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Sunday Night is Music Night

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The world's longest-running live orchestral programme featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra

The world's longest-running live orchestral music programme on radio, featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra and broadcast from locations throughout the UK

Friday Night Is Music Night

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Sunday Night is Music Night: Guinness World Records

Music: Classical

15/01/2016

Guinness World Records

BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, Guinness World Records

Mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Guinness Book of World Records.

Celebrating the highest, longest, shortest, most fantastic world records in music to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Guinness Book of World Records.

Friday Night Is Music Night celebrates the highest, longest, shortest, most fantastic World Records in music as they mark the Guinness World Records 60th Anniversary. With the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Mike Dixon, singers Rodney Earl Clarke and Ashleigh Gray, and including music from the artist with the most number one singles (Elvis); the longest running show on Broadway 'Phantom of the Opera'; the most Oscar nominated living person (John Williams); the best selling playwright (William Shakespeare);and the largest orchestra - 7,224 players. Friday Night is Music Night will also attempt to set a new world record, the most number of recognisable ABBA tunes played in a minute on piano. Featuring the virtuoso Swedish pianist Robert Wells ...Conductor Mike Dixon. Presenter Ken Bruce.
The programme was first broadcast in January this year.

Amazing music. Played by an amazing line up.

Radio 2: Amazing music. Played by an amazing line-up. The home of great music, entertainment and documentaries

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