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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.
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Top Hat
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The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe
SHEPHERD'S HEY
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The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe
THE MEXICAN HAT DANCE
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London Swing Orchestra
THE CHARLESTON
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The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe
Serenata
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成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
Swan Lake Suite - Scene
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成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
Swan Lake Suite -Danses Des Cygnes
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London Swing Orchestra
Let's Face The Music And Dance
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The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe
Singing In The Rain
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The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe
WALTZING WITH THE LADIES
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成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
MANHATTAN SKYLINE
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成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
TWIST AND SHOUT
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成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
Courtly Dances - Gloriana
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成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
Minuet and Trio -Symphony No 41
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The London Swing Orchestra MD Graham Dalby
THE LAMBETH WALK
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成人快手 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
Zorba's Dance
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The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe
ONE NOTE SAMBA
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The London Swing Orchestra MD Graham Dalby
IN THE MOOD
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The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe
Dancing InThe Dark
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The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Cb: Richard Balcombe
DANCES FROM LE CID
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成人快手 Concert Orchestra
Friday Night Is Music Night Closing Sig Tune
Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
Credit
Role | Contributor |
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Performer | 成人快手 Concert Orchestra |
Broadcasts
- Fri 8 May 2015 20:00成人快手 Radio 2
- Fri 31 Jul 2015 20:00成人快手 Radio 2