Friday Night Is Music Night | Britten Pears Arts

Join us as we welcome back the BBC Concert Orchestra to Snape Maltings Concert Hall for a special recording of the well-loved Radio 3 show.

BBC Concert Orchestra
John Andrews conductor
Katie Derham presenter
Eleanor Dennis soprano
John McDougall bassoon

Shostakovich:: Festive Overture (6’)
Mozart:: Per Pietà ben mio from Cosi fan Tutte (7')
Peter Hope:: Kaleidoscope (8')
Elgar:: Romance (bassoon solo) (5’)
Coates:: I Heard You Singing (3’)
Arnold:: Four Cornish Dances (10’)
Rossini:: Overture to The Thieving Magpie (9’)
Trad arr. Patrick Hawes:: The Last Rose of Summer (3')
Trad arr. Britten:: O Waly Waly (3')
Sarah Rodgers:: Seascapes (6’)
Percy Fletcher:: Nautical Suite (after Shenandoah) (5’)
Fučík:: The Old Grumbly Bear (bassoon solo) (5’)
Vaughan Williams arr. Howard Carr:: Linden Lea (3')
Trad arr. Britten:: Down By the Salley Gardens (3')
Coates:: Knightsbridge March (4’)

The wonderfully varied programme ranges from Britten folksongs to Elgar's bewitching Romance, and includes popular orchestral showpieces such as Shostakovich's Festive Overture and Eric Coates' rousing Knightsbridge March. It also features a number of works for bassoon solo, including Fučík's delightfully characterful The Old Grumbly Bear. The evening is presented by Katie Derham and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at a later date, and will then also be available on BBC Sounds.

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