Friday Night is Music Night - Music of the Coast

A BBC Radio 3 Friday Night is Music Night concert directed by David Brophy celebrating Britain's relationship with the sea, at BBC Hoddinott Hall.

Directed by David Brophy, this BBC Radio 3 Friday Night is Music Night concert explores Britain's enduring relationship with the sea through light-hearted and atmospheric music. The programme spans Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore overture, Walton's Portsmouth Point, Bax's tone poem Tintagel and Britten's Four Sea Interludes, with baritone Gareth Brynmor John performing settings of John Ireland's Sea Fever and Rebecca Clarke's The Seal Man. The concert runs approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes including a 20-minute interval.