A drop of golden sun: the BBC Concert Orchestra presents a 90th birthday salute to Dame Julie Andrews!

Friday Night is Music Night: Julie Andrews at 90 will take place on Friday 12 September, 7.30pm at Alexandra Palace Theatre.

How do you find a word that means Dame Julie? She’s Maria, she’s Eliza Dolittle; she’s Mary Poppins and she’s Millie Dillmount. She’s the English girl with the voice of pure sunshine, who put the sparkle into Broadway’s golden age and whose classic movies continue to delight, charm and entertain. And incredible as it seems, Dame Julie Andrews is 90 this year.

Tonight, the hills are alive with the sound of her music (well, Muswell Hill, anyway) as the BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Richard Balcombe and a team of the West End’s brightest voices – Katie Birtill, Kelly Mathieson and Graham Bickley – present a spectacular salute to a living legend, singing the classic songs that she made her own.

Expect all your favourite things from My Fair Lady, The Boyfriend, The King & I, Mary Poppins, Thoroughly Modern Millie and – it goes without saying – The Sound Of Music.

For more information and to book visit the BBC Concert Orchestra website.