BBC Radio 3 Friday Night is Music Night
BBC Radio 3 Friday Night is Music Night Calendar
By Year
Thu 15 Jan 2026
- 19:30Chichester Festival Theatre
Step into a world of musical magic with BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night, live from Chichester.
Also part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Fri 17 Apr 2026
- 19:30Royal and Derngate, Northampton
Join us for a glittering evening of timeless melodies as BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night comes to Northampton with a special concert celebrating one of the greatest composers of the 20th century – Richard Rodgers.
Join us for a glittering evening of timeless melodies as BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night comes to Northampton with a special concert celebrating one of the greatest composers of the 20th century – Richard Rodgers.
Programme
- Oklahoma - overture
- O, What a Beautiful Mornin'from Oklahoma
- Hello Young Loversfrom The King and I
- This Can't Be Falling in Lovefrom The Boys from Syracuse
- Victory at Sea
- I could write a bookFrom Pal Joey
- My Funny Valentinefrom Babes in Arms
- The Carousel Waltzfrom Carousel
- South Pacific - overture
- My Favourite Thingsfrom The Sound of Music
- This Nearly Was Minefrom South Pacific
- Oklahoma - Dream Ballet
- The Lady is a Trampfrom Babes in Arms
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenuefrom On Your Toes
Performers
- Richard Balcombeconductor
- Katie Birtillsinger
- Patrick Smythsinger
Composers
Also part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Fri 24 Apr 2026
- 19:00Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
From The King’s Speech to Amadeus; Out of Africa to 2001 A Space Odyssey, the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrates the classics from the movies – live, in Nottingham.
From The King’s Speech to Amadeus; Out of Africa to 2001 A Space Odyssey, the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrates the classics from the movies – live, in Nottingham.
Programme
- The Marriage of Figaro – overtureFeatured in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, King's Speech
- Symphony No. 7 in A majorSecond Movement (Allegretto). Featured in The Kings Speech
- Carmen Suite No 2 (Habanera)Featured in Up
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minorSecond Movement. Featured in A Brief Encounter
- ElleMain Title
- Clarinet Concerto in A majorSecond Movement. Featured in Out of Africa
- Chocolat Main Title
- Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat majorThird Movement. Featured in Amadeus
- 4 Polonaises, op. 1Featured in Anger Management
- By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltzFeatured in Squid Game and A Space Odyssey
Performers
- Clare Hammondpiano
- Karen Ní Bhroinconductor
Also part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Fri 29 May 2026
- 19:30Anvil Arts, Basingstoke
Moonrise, sunset and the very brightest of stars: BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night whirls you into the heavens, in the company of saxophone phenomenon Amy Dickson, conductor Owain Park and presenter Petroc Trelawny.
Also part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Fri 26 Jun 2026
- 19:30Brighton Dome
Join the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Radio 3 for an evening of orchestral favourites and unforgettable classical tunes, celebrating the stunning Brighton Dome and the vibrant cultural role it has played in the city since it opened over 200 years ago.
Join the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Radio 3 for an evening of orchestral favourites and unforgettable classical tunes, celebrating the stunning Brighton Dome and the vibrant cultural role it has played in the city since it opened over 200 years ago.
Programme
- Henry VIIIOverture
- Dream Children
- Dream a Little Dream
- Jaunting Car
- Romance in G Major for Violin and Orchestra
- Peer GyntMorning and Hall of the Mountain King
- The Wasps – overture
- Henry V Suite
- Goodwood Galop
Performers
- George Jacksonconductor
- Lucy-Anne Danielssinger
- Nathaniel Anderson-Frankviolin
- Petroc Trelawnypresenter
Also part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
