Rachmaninoffs first symphony, TV theme?

wzevon1951 | 08:45 Thu 13th Oct 2011 | Music

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I saw a performance of Rachmaninoffs first symphony last night, and the driving theme in the 4th movement is familiar, I think it is an old tv theme. I'm sure it was a late night news and current affairs programme, we came up with Monitor, or In town tonight. Any suggestions?

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VHG

Someone on YouTube says it was used in the 1960s as the theme for panorama.

VHG

Link did not work, lets try again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwVgUlO_xpE

VHG

This link below gives a histroy of the Panorama theme tune and does not mention it at all so maybe it was not panorama.

http://news.bbc.co.uk.../panorama/3154748.stm

SeaJayPea

Also from the BBC, this says it was Panorama.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/129

as does this

wzevon1951

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Thank you so much. I was reading that the symphony had a troubled past, one performance in 1897 conducted by an allegedly drunk Glazunov, lost till after Sergei's death, 2nd performance in 1945, and only performed in Engaland in 1964. Rach was quite unfashionable then, so it was quite a left field choice for a mainstream current affairs programme's themetune.

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