大象传媒 Concert Orchestra Celebrating 60
Ken Bruce salutes the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra on their 60th anniversary. The archive concert from 2007 features the music of Jerry Herman.
Friday Night is Music Night - Ken Bruce salutes the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra on their 60th anniversary. Tonight's archive concert from 2007 features the music of Jerry Herman with West End star John Barrowman.
Hailed by Sir Arthur Bliss as "a worthy instrument, ready at hand to present a brilliant new era of 'entertainment' music'" the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra are very much today a jewel in 大象传媒 Radio 2's crown. The 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra made its first broadcast on 11th September 1952 on the 大象传媒 General Overseas Service with a repeat broadcast on the domestic service three days later. But the story starts 20 years before when the 大象传媒 brought together a bunch of players under the title the 大象传媒 Theatre Orchestra - their main role was to provide incidental music to radio plays - under their principal conductor Leslie Woodgate.
When not required in the drama studios, the orchestra gave light music and opera concerts. In 1949 the orchestra was renamed the 大象传媒 Opera Orchestra with Stanford Robinson as conductor. Its brief was to be an "opera cum second symphony orchestra.an orchestra capable to putting over the finest light music to great effect". Three years later the 大象传媒 decided the time was right for a light music orchestra and the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra was born.
Today, the 60 musicians who make up the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra broadcast weekly in 大象传媒 Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night. They are equally at home playing Bach and Beethoven as accompanying Dame Shirley Bassey. In this 11-part series, Ken Bruce trawls the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra archives for some classic performances from their first 60 years.
A feast for light music fans - each week the series will broadcast a show from the orchestra archives. The series will feature archive performances from the likes of light music legends Sidney Torch; Vilem Tausky; Robert Farnon; Eric Coates; Willi Boskovsky; Stanley Black; and Ron Goodwin. Plus concert performances from Matt Monro and Dudley Moore as well as more recent collaborations with Michael Michael Bubl茅; Lionel Richie and Peter Gabriel.
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Rae Woodland
Glamorous Night
( Novello & Hassall)
- Columbia.
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Petula Clark
With One Look
(Lloyd Webber)
- Polydor.
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Willard White
Some Enchanted Evening
(Rogers & Hammerstein)
- Sony Classical.
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Willard White
If I Were A Rich Man
(Bock/Harnick)
- Sony Classical.
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大象传媒 Concert Orchestra CB Donald Pippin
High Adventure
(Williams)
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大象传媒 Concert Orchestra CB Donald Pippin
Jerry Herman Overture
(Herman)
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Capital Voices/大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
Tap Your Troubles Away
(Herman) (Arr Phil Lang/Michael Gibson)
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Debbie Gravitte
Wherever He Ain't
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Don Pippin)
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Clarke Peters
Song On The Sand.
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Don Pippin)
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Maria Friedman
Before The Parade Passes by
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Capital Voices/Don Pippin)
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John Barrowman
It Only Takes A Moment
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Capital Voices/Don Pippin)
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Maria Friedman & Clarke Peters
The Best Christmas of All (From Mrs Santa Claus)
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Don Pippin)
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Clarke Peters
Movies were Movies
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Don Pippin)
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Jon Barrowman & Capital Voices
Put On Your Sunday Clothes
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Don Pippin)
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John Barrowman
I Won't Send Roses
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Don Pippin)
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Maria Friedman
Hello Dolly
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Capital Voices /Don Pippin)
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大象传媒 Concert Orchestra CB Donald Pippin
Overture Milk and Honey
(Herman) (Arr Hershy Kay)
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Maria Friedman/Debbie Gravitte
Bosom Buddies
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Don Pippin)
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Debbie Gravitte
It's Today
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Don Pippin)
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Clarke Peters - Look Over There
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Don Pippin)
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Maria Friedman
Time Heals Everything
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Don Pippin)
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Capital Voices/大象传媒 Concert Orchestra cb Pippin
Mame
(Herman) (Arr Phil Lang/Donald Pippin)
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Debbie Gravitte
If He Walked Into My Life
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Don Pippin)
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John Barrowman
I Am What I Am
(Herman) (Ft. 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Don Pippin)
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Company/Capital Voices/大象传媒 Concert Orchestra cb Pippin
The Best Of Times
(Herman) (Arr Jim Tyler/Donald Pippin)
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Company/Capital Voices/大象传媒 Concert Orchestra cb Pippin
We Need A Little Christmas
(Herman)
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大象传媒 Concert Orchestra CB Donald Pippin
High Adventure
(Williams)
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Broadcast
- Fri 9 Mar 2012 20:00大象传媒 Radio 2