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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'.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 May 2022 19:00

Music Played

  • Friday Night is Fright Night

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      HIGH ADVENTURE

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      DEVIL'S DANCE (FROM THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK)

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      TUBULAR BELLS

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra, Geronimo Rauch & Leila Benn Harris

      Phantom Of The Opera

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      Funeral March of a Marionette

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      PSYCHO SUITE - MURDER & PRELUDE

    • Alex Lester & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      GHOSTBUSTERS

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      Murder on the Orient Express Waltz

    • David Badella & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      Epiphany (Sweeney Todd)

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      DEVILS GALLOP

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      BATMAN SUITE

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      1st Mvt - Vertigo Suite

    • Leila Benn Harris & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      ONCE UPON A DREAM - JEKYLL & HYDE

    • Geronimo Rauch & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      Alive Transformation Song - JEKYLL & HYDE

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      LA TREGENDA (LE VILLIE) WITCHES DANCE

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      "JAWS" - MAIN THEME

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      Twin Peaks (Fire Walk with Me)

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra & Cynthia Fleming

      DANSE MACABRE

    • Geronimo Rauch & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

    • David Badella & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      I'm Going ±«Óătv

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      THRILLER

    • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

      High Adventure - Sig Tune

  • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    Flight To Neverland

  • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    Sleeping Beauty - Waltz

  • Louise Dearman & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    Beauty And The Beast

  • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    Mazurka - Coppelia

  • Hadley Fraser & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    Tom Thumb's Tune / Thumbelina

  • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    The Tale Of The Prince And Princess (Scheherazade)

  • Louise Dearman, Hadley Fraser & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    A Whole New World

  • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    The Fairy Tale City Of Kitezh (Extract)

  • Louise Dearman & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    The Wizard And I

  • Hadley Fraser & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    Hushabye Mountain

  • Clive Dunstall, Steve Smith, Steve Pearce & Ralph Salmins

    Someday My Prince Will Come

  • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra & Louise Dearman

    Part Of Your World

  • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    Dance Of The Tumblers

  • Louise Dearman, Hadley Fraser & ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    I See The Light

  • ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

    Night On A Bare Mountain

Conductors' Corner

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...

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
Performer ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra

Broadcasts

  • Fri 1 Nov 2013 20:00
  • Fri 15 Nov 2013 20:00
  • Fri 10 Jan 2014 20:00
  • Sun 22 May 2022 19:00