BBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026 Friday Night is Music Night: Celebrating 100 Years of Portsmouth Becoming a City

There’s music for everyone in BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night, live from Portsmouth Guildhall.

Join the BBC Concert Orchestra for a special evening celebrating 100 Years of Portsmouth becoming a city!

Enjoy orchestral favourites and unforgettable classical tunes as part of the BBC’s popular, long-running radio show. Old ones, new ones, loved ones…and perhaps a few new tunes you’ve yet to discover in a live recording celebrating the region for BBC Radio 3. Come and find out for yourself – it’s sure to be a night to remember!

Programme:
WALTON Portsmouth Point
MOZART: Horn Concerto No.2
ARNOLD (arr. Lane) Suite from David Copperfield
MARTELLI Promenade

Interval

KORNGOLD Sea Hawk
PAUL LEWIS An English Overture
DEBBIE WISEMAN Theme from Dickensian
RACHEL PORTMAN End Credits “Newgate Prison” (Oliver Twist 2005)
DAVID LYON Three Dances
SWAIN The Lion of England: Ceremonial March