Expert: David Froom - 12/21/2009

Question
can you tell me the name of the opening tune to classic destinations?  it is not the violinist niki vasilaki but the tune has been around for a long period of time possibly 50 or 100 years
regards geoff king

Answer
This is the Classical Destinations website:
http://www.classicaldestinations.com/CDII/

"About the Theme

"We are constantly being asked from all around the world who wrote our TV Theme and where can we buy it.

"Well it was written by Paul Terracini, an Australian composer and conductor, Paul and I actually went to school together some 35 years ago at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. I commissioned Paul to write this Theme for series I which has been much in demand and loved.

"The Australian Violinist, Niki Vasilakis performed the Theme this on series I with the Prague Symphony Orchestra. Paul conducted this in Prague and the results were beyond our expectations. An Orchestral version is also used in the series without Niki.

"On Series II, I asked Paul to re arrange his TV Theme for Richard Tognetti on violin and the Australian Chamber Orchestra our series II Artists in residence. This new version is featured exclusively in series II and is included on the Double CD from series II which features the music from Classical Destinations as performed by the ACO and Richard.

"The video clips for this is also exclusively contained in the DVD from series II, The Music From the Series recorded by the Australian Chamber Orchestra along with some 33 other stunning performances and music clips from the TV series. The DVD contains two versions of the TV Theme, one is on our site now, click here.

"I have recently asked Paul to prepare a Piano version of the Theme, plus a Piano and Violin score too for publishing in two levels of performance. We are planning on releasing these along with the full Orchestra scores for both Series I and Series II versions looking at making this available for purchase on DVD ROM. Production is currently under way and we expect to have this for sale very early in 2010. Thanks for your patience. The ROM will also have videos on it of the recording session and also the performances of the Series II clip plus an interactive score.

"If you interested in this and obtaining these arrangements, then please email us here and let us have your advise.

"Many thanks

"Peter Beveridge
Producer"