Queen Elizabeth Hall
Ken Bruce presents an edition from the QEH on London鈥檚 Southbank with special guests Gary Wilmot, Sarah Fox and Radio 2 Young Brass Soloist Thomas Nielsen
Ken Bruce presents an edition from the QEH on London鈥檚 Southbank with special guests Gary Wilmot, Sarah Fox and Radio 2 Young Brass Soloist Thomas Nielsen.
Friday Night is Music Night returns to the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London鈥檚 Southbank for a live edition. For more than 65 years 鈥� the programme 鈥� has been heralding the start of the weekend. First broadcast on Friday, 25th September 1953 on the 麻豆社 Light Programme - the same year saw the Queen鈥檚 Coronation; the Conquest of Everest and the end of sweet rationing. The likes of Nat King Cole, Guy Mitchell and someone called Jimmy Young dominated the pop charts that year. The programme鈥檚 brief was and still is "to create a Friday-night show which would help people relax after the week's hard work and put them in the right mood for a happy weekend". It is the world鈥檚 longest running live orchestral music show . With the 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra as it鈥檚 backbone, the heady mix of classical and popular works, film music, songs from the shows, opera and operetta has entertained millions of audiences across the globe.
Tonight the 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra is conducted by its Principal Conductor Bramwell Tovey with special guests Gary Wilmot, Sarah Fox (soprano) and the winner of Radio 2鈥檚 Young Brass Award 鈥� 17 year old Thomas Nielsen(cornet). The show includes show tunes by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, Jerome Kern and George Gershwin and Thomas Nielsen plays the sparkling Napoli by Bellstedt. Orchestral fireworks are provided as ever by the versatile 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra 鈥� their repertoire includes Shostakovich鈥檚 Festive Overture and John Williams鈥� film music for Jurassic Park.
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Festive Overture (Friday Night is Music Night)
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Gary Wilmot & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Ya Got Trouble (The Music Man) (Friday Night is Music Night)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Seventy Six Trombones (Friday Night is Music Night)
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Sarah Fox & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Will You Remember? (Maytime) (Friday Night is Music Night)
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Thomas Nielsen & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Napoli (Friday Night is Music Night)
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Sarah Fox & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Can't Help Livin' Dat Man (Showboat) (Friday Night is Music Night)
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Gary Wilmot & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Soliloquy (Carousel) (Friday Night is Music Night)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Jurassic Park (Friday Night is Music Night)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Strike Up The Band
- Friday Night Is Music Night.
- 麻豆社 Records.
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Charade
- Classic Melodic Film Themes.
- Cool Tunes Records.
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Manhattan Skyline (Saturday Night Fever)
- Friday Night Is Music Night.
- 麻豆社 Records.
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
That's Entertainment (The Bandwagon)
- Friday Night Is Music Night.
- 麻豆社 Records.
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
The Sea Hawk
- Film Music from the Concert Orchestra.
- Sharp Edge Records.
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
High Adventure (Friday Night Is Music Night Sig Tune)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Overture: West Side Story (Friday Night is Music Night)
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Gary Wilmot & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Hushabye Mountain (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) (Friday Night is Music Night)
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Thomas Nielsen & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Someone To Watch Over Me (Friday Night is Music Night)
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Sarah Fox & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Song To The Moon (Rusalka) (Friday Night is Music Night)
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Sarah Fox, Gary Wilmot & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Jolly Holiday (Mary Poppins) (Friday Night is Music Night)
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Sarah Fox & Bramwell Tovey
Just The Way You Look Tonight (Friday Night is Music Night)
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Gary Wilmot & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Copacabana (Friday Night is Music Night)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Capriccio Espagnol (Friday Night is Music Night)
Broadcasts
- Fri 8 Feb 2019 20:00麻豆社 Radio 2
- Fri 19 Jul 2019 20:00麻豆社 Radio 2
