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Dear Gentle Listener… join the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra for an enchanting evening of music from beloved period dramas in a live edition of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3 programme.

This author beckons you to delve into the enchanting world of Regency-era England and beyond to relive the timeless music from your favourite period dramas.

Under the baton of conductor Karen Ní Bhroin, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra brings to life evocative music from Bridgerton, Downton Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Sherlock.

As well as featuring best-loved orchestral arrangements of contemporary pop songs featured in period dramas, this special edition of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night is filled with original music for screen that has captured the hearts of audiences worldwide.

Join us for a night of nostalgia, elegance and perhaps even a little romance, as Friday Night is Music Night whisks you away to 19th-century England.

Presenter/narrator to be announced.

Programme
KRIS BOWERS Bridgerton - Main Theme; We Could Form an Attachment
JACQUES OFFENBACH Gaîté Parisienne - Barcarolle
JOHN LUNN Downton Abbey - suite
CELESTE (arr George Moore) Strange (orchestral, featured in Bridgerton))
CARL DAVIS (arr. Mark Warman) Pride and Prejudice - suite for small orchestra
DARIO MARIANELLI Pride and Prejudice - concert suite
SERGEI PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’ - first movement
PATRICK DOYLE Sense and Sensibility - My Father’s Favourite
O’HOOLEY & TIDOW Gentleman Jack - theme
RACHEL PORTMAN Emma - end titles
PETER BROWN & ROBERT RANS Material Girl (Madonna, featured in Bridgerton)
PATRICK GOWERS Holmes in Europe; The Death of Sherlock Holmes
RUTH BARRETT Sanditon - suite for orchestra

Post-concert event:
Ever daydreamed of waltzing around a Regency ballroom? Now’s your chance! Join us in The Clore Ballroom after the performance as dance mistress Libby Curzon, of Mrs Bennet’s Ballroom, leads us through the steps and sequences of authentic Regency dances and transports us to the world of Jane Austen’s novels. No experience – or chaperones – necessary.

Ticket holders for the concert can book free tickets to the experience as an optional add-on. Separate ticket required. Limited tickets are available.