Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Soraya Mafi and Nicky Spence join conductor John Andrews and the BBC Concert Orchestra in an evening at the opera, recorded at West Green Opera in July. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Soraya Mafi and Nicky Spence join conductor John Andrews and the BBC Concert Orchestra in a gala evening of operatic favourites, recorded in the grounds of Hampshire's West Green Opera in July.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Marschner: Overture, Der Vampyr
Handel: Pastorello d'un povero (Rodelinda)
Bellini: Oh! Quante volte (Romeo e Giulietta)
Mozart: Del piu sublime (La Clemenza di Tito)
Poulenc: Non Monsieur (Les Mamelles de Tirésias)
Tchaikovsky: Lensky's aria (Eugene Onegin)
Verdi: Caro nome (Rigoletto)
Puccini: Nessun Dorma (Turandot)

INTERVAL

Rossini: Overture, La Gazza Ladra
Lalo: Aubade (Le Roi d’Ys)
Mozart: Aer Tranquillo (Il Re Pastore)
Rodgers & Hammerstein: People will say we’re in love
J Strauss II: Czardas (Ritter Pasman)
Lara: Granada
Bernstein: Glitter and Be Gay (Candide)
Denza: Funiculi Funicula
Lehar: Lippen Sweigen

Saraya Mafi (soprano)
Nicky Spence (tenor)
BBC Concert Orchestra
John Andrews (conductor)

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Fri 13 Jun 202519:30
BBC Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Celebrating Puccini

Next

Sounds of Christmas

See all episodes from Friday Night is Music Night

Music Played

  • Heinrich Marschner

    Overture Der Vampyr

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Pastorello (Rodelinda)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Nicky Spence.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Ah Quante Volte (Romeo e Giulietta)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Soraya Mafi.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Del piu sublime (La Clemenza di Tito)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Nicky Spence.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Non monsieur (Les Mamelles desde Tireseas)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Soraya Mafi.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Kuda kuda (Eugene Onegin)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Nicky Spence.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Caro Nome (Rigoletto)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Soraya Mafi.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun Dorma (Turandot)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Nicky Spence.

  • Richard Strauss

    Sextet - Prelude (Capriccio)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • EMI.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Overture Thieving Magpie

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.

  • Édouard Lalo

    Aubade (Le Roi d'Ys)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Nicky Spence.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Aer Tranquillo (Il Re Pastore)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Soraya Mafi.

  • Richard Rodgers

    People will Say We're in Love

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Soraya Mafi. Singer: Nicky Spence.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Czardas (Ritter Pasman)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.

  • Agustín Lara

    Granada

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Nicky Spence.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Glitter and Be Gay (Candide)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Soraya Mafi.

  • Luigi Denza

    Funiculi Funicula

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Nicky Spence.

  • Franz Lehár

    Lippen Sweigen

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews. Singer: Nicky Spence. Singer: Soraya Mafi.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • Richard Strauss

    5 Lieder, Op. 15: No. 1, Madrigal

    Composer: Richard Strauss. Performer: Roger Vignoles. Performer: Roger Vignoles. Lyricist: Michelangelo Buonarroti. Lyricist: Michelangelo Buonarroti. Singer: Christopher Maltman. Singer: Christopher Maltman.
    • R. Strauss: Complete Songs, Vol. 4.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Richard Strauss

    5 Lieder, Op. 15: No. 2, Winternacht

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Lyricist: Adolf Friedrich von Schack. Singer: Christopher Maltman.
    • R. Strauss: Complete Songs, Vol. 4.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Richard Strauss

    5 Lieder, Op. 15: No. 4, Aus den Liedern der Trauer

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Lyricist: Adolf Friedrich von Schack. Singer: Christopher Maltman.
    • R. Strauss: Complete Songs, Vol. 4.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Richard Strauss

    5 Lieder, Op. 15: No. 5, Heimkehr

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Lyricist: Adolf Friedrich von Schack. Singer: Christopher Maltman.
    • R. Strauss: Complete Songs, Vol. 4.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 13 Dec 202419:30
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 13 Jun 202519:30
    BBC Radio 3