Once again, Friday Night is Music Night!

Another chance to hear Katie Derham present the Radio 3 debut of the popular BBC radio programme that promises an eclectic mix of music for everyone. Chief conductor Anna-Maria Helsing conducts the orchestra that has been the backbone of the programme for over 70 years, the BBC Concert Orchestra, with special guests violinist Aleksey Semenenko and celebrity tenor Wynne Evans. Recorded at Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, in March and first broadcast in April.

Coates: The Merrymakers
Novello: My Life Belongs To You
Sibelius: Spring Song
Tchaikovsky: Serenade Melancolique
Judith Weir: Brighter Visions Shine Afar
Cahn/Brodszky: Be My Love
Peter Hope: The Ring of Kerry Suite

INTERVAL

Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven Theme
Leroy Anderson: Bugler’s Holiday
Kreisler: Caprice Viennois
Trad Welsh arr. Jewson: Suo Gân
Jocelyn Pook: Wonderland
Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantella
Lehar: You Are My Heart’s Delight
Puccini: Nessun Dorma
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture

Wynne Evans (tenor)
Aleksey Semenenko (violin)
BBC Concert Orchestra
conductor Anna-Maria Helsing