BBC Concert Orchestra

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Friday Night is Music Night - T01440708686 Be part of the world s longest-running live-music programme, Friday Night is Music Night, with the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Radio 2. From show tunes to film, theatre, classical and operetta, Friday Night is Music Night never fails to delight audiences with its zesty blend of popular music and light classics. Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 2.
24 Feb 12	Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L1480719893
Essential Classics - T1604559528 The BBC Concert Orchestra brings its unique mix of versatility and excellence to its regional home. As well as its weekly slot on BBC Radio 2, the orchestra give regular broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. Its work can be heard annually at the BBC Proms and on BBC TV programmes including Frozen Planet, Planet Earth and ZingZillas. Together with Principal Guest Conductor Johannes Wildner, join us for an evening of great orchestral classics. Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.Conductor Johannes Wildner.
5 Feb 12	Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L355853475
Classical Gala - T247194361 The BBC Concert Orchestra celebrates its return to the newly refurbished Watford Colosseum with a concert full of orchestral favourites, featuring Saint-Sa?ns' virtuosic Organ Symphony and Elgar s ever popular Enigma Variations.Conductor Barry Wordsworth. Performer Roderick Elms (organ). Performer Benjamin Hughes (cello).
1 Oct 11	Colosseum, Watford :: V1182 listing details L1058111960
Friday Night is Music Night - T1197448000 Conductor Gavin Sutherland. Performer Petrock Trelawney (presenter). Performer Lesley Garrett.
24 Jun 11	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L2107242139
Friday Night is Music Night - T0912947991 With the BBC Concert Orchestra as its backbone, Friday Night has, in fact, been Music Night for more than half a century. With its heady mix of classical and popular works, film music, songs from the shows, opera and operetta, it’s entertained many millions of audiences across the globe. Back by popular demand: BBC Radio 2’s longest-running live music show. Music for everyone. Live recording: audience to be seated by 7.45pm
18 Feb 11	Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L2059620744
The Light Brigade - T1215338009 Expect rousing melodies, plenty of pizzazz and an evening of unforgettable tunes from the very best in British orchestral light music.Conductor John Wilson. Performer Eric Coates. Performer Robert Farnon. Performer Haydn Wood.
12 Jan 11	Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L01936779912
Totally Tchaikovsky - T02002278103 Conductor Richard Balcombe. Performer Benjamin Hughes (cello).
8 Dec 10	Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L126807752
Ultimate Classics - T01223385148 Expect classic melodies alongside exciting discoveries in a concert where anyone who has ever enjoyed the thrill of orchestral sound will be entertained.Conductor Charles Hazlewood.
1 May 10	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L0925908049
Classical Connections - T743481882 Conductor Sue Perkins.
18 Feb 10	Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L01583273187
Friday Night is Music Night - T2086245143 Conductor Martin Yates.
15 Jan 10	Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L01263373522
Friday Night is Music Night - T059547725 A great opportunity for you to be a member of the live audience at a recording of the show. With BBC Radio 2 presenter and special guest artists TBA. Plus some music only to be heard by the audience at the live shows.
21 Nov 09	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L0297955398
Viennese Gala - T1078854912 The Music of the Strauss FamilyConductor Johannes Wildner.
12 Nov 09	Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L01635262629
Raga Mela - T021134846 Bollywood megastar Kavita Krishnamurti jets in to London for a one-off performance of classic Bollywood songs. Travelling from Mumbai for this date only, this is your chance to see a Bollywood legend in action.Conductor Robert Ziegler. Director Kuljit Bhamra. Performer Jonathan Mayer (sitar). Performer Kartik Raghunathan (vocals/violin). Performer Kavita Krishnamurti (Bollywood playback singer).
6 May 09	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L2010456997
American Light Music - T01328076377 Conductor Keith Lockhart.
8 Feb 09	Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L1574735358
Friday Night is Music Night - T1958123344
23 Jan 09	Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L01809056533
Ultimate Classics - T226327477 Performer Louise Fryer (presenter). Conductor Nicolae Moldoveanu.
25 Nov 08	Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L142233348
22 Nov 08	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L01798455136
Barry Wordsworth: Celebrating 60 Years - T971582842 Join the BBC Concert Orchestra for an evening of beautiful classic ballet music. Barry Wordsworth, The BBC Concert Orchestra's Principal Conductor for 17 years, and now Conductor Laureate, conducts his own 60th birthday celebrations.
19 Feb 08	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L1722245117
Friday Night is Music Night - T1514572762
19 Oct 07	Dorking Halls, Dorking :: V1030 listing details L01947954211
The 60s Show - T0445139348 Performer Kim Criswell (vocalist). Performer Matt Ford (vocalist).
