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Celebrating Puccini

Opera goes to the movies, and movie music comes to life, as the ѿý Concert Orchestra and a glittering array of soloists salute the genius of Puccini.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Giacomo Puccini, one of the greatest ever opera composers, the ѿý Concert Orchestra conducted by Matthew Kofi Waldren presents a special Friday Night is Music Night in which opera goes to the movies, and movie music comes to life. The orchestra is joined by dazzling British opera singers Anna Patalong and Charne Rochford as well as West End sensation Tyrone Huntley in epic movie themes, arias and showtunes.

Presented by Gareth Malone and recorded at ѿý Maida Vale Studios on 20 September 2024.

Puccini: La Tregenda from Le Villi
Puccini: Vissi d’arte from Tosca
Puccini: E lucevan le stelle from Tosca
Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Rodgers & Hammerstein : Younger Than Springtime from South Pacific
Puccini: Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
Claude-Michel Schönberg: Bring Him ѿý from Les Misérables
John Williams: Star Wars Theme (A New Hope)

INTERVAL

Korngold arr. Black: Overture to The Sea Hawk
Puccini: Un bel dì from Madama Butterfly
Claude-Michel Schönberg: Why God, Why from Miss Saigon
Verdi: Overture to La Forza del destino
De Curtis: Non ti scordar di me
Puccini: Intermezzo from Suor Angelica
Puccini: Nessun dorma from Turandot
Puccini: O soave fanciulla from La Boheme

Anna Patalong (soprano)
Charne Rochford (tenor)
Tyrone Huntley (singer)
ѿý Concert Orchestra
Matthew Kofi Waldren (conductor)

2 hours, 14 minutes

On radio

Fri 5 Dec 2025 19:30

Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Tregenda (Le Villi)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren.
    • ѿý recording.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'arte (Tosca)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren. Singer: Anna Patalong.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Overture Barber of Seville

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Younger than Springtime (South Pacific)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren. Singer: Tyrone Huntley.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Manon Lescaut Intermezzo

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren.
  • Claude‐Michel Schönberg

    Bring Him ѿý (Les Miserables)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren. Singer: Tyrone Huntley.
  • John Williams

    Star Wars Theme

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Requiem

    Performer: Jon Thorne. Performer: Willow Northeald. Choir: Vasari Singers. Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse.
    • Naxos.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    String Quartet in D

    Ensemble: Mannheim String Quartet.
    • SWR Classic Archive.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Overture Sea Hawk

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Un bel di (Madame Butterfly)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren. Singer: Anna Patalong.
  • Claude‐Michel Schönberg

    Why God, Why (Miss Saigon)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren. Singer: Tyrone Huntley.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Overture La Forza del Destino

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Intermezzo (Suor Angelica)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun Dorma (Turandot)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren. Singer: Charne Rochford.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    O Soave Fanciulla (La Boheme)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren. Singer: Charne Rochford. Singer: Anna Patalong.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Bagatelles, Op 47

    Performer: Jaroslav Tůma. Ensemble: Panochovo kvarteto.
    • SUPRAPHON.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 29 Nov 2024 19:30
  • Fri 5 Dec 2025 19:30