Friday night has, in fact, been music night for half a century, first of all on the Light Programme and then on BBC Radio 2, making it the world's longest-running 'live music' programme on radio. It features the famously versatile BBC Concert Orchestra, and is frequently broadcast from theatres and concert halls throughout the UK.

Pre-recorded on 1 June at The Mermaid, London Aled Jones presents 'Friday Night Is Music Night' as Roderick Dunk conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra with guests David Childs (Euphonium), Annette Wardell (Soprano), Jonathan Gunthorpe (Baritone) and Joe Stilgoe (Jazz vocals/piano).

Here's what you'll hear if you tune in:


Overture: Countess Maritza
Kalman

Only Make Believe (Showboat)
Kern
Annette Wardell and Jonathan Gunthorpe

Funny But It's True
James/James
Joe Stilgoe

Laughing Song (Die Fledermaus)
J. Strauss
Annette Wardell

Czardas
Monti
David Childs

Benedictus from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
Karl Jenkins
David Childs

This Nearly Was Mine (South Pacific)
Rodgers
Jonathan Gunthorpe

A Quiet Stroll (Farming Theme)
Charles Williams

Can We Be Serious
Stilgoe/James/James
Joe Stilgoe

Starlight Roof Waltz
Melachrino


Part Two


Scherzo - Octet For Strings
Mendelssohn

O Du, mein holder
Abendstern (Tannhauser)
Wagner
Jonathan Gunthorpe

Think Of Me (Phanton Of The Opera)
Lloyd Webber
Annette Wardell

Myfanwy
Parry
David Childs

Brillante - Fantasy On Rule Britannia
Graham
David Childs

Somethin' About
Joe Stilgoe

Capriccio Espagnol
Rimsky Korsakov