3 Nov 06	Hackney Empire, Outer London :: V309 listing details L809354743
Maximinimalists - T01542815513 Conductor Charles Hazlewood.
7 Jun 06	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L684263998
Viva Espana - T01141643603
9 Apr 06	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L67991772
Richard Rodney Bennett 70th Birthday Concert - T02109034791
2 Mar 06	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L01757689544
Tales of the Unexpected - T1175725746 Performer Brian Blessed (narrator). Conductor Charles Hazlewood.
30 Nov 05	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L0795969259
Sondheim at 75 - T01161398185
25 Nov 05	Hackney Empire, Outer London :: V309 listing details L0501910162
Spooktacular! - T1685407959 Performer Alasdair Malloy (host).
31 Oct 05	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L624842734
More of Loesser - T147810463 The BBC Concert Orchestra are joined by the cast of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in an evening of music on an epic scale celebrating the work of Frank Loesser.
13 Oct 05	Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester :: V719 listing details L349264854
Listen Up! Festival of Orchestras 2004 - T01673926258 Conductor Barry Wordswoth. Company Kensington Symphony Orchestra. Music Stravinsky (Fireworks). Music Handel (arr Baines/Mackerras - Music for the Royal Fireworks). Music Errollyn Wallen (New Work - World Premiere). Music Anne Dudley (New Work - World Premiere). Music Elizabeth Maconchy (Proud Thames). Music Elgar (Cockaigne Overture).
5 Nov 04	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L01727288224
BBC Children in Need - T01043643264 Performer Gaby Roslin. Performer Amy Nuttall. Performer Claire Sweeney. Performer Dina Carroll. Performer Mark Moraghan. Performer Rick Guard. Performer Rolf Harris. Performer Suranne Jones. Group/Band 4 Poofs and a Piano.
17 Oct 04	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L1616202971
One Day More! - From Les Miserables to Miss Saigon and beyond - T0972205371 Plus soloists from the West End StageConductor Adrian Jackson. Company Midland Symphony Chorus.
16 Sep 04 to 17 Sep 04	Symphony Hall, Birmingham :: V148 listing details L1758755924
Friday Night is Music Night - T0525576050 Conductor Barry Wordsworth. Performer Susan Bullock (soprano). Performer Alan Opie (baritone). Performer Brian Kay (presenter).
21 May 04	Corn Exchange, Newbury :: V732 listing details L608442337
Friday Night is Music Night - T01130298269
14 May 04	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L0393616086
T0276600368 (04APR04) Plus Junior and Senior Winners of the Menuhin Competition. Menuhin Competition and Genius of the Violin Festival 2004 Closing Gala Concert. Programme to include [Corelli] La Folia [Wieniawski] Polonaise no. 1. Works for Jazz violin and orchestra and a choice of competition repertoire.Conductor Barry Wordsworth. Performer Ida Haendel (violin). Group/Band Chris Garrick Quartet.
4 Apr 04	St John's, Smith Square, Inner London :: V01501089046 listing details L173943147
Danube Journey - T01593911688 Conductor Barry Wordsworth. Music Dvorak. Music Smetana. Music Enescu. Music Strauss. Music Brahms. Music Waxman. Music Black.
19 Mar 04	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L01168008781
Spooktacular! - T0482540987 Familiar spellbinding tunes to make your hair stand on end. Don't forget to dress up.
31 Oct 03	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L01382802988
T1206626144 (23OCT03) Conductor Carl Davis. Performer Willard White (bass).
23 Oct 03	Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham :: V462 listing details L01613437125
Italian Connections - T01512109528 Performer Hagai Shaham (violin). Performer Bonaventura Bottone (tenor). Conductor Barry Wordsworth. Music Elgar (Alassion - In the South). Music Paganini (Vioin Concerto No 1). Music Berlioz (Le Carnaval Romain). Music Puccini (Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut). Music Leoncavallo (Mattinata; de Curtis Non ti scordar di me: di). Music Capua (O sole Mio). Music Tchaikovsky (Capriccio Italien).
2 Oct 03	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L1903893027
Club Classical - T173696641 Conductor Stephen Cleobury. Company BBC Singers. Music Barber (Adagio). Music Vaughan Williams (Serenade to Music). Music Elgar (Serenade for Strings). Music Mozart (Requiem).
