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Witches, Wizards, Magic and Spells

James and Oliver Phelps present an evening of marvellous music for muggles and magicians with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra and special guests.

James and Oliver Phelps - who played the Weasley twins in the Harry Potter films - present an evening of marvellous music for Muggles and Magicians.

Remember 1997? A year rich in culture. Leonardo DiCaprio was King of the World in the blockbuster movie Titanic, the Spice Girls were telling us to spice up our lives, and if you were a child in 1997, you were probably obsessed with your Tamagotchi - remember them? The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ bid us say 'Eh Oh' to the Teletubbies, and in the literary world, a novel that had previously received countless rejections from publishers finally made its debut.

On 26 June 1997, Bloomsbury published the book in a cautious print run of just 500 copies - slightly under the 107 million current sales figures. The writer was JK Rowling, and the book was called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - the very first Harry Potter novel. The spell was cast - the series went on to spawn seven novels, eight films, four theme parks, a West End play and a host of video games. It remains the best-selling book series of all time.

Tonight, Radio 2 welcomes guest presenters James and Oliver Phelps, who starred as twin mischief makers Fred and George Weasley in the film adaptations of the Harry Potter stories.

The concert includes music by all four Potter film composers - Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Hooper, Alexandre Desplat and, of course, John Williams. The concert also includes other music inspired by magic and mystical creatures - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas); In the Hall of the Mountain King (Greig); Twilight (Desplat); Enchanted (Meneken) and The Firebird (Stravinsky). West End star Louise Dearman sings favourites from The Little Mermaid, The Wizard of Oz and Wicked.

First broadcast in 2017.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Jul 2023 20:00
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Music Played

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Friday Night Is Music Night Opening Sig Tune

    Conductor: Richard Balcombe.

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    HARRY'S WONDROUS WORLD

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    The Weasley Stomp (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    Enchanted Suite

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

    DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman

    PART OF YOUR WORLD

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    The Slipper and The Rose: Waltz

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    FAWKES THE PHOENIX (HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman

    Defying Gravity

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    How to Train Your Dragon: This is Berk

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman

    Let It Go (From Film Frozen)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    Harry in Winter (from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    CONCERNING HOBBITS

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING

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

    Theme-Twilight II New Moon

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman

    Dobby the House Elf (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman

    Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    HEDWIG'S THEME (HARRY POTTER)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Friday Night Is Music Night Closing Sig Tune

    Conductor: Richard Balcombe.

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Harry's Wondrous World

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    The Weasley Stomp

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Enchanted Suite

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

    Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy(The Nutcracker)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman

    Part of Your World

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Waltz - The Slipper and the Rose

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Fawkes The Phoenix

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Finale - The Firebird

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman

    Defying Gravity(Wicked)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

  • The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Theme - Bewitched

  • Regal Cinema Orchestra

    Nola

  • Joshua Rifkin

    Ragtime Dance

  • Steve Miller Band

    Abracadabra

    • The Very Best Of The Steve Miller Ban.
    • Arcade Records.

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic

    The Aquarium(Carnival of the Animals)

  • Orchestra

    Ballet Egyptien

  • Pilot

    Magic

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll Vol.2 (1974).
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Tommy Cooper

    Happy Tommy

  • Orchestra

    Theatreland

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    How To Train Your Dragon

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman

    Let It Go(Frozen)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Harry In Winter

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Concerning Hobbits

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    In the Hall of the Mountain King

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Theme - Twilight II - New Moon

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Dobby The House Elf

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman

    Somewhere Over the Rainbow(The Wizard of Oz)

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Hedwig's Theme

  • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe

    Friday Night Sig (Friday Night Is Music Night)

Credit

Performer The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Big Band

Broadcasts

  • Fri 30 Jun 2017 20:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Fri 12 Jan 2018 20:00
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  • Sun 1 Nov 2020 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Sun 23 Jul 2023 20:00
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