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成人快手 Young Dancer

The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra joins with the London Swing Orchestra to celebrate five centuries of dance music.

Friday Night is Music Night presented by Ken Bruce . The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra joins forces with the London Swing Orchestra to celebrate five centuries of dance music.

No one can tell when or who took the first rhythmic steps - but Grecian friezes, Egyptian hieroglyphics and ancient cave paintings show that we've been throwing some shapes since at least 9000BC.

Ken Bruce is our terpsichorean host for the evening as the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra trip the light fantastic through a selection of waltzes, tangos, foxtrots, sambas and pas de deux. There'll be memories of the great dance icons - Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, John Travolta, Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

The programme will chass茅 its way through the last five hundred years of dance including Morris Dancing (first noted in the 15th century):from Tudor times the Courante and Elizabeth I's favourite the Lavolta; From the 18th century the Minuet ,as interpreted by Mozart in his Jupiter Symphony; the glorious waltzes of the Strauss family from the 19th century and disc-slipping Twist from the 20th century. From Mexico the famous Hat Dance and from Greece Zorba's Dance .

The London Swing Orchestra directed by Graham Dalby has been re-creating music from the great dance band days since 1985 and have been asked to perform at many royal birthday parties and occasions. They provided the theme tune and incidental music to the 成人快手 series the Mrs Bradley Mysteries starring Diana Rigg and Neil Dudgeon. Tonight they guide us through the Charleston, the Black Bottom and the Lambeth Walk plus a tribute to the great Glen Miller with In The Mood.

Whether you prefer the Tower Ballroom, Studio 54 or the Wigan Casino tonight's Friday Night is Music Night is guaranteed to bring the dance floor to your front room.

First broadcast in May 2015.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Fri 31 Jul 2015 20:00

Music Played

  • 成人快手 Concert Orchestra

    Friday Night Is Music Night Opening Sig Tune

    Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    Top Hat

  • The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe

    SHEPHERD'S HEY

  • The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe

    THE MEXICAN HAT DANCE

  • London Swing Orchestra

    THE CHARLESTON

  • The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe

    Serenata

  • 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    Swan Lake Suite - Scene

  • 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    Swan Lake Suite -Danses Des Cygnes

  • London Swing Orchestra

    Let's Face The Music And Dance

  • The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe

    Singing In The Rain

  • The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe

    WALTZING WITH THE LADIES

  • 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    MANHATTAN SKYLINE

  • 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    TWIST AND SHOUT

  • 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    Courtly Dances - Gloriana

  • 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    Minuet and Trio -Symphony No 41

  • The London Swing Orchestra MD Graham Dalby

    THE LAMBETH WALK

  • 成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe

    Zorba's Dance

  • The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe

    ONE NOTE SAMBA

  • The London Swing Orchestra MD Graham Dalby

    IN THE MOOD

  • The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe

    Dancing InThe Dark

  • The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe

    DANCES FROM LE CID

  • 成人快手 Concert Orchestra

    Friday Night Is Music Night Closing Sig Tune

    Conductor: Richard Balcombe.

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer 成人快手 Concert Orchestra

Broadcasts

  • Fri 8 May 2015 20:00
  • Fri 31 Jul 2015 20:00