12 Mar 03	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L1210603015
Christmas Countdown - T01826574064 Conductor Roderick Dunk. Performer Emma Kershaw (soprano). Performer Ken Bruce (presenter). Company City of London Choir. Company Guildford Choral Society. Music J.S. Bach (Excerpts from Christmas Oratorio). Music Delius (Sleigh Ride). Music Rimsky-Korsakov (Christmas Polonaise). Music Anderson (Sleigh Ride). Music Tchaikovsky (Suite from The Nutcracker). Music Handel (Excerpts from Messiah). Music John Williams (Music from the film Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone).
18 Dec 02	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L1886640306
Series: BBC Concert Orchestra - T2039950166 Christmas Countdown - music to get you in the swing for the big day.
15 Dec 02	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L492141257
T1127499667 (10DEC02) An evening of Christmas Classics.
10 Dec 02	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L01720720614
Friday Night is Music Night - T01408477331 Conductor Carl Davis. Performer Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano). Performer Mary Carewe (soprano). Performer Graham Bickley (baritone).
1 Nov 02	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L45976218
T0749383502 (19OCT02) Conductor Christopher Austin. Performer Peter Donohoe (piano). Performer Brian Kay. Music Eric Coates (London Suite). Music Arnold (Tam O'Shanter). Music Richard Rodney Bennett (Murder on the Orient Express). Music Addinsell (Warsaw Concerto). Music Paul Patterson (Jubilee Dances).
19 Oct 02	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L758405516
T1425471800 (18SEP02) Conductor Barry Wordsworth. Music Dvorak. Music Dlgar. Music Eric Coates. Music Sidney Torch. Music Stanley Black. Music Robert Farnon.
18 Sep 02	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L0672874637
Great Choral Classics - T1494652568 Conductor Owain Arwel Hughes. Company Croydon Philharmonic Choir. Music Faure (Requiem). Music Beethoven (Ninth Symphony). Music Carl Orff (Carmina Burana).
11 Oct 01	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L02038445672
T1103514787 (BBC00) Company BBC Concert Orchestra. Music Dvorak (Slavonic Dance No 1). Music Elgar (Chanson de Matin). Music Tchaikovsky (Piano Concerto No 1). Music Khachaturian (Spartacus - Adagio). Music Mozart (Horn Concerto No 4). Music Britten (Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra). Performer Sarah Beth Briggs (piano). Performer Stephen Bell (horn). Conductor Owain Arwel Hughes.
9 Mar 01	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L1759056557
T01002798007 (DEMONT00) The Wild West. Join us in the De Montfort Hall gardens for our second outdoor classical spectacular. The BBC Concert Orchestra make their first appearance at the Hall with a selection of classic music from The Wild West, including The Big Country, The Magnificent Seven, The Last of the Mohicans, selections from [Copland]..and not forgetting The Lone Range's William Tell Overture. This year's fireworks finale will include the Second US Artillery of The American Civil War Society in a spectacular performance of Civil War music...bring your own earplugs!Conductor Andrew Constantine.
28 Jun 00	De Montfort Hall, Leicester :: V430 listing details L1965312616
T53735153 (BRIFEST00) Company BBC Concert Orchestra. Company BBC Singers. Company Brighton Festival Chorus. Conductor James Morgan. Performer Louise Winter (mezzo soprano). Performer Andrew Mackenzie Wicks (tenor). Performer Ashley Holland (baritone). Music Barber (Agnus Dei). Music John Woolrich (New Work). Music Vaughan Williams (Sancta Civitas). Music Britten (Cantata Misericordium).
18 May 00	General, Brighton :: V01469193951 listing details L682258608
T01266017839 (WRH99) Conductor Roderick Dunk. Performer Lucy Parham (soloist). Performer Robin Boyle (presenter).
24 Sep 99	White Rock Theatre, Hastings :: V670 listing details L1683747600
T0841588999 (CON99) Spanish Nights. The colourful melodies and fiery rhythms of Iberia come to the fore as Barry Wordsworth and the BBC Concert Orchestra present a programme of music originating from or inspired by Spain.
5 Mar 99	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L0229342737
5 Mar 99	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L1659312183
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2 May 09	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L01209907487
15 Nov 05 to 17 Nov 05	Hackney Empire, Outer London :: V309 listing details L01641369829
18 May 01 to 19 May 01	Villa Marina Royal Hall, Douglas :: V915 listing details L01143450253

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Concert :: The BBC Concert Orchestra is one of the country s most versatile ensembles. For more than half a century it has been the house orchestra for BBC Radio 2 s Friday Night is Music Night and gives regular broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. Its work can be heard on soundtracks to many BBC TV programmes including Blue Planet, Frozen Planet and Human Planet.