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Paris in the Jazz Age

The ѿý Concert Orchestra, live from Alexandra Palace, with conductor Fiona Monbet and clarinettist Giacomo Smith in works by Gershwin, Ellington, Reinhardt and Debussy.

The ѿý Concert Orchestra, live from Alexandra Palace, with violinist and conductor Fiona Monbet, in Gershwin's American in Paris, and clarinettist Giacomo Smith in works by Ellington, Reinhardt and Debussy.

A Friday Night is Music Night featuring French music and jazz from the early years of the 20th century. The orchestra is joined by the effortlessly virtuosic clarinettist Giacomo Smith.

Presented by Katie Derham.

Cole Porter, arr Stanley Black: I love Paris
Sidney Bechet, arr Guy Barker: Si tu vois ma mère
Pierre Louiguy, arr Leon Young: La vie en rose
Bud Powell, arr Giacomo Smith: Parisian Thoroughfare
Gershwin: An American in Paris

INTERVAL

Debussy: Première rhapsodie
Django Reinhardt, arr Guy Barker: Nuages
Robert Farnon: A la claire fontaine
Duke Ellington: Paris Blues

Clarinet: Giacomo Smith
ѿý Concert Orchestra
Conductor: Fiona Monbet

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 May 2025 19:30

Music Played

  • ѿý Concert Orchestra & Fiona Monbet

    Friday Night Is Music Night Opening Sig Tune

  • Cole Porter

    Can-Can - Musical ; I Love Paris

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.
  • ѿý Concert Orchestra & Fiona Monbet

    Si Tu Vois Ma Mere

  • ѿý Concert Orchestra & Fiona Monbet

    La Vie En Rose

  • ѿý Concert Orchestra, Giacomo Smith & Fiona Monbet

    Parisienne Thorofare

  • George Gershwin

    An American In Paris

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.
  • Django Reinhardt

    Swing Guitars

    Performer: Quintette du Hot Club de France. Featured Artist: Stéphane Grappelli.
  • Darius Milhaud

    La Boeuf sur le toit

    Performer: Izumiko Aoyagi. Performer: Natsuiki Nishimoto.
  • Claude Debussy

    Premiere Rhapsodie

    Performer: Giacomo Smith. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.
  • Robert Farnon

    Canadian Impressions ; A La Claire Fontaine

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.
  • Duke Ellington

    Paris Blues - Music For The Film ; No.10; Paris Blues

    Performer: Giacomo Smith. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.
  • Stéphane Grappelli

    Les Valseuses

    Music Arranger: Fiona Monbet. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.
  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm

    Performer: Fiona Monbet. Performer: Giacomo Smith. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.
  • Django Reinhardt

    Nuages

    Performer: Giacomo Smith. Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.
  • Django Reinhardt

    Place De Broukere

    Performer: Giacomo Smith. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Fiona Monbet.
  • ѿý Concert Orchestra & Fiona Monbet

    Friday Night Is Music Night Opening Sig Tune

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    L'hiver qui nous tourmente (Isis)

    Singer: Sophie Daneman. Singer: Paul Agnew. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Les Divertissements de Versailles.
    • ERATO.
    • 10.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Fri 30 May 2025 19:30