Sunday Afternoon Sunday 5 October 2025

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Sunday Afternoon Sunday 5 October 2025

Episode • 3 Hr 0 Mins • 05 OCT • Sunday Afternoon with Simon Delaney ADVERTISEMENT PLAYING…

Join stage and screen actor Simon Delaney every Sunday afternoon and indulge in a perfect musical blend for weekend listening.

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Join stage and screen actor Simon Delaney every Sunday afternoon and indulge in a perfect musical blend for weekend listening.

Episode Playlist

13:01

Title: Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella

Composer: Kahal, Irving/Wheeler, Francis/Fain, Sammy

Performer(s): Bing Crosby

Album: Bing Crosby - Bing With A Beat

Duration: 2:52

13:05

Title: Symphony No.9 in D minor 'Choral' (4th movement) Ode to Joy

Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van

Performer(s): James Morris (bass)

Album: The Classic Millennium Collection (Recordno: HMV5737142)

Duration: 6:18

13:13

Title: My Ship

Composer: Weill, Kurt/Gershwin, Ira

Performer(s): Dawn Upshaw (Soprano)

Album: I Wish It So

Duration: 2:44

13:15

Title: Sonata No.1 in A for Violin and Piano (4th Movement) Allegro quasi presto

Composer: Faure, Gabriel

Performer(s): Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

Album: Yo-Yo Ma / Kathryn Stott - Paris La Belle Epoque

Duration: 4:45

13:21

Title: It Might Be You

Composer: Grusin, Dave

Performer(s): Dave Grusin (piano)

Album: Dave Grusin Now Playing

Duration: 5:13

13:28

Title: Don't Fence Me In

Composer: Porter, Cole

Performer(s): Ella Fitzgerald (Vocal)

Album: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Book

Duration: 3:28

13:32

Title: Suite for violin and orchestra (1st movement) Pastorale

Composer: Delius, Frederick

Performer(s): Tasmin Little (violin)

Album: British Violin Concertos - Little/BBC Philharmonic/Davis

Duration: 5:38

13:38

Title: Something's Coming

Composer: Bernstein, Leonard / Sondheim, Stephen

Performer(s): Ansel Elgort

Album: West Side Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2021

Duration: 2:30

13:41

Title: Anitra's Dance

Composer: Grieg, Edvard

Performer(s): The National Orchestra of Sweden (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra)

Album: Aurora - Music of the Northern Lights

Duration: 3:42

13:46

Title: Suspicious Minds

Composer: James

Performer(s): Elvis Presley

Album: The 50 Greatest Hits

Duration: 4:41

13:52

Title: Sempre libera

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe;Frederic Chaslin (conductor)

Performer(s): Rachel Willis Sorenson (soprano)

Album: Rachel

Duration: 3:56

13:57

Title: Isn't it Romantic

Composer: Rodgers / Hart

Performer(s): Chet Baker (trumpet)

Album: My Funny Valentine

Duration: 3:30

14:01

Title: La Fleur que tu m'avais Jetee (Flower Song)

Composer: Bizet, Georges

Performer(s): Jonas Kaufmann (baritone)

Album: The best of Jonas Kaufmann

Duration: 4:20

14:07

Title: Take Five

Composer: Desmond, Paul

Performer(s): Dave Brubeck (Piano)

Album: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out

Duration: 5:26

14:15

Title: Help Me Rhonda

Composer: Wilson

Performer(s): The Beach Boys

Album: 20 Golden Greats

Duration: 3:04

14:19

Title: Espana

Composer: Chabrier, Emmanuel

Performer(s): Staatskapelle Dresden

Album: Not Available

Duration: 6:20

14:26

Title: The Rhythm of Life

Composer: Coleman, Cy/Fields, Dorothy Fields

Performer(s): Sammy Davis Jr.

Album: Sweet Charity Motion Picture Soundtrack

Duration: 3:54

14:33

Title: Can I Forget You/ Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Composer: Kern, Jerome

Performer(s): Andre Previn (piano)

Album: Andre Previn - A Portrait CD 2

Duration: 6:11

14:40

Title: Hansel and Gretel: Childrens Prayer

Composer: Humperdinck, Engelbert

Performer(s): New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Album: Classical Chill Out 100 Hits

Duration: 3:09

14:44

Title: You Don't Matter

Composer: Muhly, Nico

Performer(s): Studio Orchestra;studio Orchestra

Album: The Reader O.S.T.

Duration: 2:41

14:48

Title: You Must Meet my Wife

Composer: Sondheim, Stephen

Performer(s): Len Cariou (vocals)

Album: The Sondheim Songbook

Duration: 4:07

14:53

Title: The Finnish Line / An Line Fhionlannach (From The Other Voices Courage Project) [Live]

Composer:

Performer(s): Colm Mac Con Iomaire

Album: The Finnish Line / An Line Fhionlannach (From The Other Voices Courage Project) [Live]

Duration: 4:06

14:58

Title: Daydreams

Composer: Strayhorn/Ellington/La Touche

Performer(s): Paul Gonsalves (Tenor Sax)

Album: Ellingtonia Moods & Blues

Duration: 3:27

15:05

Title: Opening Night (explicit)

Composer: Brooks, Mel

Performer(s): ensemble

Album: The Producers - OST

Duration: 00

15:06

Title: When You Got It, Flaunt It

Composer: Mel Brooks

Performer(s): Uma Thurman

Album: The Producers SoundTrack (2005)

Duration: 3:33

15:13

Title: Celeste Aida

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Performer(s): Roberto Alagna (tenor)

Album: Roberto Alagna - Verdi Arias

Duration: 3:26

15:17

Title: Recipe For Love

Composer: Connick Jnr, Harry

Performer(s): Harry Connick Jr (Vocal)

Album: Harry Connick Jr - We Are In Love

Duration: 2:38

15:21

Title: Serenade for Strings in E (1st Movement) moderato

Composer: Dvorak, Antonin

Performer(s): RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Album: Shostakovich and Dvorak

Duration: 4:54

15:26

Title: How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life?

Composer: Lerner/Lane

Performer(s): Fred Astaire & Jane Powell

Album: The Magnificent MGM Musicals

Duration: 3:07

15:35

Title: Always

Composer: Berlin, Irving

Performer(s): Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine

Album: Irving Berlin - Always

Duration: 2:40

15:38

Title: Introduction and Tarentella

Composer: Sarasate, Pablo de

Performer(s): Itzhak Perlman (violin)

Album: Itzhak Perlman: A La Carte

Duration: 4:39

15:45

Title: Come Sunday

Composer: Ellington, Duke

Performer(s): Mahalia Jackson (vocal)

Album:

Duration: 5:48