Magical Creatures
Episode m0008q8t, broadcast at Tuesday 24th September 2019, 7:00pm.
“An eclectic mix of music inspired by the magical creatures of folklore and mythology. Featuring Debussy's evocation of Puck, the mischievous imp; goblins and trolls from Bazzini and Grieg; Tchaikovsky's Sugar Plum Fairy; water nixies and sirens in the Rhine river; and a Chinese dragon.”
Track listing
- 0:12 – La danse de Puck (Preludes, Book 1) (track 11, Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet)
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Performer Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
- 3:02 – Flying Dragon
- Performer Gao Hong
- 5:54 – Die Rheinnixen: Overture
- Composer Jacques Offenbach
- Orchestra The Gulbenkian Orchestra
- Conductor Michel Swierczewski
- 11:22 – Die Lorelei
- Performer Graham Johnson
- Composer Clara Schumann
- Singer Christopher Maltman
- 14:04 – Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker) (track 12, Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle)
- Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- 16:27 – The Cheshire Cat (Suite from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
- Composer Joby Talbot
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Christopher Austin
- 19:21 – The Fairy Queen (First Music: Prelude) (track 1, Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629: The Sisteen, Harry Christophers)
- Conductor Harry Christophers
- Composer Henry Purcell
- Orchestra Symphony of Harmony and Invention
- 21:05 – The Dance of the Goblins Op.25 (track 2, Kreisler/Paganini/Wieniawski/Tchaikovsky/Debussy/Schubert: Leonidas Kavakos)
- Performer Leonidas Kavakos
- Composer Antonio Bazzini
- Performer Peter Nagy
- 26:08 – Peer Gynt, Op 23 (No 8, 'In the Hall of the Mountain King') (track 8, Grieg: Complete music with orchestra: Gothenburg SO/Jarvi)
- Composer Edvard Grieg
- Orchestra Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Neeme Järvi
- Choir Gösta Ohlin's Vocal Ensemble
- Choir Pro Musica Chamber Choir