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Let the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra whisk you away for a night of classic West End musicals under the baton of conductor Ben Palmer.

Let the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra whisk you away for a night of classic West End musicals under the baton of conductor Ben Palmer, joined by star vocalists Ben Forster and Hiba Elchikhe. The toe-tapping favourites include songs from musicals including Oklahoma, Les MisƩrables, West Side Story, Frozen, Beauty & The Beast and more - all performed by the ever-versatile BBC SSO.

Recorded on Friday 6 December 2024 at Lotte Concert Hall, Seoul, South Korea. Presented by Katie Derham.

Bernstein: Candide Overture
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Oklahoma! Overture
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' from Oklahoma!)
Alan Menken: Colours of the Wind from Pocahontas
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera
Lopez & Lopez: Let It Go! from Frozen
Bernstein: On the town: 3 Dance Episodes

Interval

Alan Menken: Beauty and the Beast Overture
Alan Menken: If I Can't Love Her from Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken: A Whole New World from Aladdin
Claude-Michel Schƶnberg: I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Something Good from The Sound of Music
Bernstein: West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

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Fri 23 Jan 202619:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide overture

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Oklahoma overture

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Oh, what a beautiful mornin' (Oklahoma)

    Performer: Ben Forster. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Alan Menken

    Colours of the wind (Pocahontas)

    Performer: Hiba Elchikhe. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Music of the night (Phantom of the Opera)

    Performer: Ben Forster. Lyricist: Charles Hart. Lyricist: Richard Stilgoe. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Kristen Andersonā€Lopez

    Let it go (Frozen)

    Composer: Robert Lopez. Performer: Hiba Elchikhe. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    3 Dance episodes (On the Town)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Franz Waxman

    Carmen Fantasy

    Composer: Georges Bizet. Performer: Bomsori. Orchestra: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Camille Saintā€SaĆ«ns

    Mon cœur s'ouvre Ć  ta voix (from Samson et Dalila)

    Performer: Bomsori. Performer: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Alan Menken

    Beauty and the beast overture

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Alan Menken

    If I can't love her (Beauty and the Beast)

    Performer: Ben Forster. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Alan Menken

    A whole new world (Aladdin)

    Performer: Hiba Elchikhe. Performer: Ben Forster. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Claudeā€Michel Schƶnberg

    I dreamed a dream (Les Miserables)

    Performer: Hiba Elchikhe. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Something good (The Sound of Music)

    Performer: Ben Forster. Performer: Hiba Elchikhe. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic dances (West Side Story)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No.8 in B flat, D.112

    Ensemble: Consone Quartet.

  • Emma Rawicz

    Rebecca

    Performer: Jonny Mansfield. Performer: Dominic Ingham. Performer: Jack Thomas. Performer: Will Sach.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano sonata No 16 in C major, K 545 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Sony.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, Op. 44: I. Allegro assai

    Ensemble: Dante Quartet.
    • Stanford: String Quartets, Vol. 3.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 14 Feb 202519:30
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 23 Jan 202619:30
    BBC Radio 3