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Radio 3,25 Sep 2026,134 mins

Celebrating Bernstein

Friday Night is Music Night

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Martin Yates conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra and some star singers in a celebration of the music of American composer, pianist and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Recorded at The Lighthouse, Poole. Bernstein: On The Town (1944) - Times Square; New York! New York!; Lucky to Be Me; I Can Cook Too Bernstein: Fancy Free (1944) - Big Stuff Bernstein: Peter Pan (1950) - Dream With Me; Captain Hook’s Soliloquy Bernstein: Wonderful Town (1953) - Overture; 100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man; A Little Bit in Love: The Wrong Note Rag INTERVAL Bernstein: Candide (1956) - Overture; The Best of All Possible Worlds; I Am Easily Assimilated Bernstein: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976) - Take Care of This House Bernstein: The Madwoman of Central Park (1979) - My New Friends Bernstein: West Side Story (1957) - Mambo West Side Story Suite 2 - I Feel Pretty; Jet Song; America; Tonight Singers: Sophie Evans, Lauren Samuels, Rob Houchen, Damian Humbley BBC Concert Orchestra Conductor Martin Yates

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Times Square (On the Town)
    Times Square (On the Town)
    Leonard Bernstein
  3. 2.
    New York! New York! (On the Town)
    New York! New York! (On the Town)
    Leonard Bernstein
  4. 3.
    Lucky to Be Me (On the Town)
    Lucky to Be Me (On the Town)
    Leonard Bernstein