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Grieg’s Piano Concerto with Zee Zee

Featuring three pieces of music with a magical and mythical air, conjured up by conductor Lionel Bringuier and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Three pieces of music with a magical and mythical air are conjured up by conductor Lionel Bringuier and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Made famous by Disney’s film Fantasia, Paul Dukas's Sorcerer’s Apprentice tells the story of a broom that magically comes to life and causes chaos in the sorcerer’s workshop.

Then Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto, a dazzling Norwegian enchantment that was the only concerto Grieg completed in his lifetime, played here by the pianist Zee Zee.

And Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, inspired by a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales known as One Thousand and One Nights. The music’s savage beauty tells the story of a woman whose life is in the hands of her husband, the murderous Sultan.

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1 hour, 34 minutes

Last on

Sat 13 Apr 2024 19:00

Credits

Role Contributor
Conductor Lionel Bringuier
Series Producer Martyn Stevens
Executive Producer Paul Bullock
Production Manager Sue Perry-Grech
Director Sian Parry

Broadcasts

  • Sun 17 Mar 2024 20:00
  • Mon 18 Mar 2024 01:40
  • Sat 13 Apr 2024 19:00

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