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Welcome to Fairyland

Taking as a starting point Weber's opera Oberon - one of the works that feature in Our Classical Century - we invite you into a magical world of fairies, goblins, trolls and elves, with a couple of wild bears thrown in for good measure.

Produced by Dominic Wells.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 25 Feb 2019 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Oberon (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Weber: Overtures: Tapiola Sinfonietta, Kantorow.
    • BIS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream suite (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Berlin Philharmoniker.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces: March of the Trolls

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.

  • David Popper

    Dance of the Elves

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • RCA.

  • Henry Purcell

    One charming night (The Fairy Queen)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Antonio Bazzini

    Dance of the Goblins

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Jonathan Feldman.
    • DG.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.

  • Frank Bridge

    The Dew Fairy (The Hour Glass)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Wild Bears (The Wand of Youth Suite no.2 Op.1b)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites No.1 & No.2: Handley.
    • EMI.
    • 17.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma m猫re l'oye (Le jardin f茅erique)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Mon 25 Feb 2019 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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