BBC Concert Orchestra – Family Concert

The BBC Concert Orchestra is one of the country s most versatile ensembles. For more than half a century it has been the house orchestra for BBC Radio 2 s Friday Night is Music Night and gives regular broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. Its work can be heard on soundtracks to many BBC TV programmes including Blue Planet, Frozen Planet and Human Planet.

A wonderful introduction to the world of orchestral music from the most versatile and fun orchestra around. Travel around the world (and around the orchestra) with conductor Bramwell Tovey and the BBC Concert Orchestra. This family friendly concert will showcase the different instruments that make up the orchestra and we’ll sample musical delights from as far afield as Finland and Norway, Mexico and Argentina and even the Antarctic.