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 |