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playlist ...

Albinoni - Concerto #10 In F, Op. 9/10, Adagio
Arvo Part - Missa Syllabica, Credo
Brahms - Pieces, Op. 76 6 Intermezzo
Bruch - Scottish Fantasy - Adagio cantabile

Chopin - Prelude #20 in C minor, Op. 28
Antonio Ruiz-Pipo - Cancion y Danza No. 1
Franz Liszt - Gretchen aus Faust Symphonie
Giuseppe Martucci - Serenata, Op. 57, No. 2 (arr. for orchestra)

Strauss - Bluette, Polka Francaise, Op. 271
JS Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.2 BWV1047 Andante
Leopold Hoffman - Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra In D Adagio

tonights fayre ...

Adrian Bouldt - Light as a stone
Andries van Driel - Venus
Atjazz feat. Dawne B. - Harmony
Bat For Lashes - Sleep Alone

Beth Orton - Touch Me With Your Love (Kalabi Remix)
Blank & Jones - Relax
Chevy Martin - Kotha Baru
Claude Bareau and his Orchestra feat. Bonnie Bailey - Barely Here

Groove Da Praia - Is This Love
Hey Negrita - One Mississippi (Chris Coco Mix)
Lindstrom & Prins - Boney M Down
Mazzy Star - Happy

Michael Stearns - Alien Shore: Starlight Bay
Moodorama - Weird Love
Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits (Original Mix)

Tonight is the Full Monty where a piece is played in full uninterrupted and that piece is

Chopin - Piano Concerto #2 (well, it was his birthday on March 1st 1810)

we'll have a smattering of the mans muisic throughout the show just to celebrate

Chopin - Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Chopin - Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
Chopin - Prelude no.25 in c#, Op. 45
Chopin - Prelude Op28 #4 in F
Chopin - Nocturne In B Op32/1

From the TV series Lost
Michael Giacchino - Lost, Locked Out Again OST
Michael Giacchino - Lost, Life and Death OST

tonights picklist and we'll lounge around until 2am (just for a change)

Budai & Vic - Cross the Line
Chicane - Halcyon
DAB - Genesis
David Sylvian - I Surrender

Enigma - Back To The Rivers Of Belief
Harvey Summers - Fountain Of Dreams
Husky Rescue - Blueberry Tree Part I
Introspective Directive - Nightfall (Audioglider Mix)

Laurie Anderson - O Superman
Lisa Gerrard - Heat, Gloradin OST
Lounge Conjuction - Composite Five
Ludovico Einaudi (Piano) & Ballake Sissoko (Kora) - Ma Mere

Ludvig & Stelar - Relax
Luomo - Good To Be With
Max Richter - The Trees

Johann Strauss - Russischer Marsch, Op. 426
Franz Liszt - Concerto for Piano and orchestra No. 1, in E adagio
Ludovico Einaudi - Two Sunsets [Due Tramonti]
Mauro Giuliani - Concerto No. 1 in A, op. 30 - 2 Andantino

Max Richter - Autum Music 1
Mozart - Piano Trio KV 564 G Major - 3. Allegretto
Boccherini Guitar Quartet - Pachelbel Canon in D
Mozart - Trio in E flat major, K498 "Kegelstatt" for piano, clarinet and viola Allegretto

Philip Glass - In The Upper Room: Dance II
Thomas Tallis - Audivi Vocem de Coelo
Vangelis - Piano In An Empty Room
Bruch - Romanze in a, Op. 42

Hmmm it can't be that time again already ?

I N S O M N I A C S O N L Y P L E A S E

For Rosendo and the California Cowboys in LA >
Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands To Yourself (around 00:00 GMT)

Tonights Picklist

AC/DC Back In Black
Aerosmith Rag Doll
Andy Williams Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
Bachman-Turner Overdrive Lookin Out For # 1

Black Sabbath Over And Over
Blackfoot Fox Chase
Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse of The Heart
Boston Feels Like The First Time

Cab Calloway Twee-Twee-Tweet
Canned Heat Lets Work Together
Chris Cornell Roads We Choose

From the BBC series Wallander - the opening music
Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - Nostalgia
Slusnik Luna - Sun (Kössin mix)
Naturally 7 - Feel It (In The Air Tonight)
Ohm G - Homework (Original Mix)

Carl Vega - Stand Firm
Harold Budd - Color
Vangelis - One More Kiss, Dear (Don Percival vocals)
Vangelis - Spotkanie Z Matka

Melissa Etheridge - Into The Dark
Sarah McLachlan - Train Wreck
Filur - Closer Ft Jr Robinson & Nellie Ettison
Beck - Round The Bend

Melissa Etheridge - This War Is Over
Blank & Jones - Loneliness [Chill House Mix]
Sneaker Pimps - Post Modern Sleaze

Tonight we return to more classically inspired tones:

Schubert - Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen, D 774 (Barbara Bonney)
Arvo Part - Memento
Dvorak - Symphony No. 4, D minor, Op. 13: Andante sostenuto e molto cantabile
Beethoven - Symphony #1 op.21 1 Adagio molto

Holst - The Planets, Op. 32 Venus, The Bringer Of Peace

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 in G minor Winter Daydreams
Bruckner - Symphony No. 5 in B flat major: II. Adagio
Johann Strauss - Persischer Marsch, Op. 289

Vivaldi - Sonata #7 Largo (Ophelie Gaillard cello)

Yep - insomniacs only please

Tonights Picklist ...

AC/DC - Carry Me Home - rare track
AC/DC - Night Prowler
Al Green - Love N Happiness
Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky

Annie Lennox - Take Me To The River - interesting cover
Artie Shaw - Begin the Beguine - some Big Band
Bad Company - Whiskey Bottle - not the usual BC stuff!
Barclay James Harvest - Stand Up - well, when was the last time you heard these guys?

Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back To Your House - yep, the one with the T34 in the video

tonights show is x-over with some classical (precisely two pieces of classical) and Film Music features heavily; in fact you will hear music from 20 different films - some have never been played on this show before

I'll preview pieces from the soundtrack by Christophe Beck to the new blockbuster,
Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief - exclusively on Black Diamond FM (unless someone else in the UK gets there first)

Prelude
Chiron
Medusa
The Parthenon