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29 May 2026 Basingstoke (United Kingdom)
Friday Night is Music Night: Celestial Wonders
BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Owain Park - The Anvil
Program Info: BBC Concert Orchestra Owain Park, conductor Amy Dickson, saxophone
Moonrise, sunset and the very brightest of stars: BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night whirls you into the heavens, in the company of saxophone phenomenon Amy Dickson, conductor Owain Park and presenter Petroc Trelawny.
How sweet the moonlight…but the wonders of the heavens have always made for beautiful music, and not only in darkness. Clouds roll and dance, the sun sends joy glittering around the world, and a perfect day ends in a blaze of glorious colour. In the music of Grofé, Dove and the inimitable Lord Berners, you can hear every glint and glimmer. But Friday Night is Music Night, after all, and in this concert of celestial wonders and unforgettable tunes, evening is when the magic really starts.
Planets waltz, comets shoot across the skies and stars shine down on lovers, dreamers and enchanted landscapes. Debussy and Sibelius felt the wonder; so did Henry Mancini and George Melachrino, and you already love their melodies. We’ve got some modern marvels too, plus a shining star in the fabulous Amy Dickson.
Programme: Dobrinka Tabakova - Orpheus' Comet Albert Ketelby - In The Moonlight Angela Morley - Starlight George Melachino - Starlight Roof Waltz Patric Standford - Celestial Fire Suite – Waltz Joby Talbot - The Transit of Venus Claude Debussy - Claire de Lune Henry Mancini - Moon River Josef Strauss - Waltz: Music of the Spheres Jessie Montgomery - Starburst Jean Sibelius - Pelleas et Melisande (Theme from The Sky at Night) Missy Mazzoli - Sinfonia for Orbiting Spheres George Dyson - Woodland Suite: III. Moon Fairy Lord Berners - The Triumph of Neptune Suite: IV. Cloudland Jonathon Dove - Sunshine Ferde Grofé - Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset Ross Edwards - Full Moon Dances – Concerto for Alto Saxophone
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