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Twang - the Great Instrumental Hits

Friday Night is Music Night - Twang :The Great Instrumental Hits.

Friday Night is Music Night - Twang: The Great Instrumental Hits

Ken Bruce presents a Friday Night concert that celebrates the great instrumentals records that topped the British charts. Yes - tunes that proved you don't need a vocalist to get to the top. Richard Balcombe conducts the orchestra in a selection that includes - Love's Theme by Barry White; Song for Guy by Elton John; Stranger on the Shore by Acker Bilk; The Hustle by Van McCoy; Telstar by the Tornados; Chariots of Fire by Vangelis and Bill Whelan's Riverdance. Tunes that reached the coverted number one spot included Eye Level by Simon Park and Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

We'll salute some of the guitar greats including the King of Twang - Duane Eddy, Gary Moore and, of course, The Shadows.

There's even a couple of classical tunes that made the chart - aided by their popularity as television signatures tunes - Shostakovitch's Romance from the Gadfly which reached the heady heights of number 2 in 1983 when it was used in ITV's Reilly Ace of Spies and Khachaturian's Adagio from Spartacus as used in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TV's The Onedin Line was the big Christmas hit of 1971.

Concert first broadcast in 2016

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Aug 2020 19:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe

    Friday Night Is Music Night Opening Sig Tune

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    LOVE'S THEME

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    Because They're Young

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    SONG FOR GUY

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Scott Ian

    Stranger on the Shore

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    The Hustle

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Theme from A Summer Place

    Conductor: Richard Balcombe.

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    Chi Mai

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    TELSTAR

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    Eye Level

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    THE ONEDIN LINE THEME

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    THE A TEAM

  • Andy Vinter & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    A Time For Us

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Steven Smith

    Shadows Medley

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    LIMELIGHT

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL - FLYING THEME

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Steven Smith

    Parisienne Walkways

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    CASINO ROYALE THEME

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Charles Mutter (violin)

    ROMANCE (THE GADFLY)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    Chariots Of Fire

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    RIVERDANCE

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Friday Night Is Music Night Closing Sig Tune

    Conductor: Richard Balcombe.

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Friday Night Sig (Friday Night Is Music Night)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Because They're Young

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Song For Guy

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Stranger on the Shore

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    The Hustle

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    A Summer Place

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Hit or Miss

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Chi Mai

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Telstar

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Eye Level

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Adagio - Spartacus

  • The Beatles

    Can't Buy Me Love

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 005.

  • The Who

    My Generation

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 004.

  • Coldplay

    Paradise

    • PARLOPHONE.

  • Pink Floyd

    Comfortably Numb

    • Echoes - The Best Of Pink Floyd.
    • EMI.

  • The Beatles

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • The Beatles

    With A Little Help From My Friends

    • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
    • Parlophone.
    • 2.

  • Gary Moore

    Over The Hills and Far Away

  • Queen

    These Are The Days Of Our Lives

    • More Than Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    The A Team

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Love's Theme

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Shadows Medley

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Limelight

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Flying Theme - E.T

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Parisienne Walkways

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Casino Royale

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Romance - the Gadfly

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Chariots of Fire

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    River Dance

Broadcasts

  • Fri 23 Sep 2016 20:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Fri 3 Mar 2017 20:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Sun 23 Aug 2020 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2