Performances of Richard Rodgers at BBC Music
(See all works in BBC Music by Richard Rodgers)Fri 17 Apr 2026
- 19:30Royal and Derngate, Northampton
Join us for a glittering evening of timeless melodies as BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night comes to Northampton with a special concert celebrating one of the greatest composers of the 20th century – Richard Rodgers.
Join us for a glittering evening of timeless melodies as BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night comes to Northampton with a special concert celebrating one of the greatest composers of the 20th century – Richard Rodgers.
Programme
- Oklahoma - overture
- O, What a Beautiful Mornin'from Oklahoma
- Hello Young Loversfrom The King and I
- This Can't Be Falling in Lovefrom The Boys from Syracuse
- Victory at Sea
- I could write a bookFrom Pal Joey
- My Funny Valentinefrom Babes in Arms
- The Carousel Waltzfrom Carousel
- South Pacific - overture
- My Favourite Thingsfrom The Sound of Music
- This Nearly Was Minefrom South Pacific
- Oklahoma - Dream Ballet
- The Lady is a Trampfrom Babes in Arms
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenuefrom On Your Toes
Performers
- Richard Balcombeconductor
- Katie Birtillsinger
- Patrick Smythsinger
Composers
Sat 22 Aug 2026
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Proms under Jonathon Heyward, bringing with it Dvořák’s ecstatic hymn to nature, the Symphony No. 8, and Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with star American soprano Angel Blue
The Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Proms under Jonathon Heyward, bringing with it Dvořák’s ecstatic hymn to nature, the Symphony No. 8, and Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with star American soprano Angel Blue
Programme
- Dance Suite(15 mins)reconstr. & arr. Tuffus Zimbabwe; world premiere
- Knoxville: Summer of 1915(15 mins)
- Our Love Is Here to Stay(4 mins)arr. Anthony Parnther
- That Old Black Magic(4 mins)arr. Anthony Parnther
- My Funny Valentine(4 mins)arr. Anthony Parnther
- Puttin’ On the Ritz(3 mins)arr. Anthony Parnther
- interval
- Symphony No. 8 in G major(34 mins)
Performers
- Angel Bluesoprano
- Jonathon Heywardconductor
