Professor T - identify tune, please

[alycidon]

In the Professor T episode last night (25/07/21) the opening sequences were backed by a tune that I have been trying to identify for a long time. Sounds like a waltz. Can anyone help, please. Thank you.

[Ein Heldenleben]

It’s the Shostakovich Waltz No.2 …bit of a go to number for murder mysteries. Also parodied (I think ) by the Midsomer Murders theme tune ….

[Dave2002]

I feel like writing "Who cares" - though I do recall the Shostakovich waltz. We watched the second episode of that series yesterday - having skipped the first one - and it being suggested as a worthwhile and entertaining way to spend time. All I can say right now is that almost anything would have been of greater value.

Will it get better? I probably value our time too much to try to find out.

[vinteuil]

All I can say right now is that almost anything would have been of greater value.

Will it get better? I probably value our time too much to try to find out.

... so many better things available : Beck - Mare of Easttown - and always - Spiral

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[alycidon]

In the Professor T episode last night (25/07/21) the opening sequences were backed by a tune that I have been trying to identify for a long time. Sounds like a waltz. Can anyone help, please. Thank you.

Thank you, heldenleben, surprised that it is Shostakovich, but on the other hand, I didn’t have a clue who might have written it. I’m most grateful to you.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Thank you, heldenleben, surprised that it is Shostakovich, but on the other hand, I didn’t have a clue who might have written it. I’m most grateful to you.

Pleasure - DSCH had a talent for lighter music e,g, his jazz suites . He did have a habit of recycling it though.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

That tune is played on Classic FM at least twice every day.

[Petrushka]

I first heard the whole Jazz Suite No 2 (which includes the Waltz No 2) when Rostropovich and the LSO played it at a Barbican concert, coupled with the Leningrad Symphony, in 1988 and broadcast on R3. It became an instant hit for me with the whole suite chock full of earworms. My recording of that concert disappeared long ago but I bought the Chailly disc when it came out and loved it all over again.

[Parry1912]

and always - Spiral

We’ve just caught up with this. We’re on series 2 now.

[vinteuil]

We’ve just caught up with this. We’re on series 2 now.

... I think Spiral gets better and better from then on - series five and six absolutely on fire...

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[Nick Armstrong]

... I think Spiral gets better and better from then on - series five and six absolutely on fire...

Agreed!

Of current offerings, Baptiste is in a different league to Professor T (very familiar though some of the main locations in the latter are… )