12:36pm Monday 27th April 2009
By Graham Moody
The celebrated BBC Concert Orchestra are to perform a selection of classics under the baton of Austrian conductor Johannes Wildner.
The programme will have a watery theme featuring Khachaturian’s big tune from the TV programme Onedin Line, Coates’s music for BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Disks plus other liquid masterpieces by Mendelssohn (Hebrides Overture) and Handel (Bouree from the Water Music).
Also on the programme is Pachelbel's Canon in D, Widor's Toccata for Organ and Orchestra and Faure's Pavane.
The orchestra features more than 50 players and was formed 57 years ago from its predecessor, the BBC Opera Orchestra It appears every week on Friday Night is Music Night and in seasons of Melodies for You on BBC Radio 2.
It can also be heard on various BBC Radio 3 programmes as well as carving a niche for itself on BBC Television, appearing on many shows including the Proms.
They can also be heard providing the soundtracks to various BBC programmes, including The Blue Planet, Walking with Dinosaurs, The Key, Wild Down Under and Peter Ackroyd's London.
BBC Concert Orchestra, Ultimate Classics, Fairfield Halls, May 2, 7.30pm, £10 to £29.50. Call 020 8688 9291 or visit fairfield.co.uk.
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