Classical

Sir Leonard of Henry did a good show last week about the forgotten black composers and musicians of yore, such as Flo Price:

Another birthday boy:

Bit of chillin' Pachelbel...

This was used in that Dome doc:

OP fans might have seen a good repeat on BBC4 last week with the late Diana Rigg talking about Lark Ascending. iPlayer maybe?
In the meantime, cor look, more music not about the shows:

^^^I'm gonna have to start listing what stuff is instead of being a smart alec

Finally caught up with 13-part series on Beethoven. This, Moonlight Sonata, isn't from it, but Danny Barenboim was the presenter of it:

The less egregious Lloyd-Webber brother has a big birthday today:

Was Stravinsky ripped off for the Jaws theme? Listen around the 4 minute mark and make your own mind up:

Fascinating story on last night's Proms (though this performance is NOT from there): Ruth Gipps was a composer in the 1940s who was first included in the Last Night in 1942... and then never again. Until last night. And she died in 1999 too. Here was her 2nd symphony, getting an American premiere... in 2018

A decent gem from Berlioz: