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Radio 3,10 Jul 2026,134 mins

Celebrating 75 Years of The Archers

Friday Night is Music Night

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Archers actors Louiza Patikas and Ryan Kelly join Petroc Trelawny at Saffron Hall as the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor George Jackson pay a musical tribute to 75 years of the iconic radio drama. Radio 3 New Generation Artist Hana Chang is the soloist in Vaughan Williams' ever popular The Lark Ascending. Katie Moss, arr Shaw: Cornish Floral Dance Ray Davies, arr Sam Gale: Village Green Preservation Society Charles Aznavour, arr Richard Balcombe: She Walton: Wise Virgins - Sheep may safely graze Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Coates: From the Countryside - 3. At the fair (evening) -----INTERVAL----- Maconchy: Two Dances from Puck Fair Arr Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves Jack Mulroy: I should have asked Grandma Tomlinson: Three Pastoral Dances: 3. Hornpipe Gordon Sumner, arr Balcombe: Fields of Gold Elgar: Nimrod (Enigma Variations) Dolly Parton, arr Scarlet Halton: Jolene Arthur Wood: My Native Heath Singer Ryan Kelly Violin Hana Chang BBC Concert Orchestra Conductor George Jackson

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    Artist
  2. 1.
    Cornish Floral Dance
    Cornish Floral Dance
    Trad.
  3. 2.
    Village Green Preservation Society
    Village Green Preservation Society
    Ray Davies
  4. 3.
    She
    She
    Charles Aznavour