The Sky at night - TV theme tune - Complete

[ivorlottandtonybroke]

Had the great honour of meeting Sir Patrick (very briefly) and hearing him speak on the Solar System at a University of St Andrews Astronomical Society meeting in 1979. A brilliant presentation! If I remember right, his closing words were "come back and see me in 1989, when Voyager passes Neptune, and then you can tell me what utter balderdash I have been standing here spouting for the last 59-and-a-half minutes".

[TurnThatSh1tUp1]

All emracingmagnitudeand tragey

[7byseven]

Good evening! this week we are looking at Mars bars.

[DJDunsie]

If anyone wants the TV cut edition of this music, then I've uploaded it on my channel - here:

watch?v=8xq6AbTwVns

Thank you.

[MITCHWILD]

I have just watched the seven hundredth edition of The Sky At Night, the longest running TV series in the world. Quite an achievement. Patrick Moore is to be applauded for introducing people to the greatest science of them all. My interest was sparked by this once monthly program, i rarely miss one. And i have met him too, at The Fairfield Halls, Croydon a few years ago. I was almost last in the queue and he looked rather tired, he did not speak to me, just smiled. I understood.

[trentmuch1]

Forget the wheelchair. Forget his age.

The Man's a greater astronomer (even Physicist?) than most of us will ever be.

He'd be off and away quite confidently on Ganymede, while the rest of us were still checking the map!

[BNSproductionsLTD]

@gas850 he lives down my road! :D

[ognemir88]

To ski

[DaveGrennan]

I've had the great pleasure of enjoying Sir Patrick's wonderful hospitality at his home on a couple of occassions and I can truly say he is one of the greatest men I have ever met. It is easy to put the label 'legend' but in Sir Patrick's case it is definitely justified. A broadcasting legend and on of the worlds true gentlemen.

[Numboss]

This "theme tune" was composed by none other than the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957). It was originally written as the first piece in a suite of incidental music (opus 46) for the play Pelleas et Melisande, in 1905. The original title for this music was At the Castle Gate, and, except for being the theme music for The Sky at Night, was (and is) only rarely heard in the concert hall. I don't know whether Sir Patrick was a Sibelius fan, but I like to think he was.

[intermender]

@Numboss Perhaps it isn't a coincedence that the show started in the same year as the composers death. What a lovely tribute.

[MITCHWILD]

@intermender Good advice, thank's.

[Ralfy900]

Love the music

[Gangly1]

Majestic and sonorous. Whoever chose this for the series was on top form!

[GravityBoy72]

Beautiful.

Thanks for posting it. It gives me the shivers, it's perfect music for a program with such a grand theme.

The music is grand, majestic, celestial, mystic.

It makes me think of the Moon landings.

[1walkgirl]

Beautifull!! :-)

[mrlolburgers]

ive met sir patrick! i love the music aswell

[Sjofugla]

In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.

Genesis Ch1vs1.

Beautiful, thank you for posting this.

[wiganlad56]

@Sjofugla Thats on the pricipal of the magic man made everything mmm... I will take the physics and science theory... as its proven fact and not a not a fairytail. ;-)

[seonidh]

Every time I hear this I think of the two ronnies and the machine solar system breaking! Sir Patrick is a legend!

[lewars1912]

Thanks for putting this on youtube. Sibelius' music is amazingly evocative. Would you be able to download the wonderful Entracte from this suite?