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BBC Radio 2 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Light Programme.

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Sunday Night is Music Night

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Music: Easy Listening, Soundtracks & Musicals

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

Sunday Night is Music Night: Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Cheltenham Jazz Festival

BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Rollin' on the River  - Vanessa Haynes, Tommy Blaize and Lianne Carroll.

Rollin' on the River - Recorded at the  Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

Rollin' on the River - from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival

From the decadence of New Orleans to the pulsating rhythms of Baton Rouge, St Louis and Memphis, this evening's show follows the jazz roustabouts who first stepped on board the showboats and paddle steamers of the mighty Mississippi, bringing jazz north to the rest of America. For this annual jewel in the crown of the Festival, we present the sixty piece BBC Concert Orchestra and the Guy Barker Big Band, plus a host of renowned guest vocalists including Vanessa Haynes, Tommy Blaize and Lianne Carroll.
First broadcast in May 2018

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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