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Stanley Black Centenary

Ken Bruce presents a celebration of the music of Stanley Black in this, his centenary year. Interval at 8.45.

Friday Night is Music Night - Ken Bruce presents a celebration of the music of Stanley Black in this his centenary year.

The 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra pays tribute to the craft of the orchestral arranger in a special programme to celebrate the 100th birthday of their former Friday Night maestro - Stanley Black.

Stanley Black was born Solomon Schwartz on 14th June in 1913 in Whitechapel, London. Encouraged by his parents to take an interest in music - Stanley took piano lessons from the age of 7; wrote his first composition aged 12 and won a Melody Maker arranging competition when he was just 15. Jazz music was an early love and Stanley found himself playing in many of the great jazz and dance bands of the1930s including the Harry Roy Band. He composed incidental music for the early series of the Goon Shows and Much Binding in the Marsh. But he became a household name through his many long player recordings and with his tv and radio appearances on programmes like Black Magic and of course - Friday Night is Music Night. He received an Ivor Novello Award for his work on the two Cliff Richard films of the 60s - Summer Holiday and The Young Ones.

Stanley died in 2002 but his arrangements are still regular favourites with the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra and with the Friday Night audiences. This programme includes arrangements of Strike Up the Band; Ben Hur; Love Story and Chariots of Fire. Stephen Bell conducts the orchestra who are joined by the London Voices.

During the interval Stanley's family recall musical memories alongside members of the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.

The concert was first broadcast in July.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Fri 13 Sep 2013 20:00

Music Played

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell

    Friday Night Is Music Night

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell

    Strike Up The Band

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell & London Voices

    There's No Business Like Show Business

  • 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra & Kate Moore

    People

  • Andy Vinter & 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell

    Love Story

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell & London Voices

    Hello Dolly

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell & Ileana Ruhemann

    Skylark

  • Andy Vinter & 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell

    Chariots of Fire

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell & London Voices

    Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell & London Voices

    Ben Hur

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell

    Tzena, Tzena, Tzena

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell

    I Love Paris

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell & London Voices

    Exodus

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell & London Voices

    'Oklahoma' Selection

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell

    Overture to a costume comedy

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell

    Manhattan Skyline

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell & London Voices

    Yankee Doodle Dandy

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell

    That Old Black Magic

  • 大象传媒 CONCERT ORCHESTRA C.B. Stephen Bell

    Friday Night Is Music Night

Broadcasts

  • Fri 19 Jul 2013 20:00
  • Fri 13 Sep 2013 20:00