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Live at the Â鶹Éç Proms: Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra with conductor Edwin Outwater and special guests celebrate the centenary of composer Henry Mancini and his contemporaries.

Presented by Katie Derham, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Henry Mancini: Charade – main title
Peter Gunn – Theme
Baby Elephant Walk
Days of Wine and Roses
Moon River
The Pink Panther – Theme
Harold Arlen: Blues in the Night
Henry Mancini: Rain Drops in Rio
Lujon
Quincy Jones: Soul Bossa Nova
Juan García Esquivel: Mucha Muchacha
Les Baxter: Quiet Village
Burt Bacharach: Alfie
Nicholas Roubanis: Misirlou

INTERVAL: As part of tonight's celebration of the music of Henry Mancini, Katie Derham is joined by his daughter Monica Mancini and son-in-law Gregg Field, both jazz musicians, to talk about Mancini's music and legacy.

Laurie Johnson: The Shake
Morton Stevens: Hawaii Five-O
Burt Bacharach: The Look of Love
Casino Royale
Julius Wechter: Spanish Flea
Bobby Scott/Ric Marlow: A Taste of Honey
Michel Legrand: The Windmills of Your Mind
Henry Mancini: Party Poop
Hong Kong Fireworks
Les Baxter: Shooting Star
Burt Bacharach: This Guy’s in Love With You
Les Baxter: Saturday Night on Saturn
Juan García Esquivel: Whatchamacallit
Burt Bacharach: What’s New Pussycat?
Sid Ramin: Music to Watch Girls By
Les Reed/Gordon Mills: It’s Not Unusual

Monica Mancini - guest vocalist
Rachel John - vocalist
Oliver Tompsett - vocalist
Freddie Benedict, Kevin Fox, Johanna Marshall, Liz Swain - backing vocals
Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra
Edwin Outwater - conductor

Henry Mancini was more than one of the greatest composers in the history of film music. He was also one of the most versatile musicians of his or any time. Marking a century since the flautist, composer and conductor’s birth in Ohio, Edwin Outwater and the Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra celebrate the man and his music in styles ranging from jazz to light classical and film music. Among the classics are the slinky ‘Lujon’ and themes from The Pink Panther and Peter Gunn, joined by gems from the lounge music and space-age pop genres Mancini helped inspire, including easy-going tracks by Burt Bacharach, Les Baxter and Juan García Esquivel.