golden Cockerel - suite

  Ensemble: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.

  • DECCA ELOQUENCE.
  • 433-615-2.

• The Chief's Daughter by Rosemary Sutcliffe read by Lesley Nicol

• 00:06

  Antonín Dvořák

  Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

  Performer: Black Dyke Band.
• 00:08

  Antonín Dvořák

  Song to the Moon (from Rusalka) arr. for cornet and brass band 

  Performer: Phillip McCann. Performer: Black Dyke Band.

  • Chandos.
  • CHAN 4534.

• Silver by Walter de la Mere read by Robin Morrissey

• 00:11

  Doris Day

  By the Light of the Silvery Moon

• 00:13

  Edvard Grieg

  Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

  Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
• 00:14

  Doris Day & Paul Weston

  By The Light of the Silvery Moon

  • Vintage Music.
  • 516215-2.

• Something Old, Something New by Unknown read by Lesley Nicol and Robin Morrisey

• 00:16

  Edvard Grieg

  Lyric pieces - book 8 Op.65 for piano, No. 6 Wedding day at Troldhaugen

  Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk. Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

  • Naxos.
  • 8.550864.

• A Brass Bowl by Wendell Berry read by Lesley Nicol

• 00:17

  Erik Satie

  Poudre d'Or

  Performer: Duanduan Hao.
• 00:20

  Jocelyn Pook

  Unsuitable Suitors

  Performer: Harvey Brough. Performer: Pamela Thorby. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Siobhán Armstrong.
• 00:21

  Arthur Bliss

  Kenilworth

  Performer: Black Dyke Band.
• 00:23

  Jocelyn Pook

  The Merchant of Venice - Unsuitable Suitors

  Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Harvey Brough. Performer: Siobhán Armstrong. Performer: Harvey Brough.

  • DECCA.
  • 475 6367.
• 00:20

  Erik Satie

  Poudre d'or - waltz for piano

  Performer: Duanduan Hao.

  • Naxos of America.
  • 8.573796.

• Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare read by Robin Morrissey

• 00:24

  Aaron Copland

  Fanfare for the Common Man

  Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
• 00:25

  Arthur Bliss

  Kenilworth - suite T.55 for brass band

  Conductor: Peter Parkes. Performer: Black Dyke Band.

  • CHANDOS.
  • CHAN 8570.

• The Golden Thread by Kassia St Clair read by Lesley Nicol

• 00:28

  Aaron Copland

  Fanfare for the common man for brass and percussion

  Conductor: Antal Doráti. Performer: Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

  • DECCA.
  • 414-273 2.

• An African History of Africa by Zainab Badawi read by Robin Morrissey

• Benin Bronze by George the Poet performed by George the Poet

• 00:30

  Ignacy Jan Paderewski

  Violin Sonata in A minor, Op.13 (2nd mvt: Intermezzo)

  Performer: Adam Kostecki.
• 00:33

  Joan Baez

  Silver Dagger

• 00:35

  Ignacy Jan Paderewski

  Sonata in A minor Op.13 for violin and piano, 2nd mvt; Intermezzo

  Performer: Adam Kostecki. Performer: Gunther Hauer.

  • NAXOS.
  • 8573200.

• The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier read by Lesley Nicol and Robin Morrissey

• 00:36

  Dmitry Shostakovich

  Polka (The Age of Gold)

  Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
• 00:37

  Franz Lehár

  Gold and Silver Waltz

  Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
• 00:40

  Joan Baez

  Silver Dagger

  • Bela.
• 00:43

  Dmitry Shostakovich

  The Age of Gold Op.22, iii. Polka

  Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.

  • DG.
  • 4792618.
• 00:44

  Kerry Andrew

  What Is It? The Golden Eagle?

  Ensemble: Icebreaker.
• 00:45

  Franz Lehár

  Gold and silver - Waltz Op.79

  Conductor: Michael Dittrich. Performer: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.

  • NAXOS.
  • 8.578041-42.

• The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell read by Robin Morrissey

• 00:46

  Pretenders

  Brass In Pocket

• 00:47

  Billy Tipton

  The Man I Love

• 00:50

  Donald Byrd

  Bronze Dance

• 00:54

  Kerry Andrew

  The, What is it? The Golden Eagle?

  Performer: Icebreaker.

  • Rookery Hill Records.
  • ROOK0038.

• If your Nerve, deny you by Emily Dickinson read by Lesley Nicol

• 00:54

  Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

  Waltz (The Bronze Horseman)

  Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra.
• 00:55

  Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott

  Brass in Pocket

  Performer: Pretenders.

  • Rhino/Warner Records .
  • 8573 84607-2.
• 00:56

  George Gershwin

  Man I love from 'Strike up the band'

  Performer: Billy Tipton.

  • Vintage Music.
  • VM0258.

• Trumpet by Jackie Kay read by Robin Morrissey

• 00:58

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Piano Sonata in C major (K.279)(3rd mvt: Allegro)

  Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
• 01:00

  Walter Davis Jr.

  Bronze Dance

  Performer: Donald Byrd.

  • Blue Note.
  • 7243 5 42305 2 3.

• The Bronze Horseman by Michael Symmons Roberts (Radio 4 adaptation) Extract read by Max Irons

• 01:02

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Wir eilen (Cantata No.78)

  Ensemble: Slokar Trombones.
• 01:04

  Claude Debussy

  La Fille aux cheveux de lin

  Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
• 01:05

  Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

  Medniy vsadnik [The Bronze horseman] - ballet suite Op.89

  Conductor: Sir Edward Downes. Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • CHANDOS.
  • CHAN-9379.
• 01:07

  Syd Barrett

  Golden Hair

• 01:08

  Eric Whitacre

  Lux aurumque

  Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers.
• 01:09

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Sonata for piano (K.279) in C Major, 3rd mvt; Allegro 

  Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.

  • PHILIPS.
  • 412 617-2-.

• The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde read by Robin Morrissey

• 01:14

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Cantata BWV78 'Jesu, der du meine Seele' Duet - Wir eilen arr. Slokar trombone 

  Performer: Slokar Trombones.

  • CLAVES.
  • CD 50-711.
• 01:16

  Claude Debussy

  Preludes - Book 1, No.8; La Fille aux cheveux de lin 

  Performer: Krystian Zimerman.

  • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • 435-773 2.

• Silas Marner by George Eliot read by Lesley Nicol

• 01:20

  Syd Barrett

  Golden Hair

  • Deutsche Grammophon .

• As Bronze May Be Much Beautified (Unfinished) by Wilfred Owen read by Robin Morrissey

• 01:22

  Eric Whitacre

  Lux aurumque for chorus

  Performer: Eric Whitacre Singers.

  • DECCA.
  • 274320-9.

• The Song of Wandering Angus by WB Yeats read by Lesley Nicol