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Wednesday 25 November 2015, 7.30pm

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BBC Concert Orchestra

BBC Concert Orchestra

Presented by Saffron Hall

The world’s long running orchestral music show pays its first visit to Saffron Hall.

First broadcast in 1953 on the Light Programme, Friday Night is Music Night is now well into its 7th decade. BBC Radio 2’s Ken Bruce presents guest singers Rebecca Bottone (soprano) and Bonaventura Bottone (tenor) and Richard Balcombe conducts music from Smetana's The Bartered Bride; Suppe's The Poet and Peasant; Sullivan's Yeoman of the Guard and Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody. The BBC Concert Orchestra's principal cellist Benjamin Hughes is the soloist in Dvorak's Silent Woods and pianist Roderick Elms joins the orchestra for Rachmaninov's 18th variation of his Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini plus Richard Addinsell's great filmic work The Warsaw Concerto.

The concert will be recorded and broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Friday 27 November.

Tickets are free, but must be booked.

Performance information

Booking information

Discounts

Under 25s can purchase half price tickets for this show.

Ten for £10

This event is not part of our Ten for £10 scheme.

Information for your visit

Wednesday 25 November 2015, 7.30pm

Schedule

All timings are approximate and will be updated closer to the show date. Please check the website on the day of the performance for up-to-date information.

Latecomers can usually be admitted at a suitable gap within the performance.

Additional information

Drinks

For this event, drinks are not allowed in the auditorium.

Cloakroom

We are unable to allow any bags into the performance space which are larger than a hand bag or small backpack. Unfortunately our cloakroom will not be in operation.

Booster seats not available

Buggy parking not available

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