Paris in the Jazz Age
The BBC Concert Orchestra, live from Alexandra Palace, with conductor Fiona Monbet and clarinettist Giacomo Smith in works by Gershwin, Ellington, Reinhardt and Debussy.
The BBC Concert Orchestra, live from Alexandra Palace, with violinist and conductor Fiona Monbet, in Gershwin's American in Paris, and clarinettist Giacomo Smith in works by Ellington, Reinhardt and Debussy.
A Friday Night is Music Night featuring French music and jazz from the early years of the 20th century. The orchestra is joined by the effortlessly virtuosic clarinettist Giacomo Smith.
Presented by Katie Derham.
Cole Porter, arr Stanley Black: I love Paris
Sidney Bechet, arr Guy Barker: Si tu vois ma mère
Pierre Louiguy, arr Leon Young: La vie en rose
Bud Powell, arr Giacomo Smith: Parisian Thoroughfare
Gershwin: An American in Paris
INTERVAL
Debussy: Première rhapsodie
Django Reinhardt, arr Guy Barker: Nuages
Robert Farnon: A la claire fontaine
Duke Ellington: Paris Blues
Clarinet: Giacomo Smith
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Conductor: Fiona Monbet
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BBC Concert Orchestra & Fiona Monbet
Friday Night Is Music Night Opening Sig Tune
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Cole Porter
Can-Can - Musical ; I Love Paris
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.![]()
BBC Concert Orchestra & Fiona Monbet
Si Tu Vois Ma Mere
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BBC Concert Orchestra & Fiona Monbet
La Vie En Rose
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BBC Concert Orchestra, Giacomo Smith & Fiona Monbet
Parisienne Thorofare
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George Gershwin
An American In Paris
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.![]()
Django Reinhardt
Swing Guitars
Performer: Quintette du Hot Club de France. Featured Artist: Stéphane Grappelli.![]()
Darius Milhaud
La Boeuf sur le toit
Performer: Izumiko Aoyagi. Performer: Natsuiki Nishimoto.![]()
Claude Debussy
Premiere Rhapsodie
Performer: Giacomo Smith. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.![]()
Robert Farnon
Canadian Impressions ; A La Claire Fontaine
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.![]()
Duke Ellington
Paris Blues - Music For The Film ; No.10; Paris Blues
Performer: Giacomo Smith. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.![]()
Stéphane Grappelli
Les Valseuses
Music Arranger: Fiona Monbet. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.![]()
George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm
Performer: Fiona Monbet. Performer: Giacomo Smith. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.![]()
Django Reinhardt
Nuages
Performer: Giacomo Smith. Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.![]()
Django Reinhardt
Place De Broukere
Performer: Giacomo Smith. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.![]()
BBC Concert Orchestra & Fiona Monbet
Friday Night Is Music Night Opening Sig Tune
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Jean‐Baptiste Lully
L'hiver qui nous tourmente (Isis)
Singer: Sophie Daneman. Singer: Paul Agnew. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.- Les Divertissements de Versailles.
- ERATO.
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Francis Poulenc
Piano Concerto (1st mvt)
Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
Broadcast
- Fri 30 May 202519:30BBC Radio 3
