Friday Night is Music Night: Classical Music in the Movies
19:00 Fri 24 Apr 2026 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
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 NÃ Bhroinconductor
About This Event
A great film needs a great soundtrack – and music doesn’t get much more powerful than the classics. Whether it’s Colin Firth delivering The King’s Speech, spiralling spaceships in 2001: A Space Odyssey or Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson pouring out their hearts in Brief Encounter, the stars wouldn’t shine without the melodies of Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Strauss, and…well, the list goes on!
In tonight's live Nottingham edition of BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night, the BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Karen Nà Bhroin and Nottingham’s own pianist Clare Hammond come together to celebrate the best in classical music that defines the cinema masterpieces. Expect favourites from Amadeus, Chocolat, Up!, Out of Africa and many more, performed live and larger-than-life. You know them, you love them… and if you thought they sounded good in the cinema, just wait until you hear them in the fabulous Royal Concert Hall.
