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Ken Bruce presents a special show to mark the centenary of Friday Night Is Music Night's founding conductor and one of the great names of light music - Sidney Torch.

Ken Bruce presents a special show to mark the centenary of Friday Night Is Music Night's founding conductor and one of the great names of light music - Sidney Torch.

Live from London's Mermaid Theatre, the BBC Concert Orchestra pays tribute with some of Torch's finest arrangements, including Hungarian Rhapsody, The Desert Song, All Strings And Fancy Free, On a Spring Note, Golden Earrings and Waltzing With the Ladies.

With guests soprano Mary Hegarty, tenor Bonaventura Bottone and baritone Jonathan Gunthorpe.

1 hour, 45 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Jun 200819:30
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • ALBERT SANDLER & Sidney Torch

    LARGO

    • ALBERT SANDLER'S SERENADES.
    • EMI RECORDS.
    • SH-255.

  • HORNE, KENNETH WITH RICHARD MURDOCK & SAM COSTA

    MUCH BINDING IN THE MARSH

    • ON THE AIR.
    • BBC RECORDS.
    • REF-454.

  • Sidney Torch

    HOTTER THAN EVER MEDLEY

    • THE CREAM OF SIDNEY TORCH.
    • PEA FLAPPER.
    • 97-47.

  • JONATHAN GUNTHORPE & Mary Hegarty

    SONG OF SONGS

  • JONATHAN GUNTHORPE, Mary Hegarty & BBC Concert Orchestra

    LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    WALTZING WITH THE LADIES

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY

  • Bonaventura Bottone, London Voices, Mary Hegarty & BBC Concert Orchestra

    ITALIAN CARNIVAL NO. 2

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    ALL STRINGS AND FANCY FREE

  • Sidney Torch

    IN THE MOOD

    • Cream Series: Sidney Torch at the Organ.
    • Pearl Flapper.
    • 727031-974727.

  • HORNE, KENNETH WITH RICHARD MURDOCK & SAM COSTA

    MUCH BINDING IN THE MARSH

    • ON THE AIR.
    • BBC RECORDS.
    • REF-454.

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    HIGHLIGHTS OF AMERICAN MUSICAL

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    High Adventure - Sig tune

Broadcast

  • Fri 6 Jun 200819:30
    BBC Radio 2