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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: BBC Music Day

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BBC Music Day

BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, BBC Music Day

Angellica Bell presents Friday Night Is Music Night celebrating the human voice in song

Angellica Bell presents a concert dedicated to the magnificence of the human voice. Broadcast for BBC Music day 2018,  from the Troxy in London with the BBC Concert Orchestra

For last year's BBC Music day  Radio 2 brought a huge cast to The Troxy for a special 'Friday Night Is Music Night' to celebrate the magnificence of the human voice. Featuring the 60 piece BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by West End Maestro Jae Alexander; musical theatre star John Owen-Jones, Brit nominated classical soprano Carly Paoli,  jazz legend Madeline Bell,  Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay, the all star West End singers 'Dynamic Vocals' and the massed voices of 'London's coolest Choir', (Time Out) 'Some Voices' tonight's show features songs including Elbow's 'One Day Like This', Coldplay's 'Vida La Vida', ABBA's 'Dancing Queen',  David Bowie's 'A Space Oddity' alongside musical theatre classics from 'Rent', 'The Phantom of the Opera', 'Little Shop of Horrors', 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat' and more.

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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