BBC Concert Orchestra

Program: Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin; Ravel, Piano Concerto in G; Walton, March Crown Imperial; Vaughn Williams, Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1, E minor; Britten, Vars and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell (Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, no narrator)

Led by Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart, the BBC Concert Orchestra is one of the UK’s most versatile ensembles. It has a wide and flexible repertoire, ranging from classical works and musical theater to light music and film scores, and appears with a huge range of artists every year. Since 1952 it has been the house orchestra for BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night Is Music Night.