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This article needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: – ( January 2019) BBC Radio 4 UK Themeby Trad.Arr. By & Manfred ArlanComposed1978 ( 1978):The BBC Radio 4 UK Theme is an orchestral arrangement of traditional British and Irish compiled by and arranged by Manfred Arlan. It was played every morning on between 23 November 1978 and 23 April 2006.The piece was used as the signature theme to introduce the daily beginning of Radio 4's broadcasting following the early morning handover from the. The theme was immediately followed by the. In 2006, the decision by Mark Damazer (Controller of Radio 4 at the time) to drop the Radio 4 UK Theme to make way for a 'pacy news briefing' caused much controversy in the United Kingdom, including extensive discussion in the British media and even in.-born Spiegl moved to the UK as a refugee in 1939, after his parents fled persecution of Jews after the.
He had contributed several pieces of music to the BBC, including a theme for Radio 4 based on a children's skipping rhyme introduced in 1973 (called A Skipping Tune), which was replaced by the Radio 4 UK Theme. Contents.Context and usage The UK Theme was created in 1978 at the suggestion of, the then-new controller of Radio 4. (BBC press releases, when it was cut, wrongly stated 1973.)McIntyre commissioned to produce an arrangement of traditional British and Irish melodies to signify Radio 4 as a service which, from its move from to 1500 metres/200 kiloHertz on 23 November 1978, would for the first time broadcast a unified service to the whole United Kingdom. Radio 4 had inherited regional opt-outs from the in 1967, when the 'Home', the ' and the ' were rebranded as Radio 4, Radio 2 and Radio 3 to make way for the then-new.The piece was recorded in 1978 by the.
The original recording was 5 minutes, 45 seconds and did not include 'Greensleeves/Drunken Sailor', having instead a longer and slower '/' section, with the two pieces played separately before being combined. By 1990, the more familiar five-minute arrangement was in use, lasting until 2006.The time at which the piece was played varied according to the time Radio 4 began broadcasting, which has become gradually earlier in the morning over the years. Initially it was played at approximately 5:54 am on weekdays (starting from Thursday 23 November 1978), before the first programme of the day ( News Briefing) began at 6:00 am.
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At weekends it was played later than this (Saturday programmes in November 1978 starting at 6:30 am and Sunday programmes at 7:15 am). With the extension of the to start at 6:00 am, the and the UK Theme with it were broadcast earlier. Towards the end of the UK Theme's life it was played at 5:30 am every day, when Radio 4 took over from the, which has provided overnight programming on Radio 4's for some years.The actual premiere of the Theme was at approximately 9:07 pm on Monday 20 November 1978, when it was played to fill a lengthy gap in the schedule and to familiarise listeners with the imminent frequency change.In 2006 the Controller of Radio 4, announced that he was cancelling the broadcast. The decision caused much controversy, but protests did not succeed. The last regular broadcast of the UK Theme was at 5.30 am on Sunday 23 April 2006.It was played in full at the end of Radio 4's programme on 11 December 2019.
Single coverOn Friday, 17 February 2006, the piece was re-recorded by the under the direction of Gavin Sutherland and was released as a single on Monday, 27 March, also featuring 's, the BBC Radio 4 late night theme. The original manuscript was restored by the notable composer after it was discovered in the loft of Ingrid Spiegl's house.
The executive producers of the single were, who had previously had an unexpected hit with his arrangement of 's ', and Liverpool-based conference organiser Simon Roxborough.During the first week of its release, it charted at number 15 in the Singles Chart. On Sunday, 2 April 2006, the single entered the Singles Chart at number 8 and the at number 29. The top-ten placement at Tesco resulted in the single featuring prominently in the store's display areas, while its entry into the led to an on-air explanation of the campaign by the presenters of the Chart Show. By the second week of its release, it had dropped to 39th in the UK Singles Chart.
In its third week, it fell to number 75.The same team behind the single were also planning a full-length album of pieces selected from the British tradition. The album, provisionally titled 'Early One Morning: British Light Music and Broadcasting Classics', was expected to include and (the theme), as well as the re-recorded UK Theme. This appears not to have come to fruition. However, the theme is available in another recording, lasting 5min 29secs, on ' British Light Miniatures - Vintage TV and Radio Classics performed by the, conducted by Paul Murphy.
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Life on Air: A History of Radio Four. Elmes, Simon; Anthony, Nigel (2007). And Now on Radio 4.External links. 27 March 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 26 January 2006.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaLillibullero is a that sets thewords of a satiricalgenerally said to be by Lordto music attributed to. Although Purcell publishedLillibullero in his compilation Music's Handmaidof 1689 as 'a new Irish tune', it is probable that Purcell hijackedthe tune as his own, a common practice in the musical world of thetime. It is stated in a BBC's article on its signature tune (see thatthe tune 'started life as a jig with Irish roots, whose firstappearance seems to be in a collection published in London in 1661entitled 'An Antidote Against Melancholy', where it is set to thewords 'There was an old man of Waltham Cross'.' A French version ofthe tune is known as the Marche du, attributed to 's court composers Philidor the Elder and.The lyrics refer to the 1689-91, which arose out of the. In this episode King and fled after an invasion ofEngland by Dutch forces under. William was invitedby to thethrone.
James II then tried to reclaim the crown with theassistance of and hisCatholic supporters in led. His hopes of using Ireland to reconquerEngland were thwarted at the in July 1690.The song Lillibullero puts words into the mouths of IrishCatholic andsatirizes their sentiments, pillorying the supporters of theCatholic King James. It was said to have ‘sung James II out ofthree kingdoms’. The tune seems to have been known at the time ofthe.
LILLIBULLERO, or Lilliburlero, the name of asong popular at the end of the 17th century, especially among thearmy and supporters of. In the war in during the revolutionof 1688.
The tune appears to have been much older, and was sung toan Irish nursery song at the beginning of the 17th century, and theattribution of is based on the very slight ground that it waspublished in Music's Handmaid, 1689, as 'A new Irish Tune'by Henry Purcell. It was also a marching tune familiar to soldiers.The doggerel verses have generally been assigned to,and deal with the administration of, earl of Tyrconnel, appointed byas his lieutenant inIreland in 1687. The refrain of the song lilliburllero bullen ala gave the title of the song.
Macaulay says of the song 'Theverses and the tune caught the fancy of the nation. From one end ofto the other allclasses were singing this idle.' Though claimed he had 'sung a kingout of three kingdoms' and says 'perhaps never had so slight a thingso great an effect' the success of the song was 'the effect, andnot the cause of that excited state of public feeling whichproduced the revolution' (Macaulay, Hist.