Friday Night is Music Night returns to the airwaves as tenor Wynne Evans, violinist Aleksey Semenenko and the BBC Concert Orchestra with Chief Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing bring you much-loved melodies from around the world in an evening featuring tune after tune.  

Alexandra Palace is truly the People’s Palace: a place for happy memories and great tunes. Tonight, the BBC Concert Orchestra delivers bumper helpings of both, as conductor Anna-Maria Helsing teams up with star tenor (and Celebrity Masterchef winner) Wynne Evans and virtuoso violinist Aleksey Semenenko (a former BBC New Generation Artist) for an evening of glorious melodies. 

There’s operatic glamour from Wynne, with hits by Puccini and Ivor Novello, as well as a haunting folksong from the land of his fathers. We’ve got big-screen thrills from The Magnificent Seven, and ear-dazzling wizardry from Aleksey, in violin showpieces by the king of Viennese light music Fritz Kreisler. And joining it altogether, favourite classics by Sibelius, Glinka and our very own Master of the King’s Music, Dame Judith Weir.  

Old ones, new ones, loved ones…and perhaps a few favourites you’ve yet to discover! Plus a few surprises – and we think you’ll love those too. 

Aleksey Semenenko violin
Wynne Evans tenor
Anna-Maria Helsing conductor
BBC Concert Orchestra 

Programme:
Eric Coates The Merrymakers     
Ivor  Novello My Life Belongs to You
Jean Sibelius Spring Song
Tchaikovsky Serenade Melancolique
Judith Weir Brighter Visions Shine Afar
Kahn/Brodszky Be My Love
Peter Hope The Ring of Kerry Suite               
Elmer Bernstein The Magnificent Seven – theme
Leroy Anderson Bugler’s Holiday
Fritz Kreisler Caprice Viennois
Trad/anon Suo Gân
Jocelyn Pook Wonderland
Pablo de Sarasate Introduction and Tarantella
Franz Lehar You Are My Heart’s Delight
Giacomo Puccini Nessun Dorma
Mikhail Glinka Ruslan and Ludmilla, overture