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Invitation to the Dance

Richard Balcombe conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra, singers Katie Birtill and Graham Bickley and bass clarinet player Derek Hannigan in dance-related light music.

From the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Maida Vale Studios Richard Balcombe conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra, singers Katie Birtill and Lance Ellington and bass clarinet player Derek Hannigan in dance-related light music.

Presented by Katie Derham.

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Coates: At the Dance (Summer Days)
Schwartz: Dancing in the dark (The Bandwagon)
Lerner/Loewe: My Fair Lady - I could have danced all night
Berlin: Let's face the music and dance (Follow the Fleet)
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op 48 No 6
Roderick Elms: De Profundis
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Cats - The Jellicle Ball

INTERVAL

Weber: Invitation to the Dance
Farnon: The First Waltz
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 5
Khachturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)
Bernstein: Glitter and be gay (Candide)
Berlin: Easter Parade - It only happens when I dance with you
Previte, DeNicola and Markowitz: Dirty Dancing - (I've had) The time of my life
Prokofiev: Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)

Bass clarinet, Derek Hannigan
Singers, Katie Birtill and Graham Bickley
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
Conductor, Richard Balcombe

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Fri 11 Apr 2025 19:30

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Eric Coates

    At the Dance

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Arthur Schwartz

    Dancing in the Dark

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Lerner & Loewe

    I Could have Danced All Night

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Irving Berlin

    Let's Face the Music and Dance

    Performer: Graham Bickley. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance No 3

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Roderick Elms

    De Profondis

    Performer: Derek Hannigan. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber

    The Jellicle Ball

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Roderick Elms

    De Profundis

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Roderick Elms

    De Profondis

    Performer: Derek Hannigan. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber

    The Jellicle Ball

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Steve Martland

    Tiger Dancing

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Signum.
  • Matthew Curtis

    A Festival Overture

    Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • EM Records.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the Dance

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Robert Farnon

    The First Waltz

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 5

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Glitter and be Gay (Candide)

    Performer: Katie Birtill. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    It Only Happens when I Dance with You

    Performer: Graham Bickley. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • John DeNicola

    I've had the Time of my Life

    Lyricist: Franke Previte. Composer: Donald Markowitz. Performer: Graham Bickley. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 21 Jun 2024 19:30
  • Fri 11 Apr 2025 19:30