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Sunday Night is Music Night revisits the 2015 concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of jazz icon Billie Holiday. Starring Madeline Bell, Gloria Onitiri and Rebecca Ferguson.

Sunday Night is Music Night revisits the 2015 concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of jazz icon Billie Holiday. Starring Madeline Bell, Gloria Onitiri and Rebecca Ferguson, with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Mike Dixon and featuring Guy Barker on trumpet and Ben Castle on tenor sax.

The concert tells the story of Billie Holiday's dramatic rise from poverty and prostitution to becoming one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. Among the songs are the classics What a Moonlight Can Do, Don't Worry About Me, Strange Fruit, Don't Explain, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues and God Bless the Child.

Presented by Paterson Joseph.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 May 2023 20:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • BBC Concert Orchestra

    Billie Holiday Overture

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Gloria Onitiri

    What A Little Moonlight Can Do

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Rebecca Ferguson

    They Can't Take That Away From Me

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Madeline Bell

    Ain't Misbehavin'

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Gloria Onitiri

    Comes Love

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Madeline Bell

    Don't Worry 'Bout Me

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Rebecca Ferguson

    All Of Me

  • Andy Vinter, Ben Castle, Guy Barker, Mitchel Dalton & Ralph Salmins

    I Can't Get Started

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Rebecca Ferguson

    Blue Moon

  • Madeline Bell

    You Let Me Down

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Gloria Onitiri

    Lady Sings The Blues

  • Mahalia Jackson

    Tired

  • Blue Mink

    Melting Pot

  • Blue Mink

    Our World

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Gloria Onitiri

    Lover Come Back To Me

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Rebecca Ferguson

    Ole Devil Called Love

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Madeline Bell

    Fine & Mellow

  • Andy Vinter & Gloria Onitiri

    Don't Explain

  • Andy Park, Andy Vinter, Ben Castle, Guy Barker, Mitchel Dalton & Ralph Salmins

    Lester Leaps In

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Madeline Bell

    Strange Fruit

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Rebecca Ferguson

    I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Gloria Onitiri

    I Get Along Without You Very Well

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Madeline Bell

    God Bless The Child

  • BBC Concert Orchestra, Gloria Onitiri, Madeline Bell & Rebecca Ferguson

    Them There Eyes

  • BBC Concert Orchestra & Madeline Bell

    Good Morning Heartache

Credit

Performer BBC Concert Orchestra

Broadcasts

  • Fri 10 Apr 2015 20:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Fri 10 Jul 2015 20:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Sun 17 May 2020 19:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Sun 28 May 2023 20:00
    BBC Radio 2

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