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Commonwealth Games - Glasgow

A sporting gala first broadcast for the Commonwealth Games. Medal-winning athletes and star singers join Ken Bruce and Garry Richardson with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Friday Night Is Music Night presents a special gala originally broadcast for the Commonwealth Games, recorded at the City Halls in Glasgow. With the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Balcombe. Presented by Ken Bruce and Garry Richardson from Radio 4's Today programme and BBC Sport, the concert features music that's guaranteed to put you in a medal winning mood. With star singers John Owen Jones (Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables) and Gloria Onitiri (The Bodyguard and The Lion King) and medal winning guests Colin Jackson, Jonathan Edwards, Steve Cram and Matthew Pinsent. Music includes 'This is The Moment', Go the Distance, One Moment in Time, The Natural, I Will Survive, Search for the Hero, We Are the Champions together with famous sporting themes 'Rocky', 'Champions', 'Chariots of Fire' and a world premiere - Rimsky Korsakov's Flight of the Bumble Bee for Symphony orchestra and exercise bike !

Programme first broadcast 25th July 2014 as part of the BBC's coverage of the Commonwealth Games.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Fri 24 Oct 201420:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Friday Night Is Music Night

    • BBC SSO CB Richard Balcombe

      HIGH ADVENTURE

    • BBC SSO CB Richard Balcombe

      Olympic Fanfare & Theme

    • BBC SSO CB Richard Balcombe

      CHARIOTS OF FIRE

    • John Owen Jones/BBC SSO cb Richard Balcombe

      GO THE DISTANCE

    • Gloria Onitiri/BBC SSO cb Richard Balcombe

      I WILL SURVIVE

    • BBC SSO CB Richard Balcombe

      THE NATURAL

    • BBC SSO CB Richard Balcombe

      CHAMPIONS

    • Garry Richardson / BBC SSO cb Richard Balcombe

      Makin' Whoopee (Winning Medals)

    • Bill Conti

      Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)

      Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.

    • Gloria Onitiri/BBC SSO cb Richard Balcombe

      MAYBE THIS TIME

    • John Owen Jones/BBC SSO cb Richard Balcombe

      THIS IS THE MOMENT

    • BBC SSO CB Richard Balcombe

      SUPERMAN - THEME

    • John Owen Jones/BBC SSO cb Richard Balcombe

      Once In A Lifetime

    • Gloria Onitiri/BBC SSO cb Richard Balcombe

      SEARCH FOR THE HERO

    • BBC SSO CB Richard Balcombe

      BATON RELAY

    • BBC SSO CB Richard Balcombe

      RUN TO YOU (Commonwealth Games Medley)

    • BBC SSO CB Richard Balcombe

      JUMP (Commonwealth Games Celebration)

    • BBC SSO CB Richard Balcombe

      Bicycle Race (Commonwealth Games Celebration)

    • Bill Conti

      Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)

      Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.

    • BBC SSO CB Richard Balcombe

      GOLD (Commonwealth Games Celebration)

    • BBC SSO CB Richard Balcombe

      ROMEO AND JULIET : DANCE OF THE KNIGHTS

    • BBC SSO CB Richard Balcombe

      THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE

    • Gloria Onitiri/BBC SSO cb Richard Balcombe

      ONE MOMENT IN TIME

    • John Owen Jones/BBC SSO cb Richard Balcombe

      DON'T STOP ME NOW

    • GLORIA ONITIRI/JOHN OWEN JONES/BBC SSO cb RICHARD BALCOMBE

      WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

    • GLORIA ONITIRI/JOHN OWEN JONES/BBC SSO cb RICHARD BALCOMBE

      RULE THE WORLD

Broadcasts

  • Fri 25 Jul 201420:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Fri 24 Oct 201420:00
    BBC Radio 2

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