Fairy Tales
Samantha Bond celebrates the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Nick Davies conducts the ±«Óătv 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 ±«Óătv Concert orchestra, will be under the fantastical direction of Maestro Nick Davies.
The whole concert finishes with the spectacular â€Night on a Bare Mountain' as featured in Disney's â€Fantasia'.
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Music Played
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Friday Night is Fright Night
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
HIGH ADVENTURE
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
DEVIL'S DANCE (FROM THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK)
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
TUBULAR BELLS
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra, Geronimo Rauch & Leila Benn Harris
Phantom Of The Opera
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
Funeral March of a Marionette
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
PSYCHO SUITE - MURDER & PRELUDE
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Alex Lester & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
GHOSTBUSTERS
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
Murder on the Orient Express Waltz
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David Badella & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
Epiphany (Sweeney Todd)
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
DEVILS GALLOP
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
BATMAN SUITE
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
1st Mvt - Vertigo Suite
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Leila Benn Harris & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
ONCE UPON A DREAM - JEKYLL & HYDE
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Geronimo Rauch & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
Alive Transformation Song - JEKYLL & HYDE
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
LA TREGENDA (LE VILLIE) WITCHES DANCE
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
"JAWS" - MAIN THEME
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
Twin Peaks (Fire Walk with Me)
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra & Cynthia Fleming
DANSE MACABRE
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Geronimo Rauch & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
MUSIC OF THE NIGHT
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David Badella & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
I'm Going ±«Óătv
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
THRILLER
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
High Adventure - Sig Tune
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
Flight To Neverland
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
Sleeping Beauty - Waltz
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Louise Dearman & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
Beauty And The Beast
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
Mazurka - Coppelia
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Hadley Fraser & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
Tom Thumb's Tune / Thumbelina
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
The Tale Of The Prince And Princess (Scheherazade)
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Louise Dearman, Hadley Fraser & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
A Whole New World
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
The Fairy Tale City Of Kitezh (Extract)
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Louise Dearman & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
The Wizard And I
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Hadley Fraser & ±«Óătv 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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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra & Louise Dearman
Part Of Your World
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
Dance Of The Tumblers
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Louise Dearman, Hadley Fraser & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
I See The Light
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±«Óătv Concert Orchestra
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 “Fright” Night and a chance for me to don a witch’s hat and wave a magic wand around the Hackney Empire – 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.ĚýĚýAfter more than 40 years in ±«Óătv service Graham will retire at the end of 2013.Ěý “Buncey” as we know him -Ěý all our regular studio managers seem to have nicknames like Wawa or even Mad Dog…but I digress..Ěý “Buncey” worked on his first FNIMN on 22nd October 1971 at the Camden Theatre in London .ĚýOn that occasion the show was conducted by Mr Friday Night himselfĚý -Ěý Sidney Torch - with star singer John Lawrenson;Ěý presenter Jimmy Kingsbury and producer Robert Bowman.ĚýĚýAny regular Friday Nighters remember that one – I wonder?? – we’d love to hear from you.ĚýNow 42 years later( almost to the day)Ěý Graham has balanced his last FNIMN for Radio 2.ĚýHe truly is one of the very best sound engineers in the business and he will be sorely missed by us all.Ěý As well as the brilliant sounds he brought to the showĚýĚýI’ll miss his dry sense of humour and ..yes..the bags of wine gums and jelly babies he always brought to our rehearsals.ĚýWe send our best wishes to Graham, his wife Jackie and family for a long and happy retirement and though Graham will not be” twiddling the knobs” for us I know he will always be one of our loyal FNIMN listenersĚý - well -Ěý when he’s not on Grandad duty that is!Ěý
Credit
Role | Contributor |
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Performer | ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra |
Broadcasts
- Fri 1 Nov 2013 20:00±«Óătv Radio 2
- Fri 15 Nov 2013 20:00±«Óătv Radio 2
- Fri 10 Jan 2014 20:00±«Óătv Radio 2
- Sun 22 May 2022 19:00±«Óătv Radio 2