ROBERT FARNON - A Special Programme Of Light Music

ROBERT FARNON - A Special Programme Of Light Music
Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 31st January 1971
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Rodney Friend (leader)
conducted by
Robert Farnon
Chapters
0:00 "Farnon Fantasy" - a selection of Robert Farnon's most popular light music works (A Star Is Born, Peanut Polka, Jumping Bean, Westminster Waltz, Portrait Of A Flirt, State Occasion)
10:12 "A La Claire Fontaine"
16:44 "From The Highlands" - a selection of Scottish folk songs
35:07 Suite "Porgy And Bess" (Gerschwin - arr. Farnon)

[@user-jj8zp7nm6y]

From a young boy till now at 83 I have always loved his music

[@exoticalover3615]

Thank you so much for posting this. Big fan of Robert Farnon. Astonishingly beautiful arranger.

[@terryquinn1419]

And composer.

[@charlestimberlake5522]

Farnon was a master of writing British light music and doing great arrangements, too. This is a beatuful concert.

[@anthonyyoung626]

I came to appreciate Robert Farnon, his compositions and renditions of this beautiful music late in life, and now I am collecting as many CDs as I can. His collaboration with Tony Bennett on the album The Good Things In Life remains one of Bennett's best.

[@seekinghim1272]

This is heavenly. I don’t know how I came upon his music in recent years but it always sounds like background music in a wonderful classic movie that I never want to end. Love this! Thank you!

[@karel797]

Beautiful. Greetings from Holland...

[@daveluttinen2547]

These end too soon. This is a delight to see and listen to and are a treasure. Thank you.

[@r4b32t11]

Robert Farnon was the Creme de la creme…👌🏼💥

[@PepperWilliamsMusicBlend]

I hear hints of Edward Elgar and William Walton (two of the greatest British composers), starting @ 7:33 Beautiful! Robert Farnon was such a fantastic composer/aranger

[@111111old]

And the legendary Kenny Clare on kit and a bit on the back row percussion! And if I'm not mistaken, Don Lusher on (first?) trombone...

[@exoticalover3615]

Thank you for pointing that out! That's why it grooves so much whenever the tempo sets in...:-)

[@RandolphMaunder]

Actually he was a Canadian born composer and conductor, but it seems he has been log forgotten in Canada so i suppose it doesn't make much difference.

[@josefserf1926]

Beautiful as it is, there is a big problem with this kind of music in terms of popularity - it's far too simple on the surface.