Fairy Tales
Samantha Bond celebrates the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Nick Davies conducts the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Guest singers include Hadley Fraser and 'Wicked' star Louise Dearman.
Two of the best story tellers of all time were The Brothers Grimm, Wilhem and Jacob, who together collected and wrote down countless German folk tales, including the stories of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, The Pied Piper and Snow White.
Tonight, Sunday Night Is Music Night presents a concert of music inspired by these classic fairy tales, marking the 150 anniversary of Jacob Grimm's final ascent of the celestial beanstalk.
The concert brings classical music and classic films together, with music from Tchaikowsky, Mendelssohn, Rossini, Mussorsgsky and Rimsky Korsakov, alongside songs written for Disney's Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin, Tangled (Rapunzel) and The Little Mermaid.
Samantha Bond is our presenter and story teller, singer Hadley Fraser takes on the role of the handsome Prince, while the current star of 'Wicked' Louise Dearman is our Princess. The magical 60 piece 大象传媒 Concert orchestra, will be under the fantastical direction of Maestro Nick Davies.
The whole concert finishes with the spectacular 鈥楴ight on a Bare Mountain' as featured in Disney's 鈥楩antasia'.
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Friday Night is Fright Night
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HIGH ADVENTURE
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DEVIL'S DANCE (FROM THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK)
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TUBULAR BELLS
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大象传媒 Concert Orchestra, Geronimo Rauch & Leila Benn Harris
Phantom Of The Opera
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Funeral March of a Marionette
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PSYCHO SUITE - MURDER & PRELUDE
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Alex Lester & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
GHOSTBUSTERS
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Murder on the Orient Express Waltz
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David Badella & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
Epiphany (Sweeney Todd)
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DEVILS GALLOP
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BATMAN SUITE
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1st Mvt - Vertigo Suite
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Leila Benn Harris & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
ONCE UPON A DREAM - JEKYLL & HYDE
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Geronimo Rauch & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
Alive Transformation Song - JEKYLL & HYDE
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LA TREGENDA (LE VILLIE) WITCHES DANCE
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"JAWS" - MAIN THEME
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Twin Peaks (Fire Walk with Me)
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大象传媒 Concert Orchestra & Cynthia Fleming
DANSE MACABRE
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Geronimo Rauch & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
MUSIC OF THE NIGHT
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David Badella & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
I'm Going Home
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THRILLER
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High Adventure - Sig Tune
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Flight To Neverland
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Sleeping Beauty - Waltz
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Louise Dearman & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
Beauty And The Beast
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Mazurka - Coppelia
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Hadley Fraser & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
Tom Thumb's Tune / Thumbelina
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The Tale Of The Prince And Princess (Scheherazade)
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Louise Dearman, Hadley Fraser & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
A Whole New World
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Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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The Fairy Tale City Of Kitezh (Extract)
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Louise Dearman & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
The Wizard And I
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Hadley Fraser & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
Hushabye Mountain
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Clive Dunstall, Steve Smith, Steve Pearce & Ralph Salmins
Someday My Prince Will Come
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大象传媒 Concert Orchestra & Louise Dearman
Part Of Your World
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Dance Of The Tumblers
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Louise Dearman, Hadley Fraser & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
I See The Light
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Night On A Bare Mountain
Conductors' Corner
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American-born, UK-based, Robert Ziegler is one of the most versatile conductors working today. His guest conducting in the 2013-14 season takes him throughout the UK, the US and Australia
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Goodbye For Now...
So it was Friday Night is 鈥淔right鈥� Night and a chance for me to don a witch鈥檚 hat and wave a magic wand around the Hackney Empire 鈥� but Friday was also a sad occasion for us backstage as it marked the last Friday Night is Music Night for our Senior Studio Manager Graham Bunce.听听After more than 40 years in 大象传媒 service Graham will retire at the end of 2013.听 鈥淏uncey鈥� as we know him -听 all our regular studio managers seem to have nicknames like Wawa or even Mad Dog鈥ut I digress..听 鈥淏uncey鈥� worked on his first FNIMN on 22nd October 1971 at the Camden Theatre in London .听On that occasion the show was conducted by Mr Friday Night himself听 -听 Sidney Torch - with star singer John Lawrenson;听 presenter Jimmy Kingsbury and producer Robert Bowman.听听Any regular Friday Nighters remember that one 鈥� I wonder?? 鈥� we鈥檇 love to hear from you.听Now 42 years later( almost to the day)听 Graham has balanced his last FNIMN for Radio 2.听He truly is one of the very best sound engineers in the business and he will be sorely missed by us all.听 As well as the brilliant sounds he brought to the show听听I鈥檒l miss his dry sense of humour and ..yes..the bags of wine gums and jelly babies he always brought to our rehearsals.听We send our best wishes to Graham, his wife Jackie and family for a long and happy retirement and though Graham will not be鈥� twiddling the knobs鈥� for us I know he will always be one of our loyal FNIMN listeners听 - well -听 when he鈥檚 not on Grandad duty that is!听
Credit
| Role | Contributor |
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| Performer | 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra |
Broadcasts
- Fri 1 Nov 2013 20:00大象传媒 Radio 2
- Fri 15 Nov 2013 20:00大象传媒 Radio 2
- Fri 10 Jan 2014 20:00大象传媒 Radio 2
- Sun 22 May 2022 19:00大象传媒 Radio 2
