BBC Radio 3 Friday Night is Music Night
BBC Radio 3 Friday Night is Music Night Calendar
By Month
Fri 17 Apr 2026
- 19:30Royal and Derngate, Northampton
Join us for a glittering evening of timeless melodies as BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night comes to Northampton with a special concert celebrating one of the greatest composers of the 20th century – Richard Rodgers.
Join us for a glittering evening of timeless melodies as BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night comes to Northampton with a special concert celebrating one of the greatest composers of the 20th century – Richard Rodgers.
Programme
- Oklahoma - overture
- O, What a Beautiful Mornin'from Oklahoma
- Hello Young Loversfrom The King and I
- This Can't Be Falling in Lovefrom The Boys from Syracuse
- Victory at Sea
- I could write a bookFrom Pal Joey
- My Funny Valentinefrom Babes in Arms
- The Carousel Waltzfrom Carousel
- South Pacific - overture
- My Favourite Thingsfrom The Sound of Music
- This Nearly Was Minefrom South Pacific
- Oklahoma - Dream Ballet
- The Lady is a Trampfrom Babes in Arms
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenuefrom On Your Toes
Performers
- Richard Balcombeconductor
- Katie Birtillsinger
- Patrick Smythsinger
Composers
Also part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Fri 24 Apr 2026
- 19:00Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
From The King’s Speech to Amadeus; Out of Africa to 2001 A Space Odyssey, the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrates the classics from the movies – live, in Nottingham.
From The King’s Speech to Amadeus; Out of Africa to 2001 A Space Odyssey, the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrates the classics from the movies – live, in Nottingham.
Programme
- The Marriage of Figaro – overtureFeatured in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, King's Speech
- Symphony No. 7 in A majorSecond Movement (Allegretto). Featured in The Kings Speech
- Carmen Suite No 2 (Habanera)Featured in Up
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minorSecond Movement. Featured in A Brief Encounter
- ElleMain Title
- Clarinet Concerto in A majorSecond Movement. Featured in Out of Africa
- Chocolat Main Title
- Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat majorThird Movement. Featured in Amadeus
- 4 Polonaises, op. 1Featured in Anger Management
- By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltzFeatured in Squid Game and A Space Odyssey
Performers
- Clare Hammondpiano
- Karen Ní Bhroinconductor
Also part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
