From the endearing sentimentality of Stephen Foster 's Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair to the streetwise rhythms of the Symphonic Dances from
Leonard Bernstein 's West
Side Story, the BBC
Concert Orchestra, led by Martin Loveday , conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes , present a programme exploring the huge range of American music from over a century. Recorded at the BBC studios at Maida Vale,
London, the concert begins with the Triumphal March by Russian composer Alexander Glazunov.
Introduced by Gerard Kenny. At 8.20 Barbershop Serenade
American classics of a different sort as Freddie
Williams and the Square Pegs entertain with gems from the barbershop quartet repertoire. Rpt