| Composer | Music |
| Cole Porter | "A Fine Romance" (Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers) |
| Borodin | Polovtsian Dances (Conclusion) |
| Enesco | Roumanian Rhapsody No.1 (Conclusion) |
| Delibes | "Sylvia" (Excerpt) |
| Howard Hanson | Symphony No.2, "Romantic" (2nd mvt.) |
| Liszt | Hungarian Rhapsody No.3 |
| Kodaly | "Hary Janos" (Excerpts) |
| Cole Porter | "A Fine Romance" (Conclusion) |
| Suppe | Overture: The Beautiful Galatea |
| Tchaikovsky | 1812 Overture (complete) |
| Leroy anderson | The Belle of the Ball |
Many people will remember the excellent LPs issued in the 50s and 60s on the Mercury label and will have experienced a frisson of excitement when many of them reappeared on CD some 30 years later. Paul's programme was a celebration of Mercury records which featured many of the best-known examples interspersed with fascinating details of how the recordings were made. What he didn't tell us (probably through lack of time) is that the company never owned a recording studio. All their recordings were made in public halls with lines to a van parked in the street outside and containing their minimalist recording gear. There are photographs of this van in Red Square, Moscow, during the company's 10-day visit to Russia in 1962 where material for 5 LPs was recorded.
Since this was undoubtedly one of the most interesting, well-received programmes we have ever had it is a matter of some regret that Paul is moving permanently to New Zealand so that (barring a lottery win to enable us to pay his expenses!) we will never have the pleasure of his company again.