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Pictures at an Exhibition

Ken Bruce presents a unique programme, Pictures at an Exhibition, with the 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra and star singers, paired with the great paintings from National Gallery.

A unique Friday Night Is Music Night, tying in with the National Gallery's exhibition, 'Making Colour' Presented by Ken Bruce.
In tonight's concert, the sixty piece 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra and star singers, conducted by Stephen Bell present their own 'Pictures at an Exhibition' with the National Gallery.
Listeners will be able to see the pictures via the Friday Night Is Music Night page on the Radio 2 website at the same time as the audience see them in the concert hall. Among the works we'll hear tonight, Mussorgsky's 'Pictures At An Exhibition', Dvorak's 'Song of the Moon, Offenbach's 'La Vie Parissiene', Delius 'Summer Evening', Puccini's 'O Soave Fanciulla' from La Boheme ... And among the pictures:- Monet's 'The Water Lily Pond', Pissarro's Montmartre at Night, Turner's 'The Fighting Temeraire', Rubens ' Samson and Delilah' and Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' ... Classic music and the greatest paintings from the world's most famous artists. All part of Radio 2's 'Colour Season'' which was originally broadcast in June.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Fri 29 Aug 2014 20:00

Music Played

  • FNIMN Pictures at An Exhibition

    • 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell

      HIGH ADVENTURE

    • 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell

      Promenade (Pictures at an Exhibition)

    • 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell

      OVERTURE: LA VIE PARISIENNE

    • Jung Soo Yun/成人论坛 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell

      RECONDITA ARMONIA (TOSCA)

    • 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell

      BACCHANALE (SAMSON AND DELILAH)

    • Elizabeth Cragg/成人论坛 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell

      IL BACIO

    • Roderick Elms

      Nocturne in Eb, Op. 9, No.2

    • Jung Soo Yun/成人论坛 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell

      LA DONNA E MOBILE (RIGOLETTO)

    • Elizabeth Cragg/成人论坛 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell

      PIANGERO LA MIA SORTE (FROM 'GIULIO CESARE')

    • 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell

      Storm (from 4 Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes")

    • 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell

      MAN IN THE IRON MASK

    • Elizabeth Cragg/成人论坛 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell

      SONG TO THE MOON (RUSALKA)

    • 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell

      LIGHT CAVALRY OVERTURE

    • Roderick Elms

      GAZELLE

    • Jung Soo Yun/成人论坛 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell

      O SOLE MIO

    • 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell

      'Allegro ma non troppo' from Symphony No 6 in F Op 68 'Pastoral'

    • Elizabeth Cragg/Jung Soo Yun/成人论坛 Concert Orchestra CB Stephen Bell

      O SOAVE FANCIULLA (LA BOHEME)

    • 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell

      Enigma variations XIII (Romanza) & X1V (Allegro Presto)

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra

Broadcasts

  • Fri 20 Jun 2014 20:00
  • Fri 29 Aug 2014 20:00

See the paintings inspiring Friday Night is Music Night's 'Pictures at an Exhibition'.

Claude Monet ,The Water-Lily Pond, 1899 漏 The National Gallery, London