Celebrating 60 - Gala
Ken Bruce invites you to join the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra in their 60th birthday gala.
Friday Night is Music Night - Now We Are 60! Ken Bruce invites you to join the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra in this their 60th birthday gala.
This year marks some very special 60th anniversaries - Her Majesty the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee; Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap celebrates 60 years on the London stage; Sooty made his first television appearance 60 years ago as did Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men. And 60 years ago the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ decided to employ a bunch of musicians an "opera cum second symphony orchestra; an orchestra capable to putting over the finest light music to great effect" - the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra.
Radio 2 kicked off the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra's Diamond Jubilee with "Celebrating 60" - an archive series in which we heard the orchestra play Viennese, opera, musical theatre, jazz, classical and pop supporting the likes of Matt Monro, Elizabeth Harwood, Dudley Moore and Lionel Richie.
Tonight, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra invites you to their 60th birthday gala. Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart takes the stand to conduct the orchestra in a selection of musical fireworks including Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky Korskov); Festive Overture (Shostakovitch) Belle Of The Ball (Leroy Anderson) and Orb and Sceptre (Walton).
Special guests include bass baritone Sir Willard White, whose song selection takes us from the Catfish Row of Porgy and Bess to the Jamaican sun of Solas Market, and the meandering Mississippi of Ol' Man River. The Swingle Singers -themselves celebrating 50 years in the music business - join forces with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra for a version of Mozart's Magic Flute Overture. And TV's Maestro winner - Sue Perkins makes a guest conducting appearance to guide us through Sidney Torch's London Transport Suite.
The concert was recorded at the Mermaid Theatre on 12th April, the day before transmission.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart
Friday Night Is Music Night
(Williams)
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart
Festive Overture
(Shostakovitch)
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart
Belle of the Ball
(Anderson)
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Sir Willard White
Some Enchanted Evening
(Rodgers) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart)
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The Swingle Singers
Badinerie
(Bach) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart)
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The Swingle Singers
Magic Flute Overture
(Mozart) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart)
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart
Annie Get Your Gun
(Berlin)
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Sir Willard White
I Got Plenty of Nuttin' (Porgy & Bess)
(Gershwin) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart)
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Sir Willard White
Solas Market
(Burgie) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart)
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Sue Perkins
London Transport Suite
(Torch)
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart
Orb and Sceptre
(Walton)
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart
Theme from Sissy
(F Kreisler) (Ft. Cynthia Fleming on violin)
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The Swingle Singers
I Feel The Earth Move
(King) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart)
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart
The Duel – The Adventures of TinTin
(Williams)
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart
When I'm 64
(Lennon/McCartney)
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Sir Willard White
My Curly Headed Boy
(Trad) (Ft. Roderick Elms on piano)
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Willard White
Ol Man River (Showboat)
(Kern) (Ft. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart)
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart
Capriccio Espagnol
(Korskov)
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart
Friday Night Is Music Night
(Williams)
Broadcasts
- Fri 13 Apr 2012 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
- Fri 23 Nov 2012 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2