The Fairy Queen
Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
Purcell's lavish semi-opera is a spectacular reworking of Shakespeare's A Midsummer
Night's Dream, containing some of the composer's most ethereal and sensual music. Oberon and Titania are the quarrelling king and queen of the fairies, who inhabit a bizarre world of farce and wit. Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Rebecca Outram , Mhairi Lawson , Julia Gooding and Susan Hemington-Jones (sopranos), Daniel Auchincloss , Charles Daniels and Mark Le Brocq (tenors), Peter Harvey and Jonathan Best (basses), Gabrieli Consort and Players, director Paul McCreesh Acts 1, 2 and 3 7.35 TWenty Minutes: Andersen's Musical Tales Andrew McGregor talks to musicologist
Anna Harwell Celenza about Hans Christian Andersen 's thoughts on music and the musicians with whom he associated, and how this influenced his writings. With readings from Michael Maloney.
7.55 Acts 4 and 5