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BBC Music Day: 2015

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

05/06/2015

BBC Music Night

2015

BBC Music Day 2015

BBC Music - BBC Music Day, 2015, BBC Music Night

To conclude BBC Music Day, a special concert with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Katie Derham and Ken Bruce present a live concert to conclude BBC Music Day. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is joined by Noah Stewart, Jack Liebeck, Lulu and Jaz Dhami.

BBC Music Night

LIVE from City Halls in Glasgow

Presented by Katie Derham and Ken Bruce

BBC Music Day culminates in a live gala concert from City Halls in Glasgow presented by Katie Derham and Ken Bruce, which is simulcast on Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio Scotland and the Asian Network. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is joined by an exciting cross-genre line-up of artists including tenor Noah Stewart, the violinist Jack Liebeck, pop legends Lulu and Deacon Blue, Bhangra artist Jaz Dhami, Scots folk star Claire Hastings, harpist Catrin Finch and jazz pianist Jamie Cullum. They perform music with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Richard Balcombe, from classical repertoire to film music, jazz to rock and folk music to Jaz Dhami.

Music includes:

Bernstein: Overture Candide
Steve Sidwell (new arrangement): God Only Knows
Agustin Lara: Granada - Noah Stewart (tenor)
Claire Hastings: The Posie 
Deacon Blue (arr. Martin Williams): Hipster (New arrgt Martin Williams)
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro - overture
Catrin Finch: Tros Y Garreg
Jaz Dhami: Gulabi Aankhen
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (1st movement) - Jack Liebeck (violin)
Rimsky Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles

INTERVAL
Katie Derham talks to some of the artists taking part in this special gala concert and looks back at highlights from BBC Music Day on Radio 3, from the BBC Singers singing on Hadrian's Wall to the world record attempt for the longest-distance duet between Cardiff and Patagonia.

Deacon Blue: Long Window To Love (new arrangement by Martin Williams)
Puccini: Recondita Armonia (Tosca) - Noah Stewart (tenor)
Catrin Finch: Solstice
Claire Hastings: Let Ramensky Go
Frederick Loewe: My Fair Lady
Massenet: Meditation (Thais) - Jack Liebeck (violin)
Jaz Dhami: Chura liya hai Tumne
Mark London: To Sir With Love

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Richard Balcombe (conductor).

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