The
BBC Concert Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London, one of the
British Broadcasting Corporation's five
radio orchestras. With around fifty players, it is the only one of the five which is not a full-scale symphony orchestra. The BBC Concert Orchestra is the BBC's most populist ensemble, playing a mixture of
classical music,
light music and popular numbers. Its primary role is to produce music for radio broadcast, and it is the resident orchestra of the world's longest running live music programme,
Friday Night is Music Night on
BBC Radio 2.