Friday Night is Music Night returns to the airwaves in its new 大象传媒 Radio 3 home as tenor Wynne Evans, violinist Aleksey Semenenko and the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra conducted by Chief Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing bring you much-loved melodies from around the world, in an evening featuring tune after tune.
Alexandra Palace is truly the People鈥檚 Palace: a place for happy memories and great tunes. Tonight, the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra delivers bumper helpings of both, as conductor Anna-Maria Helsing teams up with star tenor (and Celebrity Masterchef winner) Wynne Evans and virtuoso violinist Aleksey Semenenko (a former 大象传媒 New Generation Artist) for an evening of glorious melodies.
There鈥檚 operatic glamour from Wynne, with hits by Puccini and Ivor Novello, as well as a haunting folksong from the land of his fathers. We鈥檝e got big-screen thrills from The Magnificent Seven, and ear-dazzling wizardry from Aleksey, in violin showpieces by the king of Viennese light music Fritz Kreisler. And joining it altogether, favourite classics by Sibelius, Glinka and our very own Master of the King鈥檚 Music, Dame Judith Weir.
Old ones, new ones, loved ones鈥nd perhaps a few favourites you鈥檝e yet to discover! Plus a few surprises - and we think you鈥檒l love those too.
Programme:
Eric Coates - The Merrymakers
Ivor Novello - My Life Belongs to You
Jean Sibelius - Spring Song
Tchaikovsky - Serenade Melancolique
Judith Weir - Brighter Visions Shine Afar
Kahn/Brodszky - Be My Love
Peter Hope - The Ring of Kerry Suite
Elmer Bernstein - The Magnificent Seven 鈥� theme
Leroy Anderson - Bugler鈥檚 Holiday
Fritz Kreisler - Caprice Viennois
Trad/anon - Suo G芒n
Jocelyn Pook - Wonderland
Pablo de Sarasate - Introduction and Tarantella
Franz Lehar - You Are My Heart鈥檚 Delight
Giacomo Puccini - Nessun Dorma
Mikhail Glinka - Ruslan and Ludmilla, overture
