Catalogue of Music and Song
This catalogue appears at the end of ‘Celia’s Secret’ and relates to the numerous musical references in the book. All performances are available on youtube at the time of publication. If you would like to share this music please click below to play the videos. It may take a minute or two to install.
Chapter 1
1. ‘Now is the hour’ Vera Lynn Click here
Chapter 2
Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor Stephen Hough ‘Love me Tender’ Elvis Presley
Chapter 3
‘What is life to me without thee?’ Orpheus and Eurydice Kathleen Ferrier
Chapter 4
‘It Doesn’t Matter Anymore’ Buddy Holly ‘Raining in my Heart’ Buddy Holly ‘The Mountains of Mourne’ Jim Brannigan ‘Let’s Twist again like we did last Summer’ Chubby Checker ‘Twist and Shout’ The Beatles Beethoven Violin Concerto 3rd movement Itzhak Perlman Brahms Violin Concerto in D major – II Adagio Perlman/Giulini
Chapter 5
Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F ‘Pastoral’ Op 68 (V. Allegretto – Shepherds’ Hymn)
‘For unto us a child is born’ Handel’s Messiah
From a recording of Handel’s Messiah in the 1742 Dublin version, performed by the Dunedin Consort and Players under director John
Pearl Fishers duet Jussi Bjorling and Robert Merrill
Chapter 6
Mozart’s 21st Piano Concerto K 467 Andante
‘In Dreams’ Roy Orbison
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 ‘Pathetique’ 4th Movement
Bruch Violin Concerto Final Movement Sarah Chang
‘And I love you so’ Nana Mouskouri
Chapter 7
20. ‘You are the Sunshine of My Life’ Ani Curtis Click here
‘You are the Sunshine of My Life’ Ani Curtis
‘In the Morning’ (T’is the Morning of my Life) Lulu
‘There ain’t no cure for love’ Leonard Cohen Mary Stuart’s Prayer: Father in Heaven Above – Donizetti opera ‘The Manchester Boys’ Choir’ arr. Boustead 1986
Chapter 8
24. ‘Sweet Heart of Jesus’ Maureen Hegarty (recorded on CD ‘A Quiet Heart’ Click here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MdYg62EtD0
Chapter 11
25. The Rose’ Bette Midler Click here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3SVXz3TFr8
Chapter 12
26. ‘I’ll Take you Home Again Kathleen’ Elvis Presley Click here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFotS2PbV44
‘Danny Boy’ Jackie Evancho