Fairy Tales
Peggy Reynolds continues her exploration of the hidden meanings behind celebrated fairy tales. 4: Ondine. Water spirits make regular appearances in myths and fairy tales. One such spirit is Ondine, or Undine. With sea-green eyes and a pure white skin as luminous as the waves, she can never be caught. Music includes:
Ravel Ondine (Gaspard de la Nuit) Gina Bachauer (piano)
Relnecke flute Sonata, Op 167 (Undine) (2nd mvt) James Galway,
Philip Moll (piano)
Dvorak 0 Silver Moon (Rusalka) Gabriela Benackova (soprano), Prague Philharmonic, conductor Vaclav Neumann
ETA Hoffmann Undine
Soloists,
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Roland Bader