Friday Night is Music Night
International Concert Series BBC Radio 3's with the BBC Concert Orchestra – Celestial Wonders Fri 29 May 2026, 7:30pm The AnvilProgramme
- Tabakova
- Orpheus' Comet
- Ketelby
- In The Moonlight
- Angela Morley
- Starlight
- George Melachino
- Starlight Roof Waltz
- Patric Standford
- Celestial Fire Suite – Waltz
- Joby Talbot
- The Transit of Venus
- Debussy
- Claire de Lune
- Mancini
- Moon River
- Strauss
- Waltz: Music of the Spheres
- Jessie Montgomery
- Starburst
- 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
- Grofe
- Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset
- Ross Edwards
- Full Moon Dances – Concerto for Alto Saxophone
Performers and Cast
- Amy Dickson
- saxophone
- Owain Park
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 and rising star 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.
This concert will be recorded by BBC Radio 3.
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Amy Dickson
saxophoneOwain Park
