Live from Draper's Hall, Edward Seckerson introduces a concert given as part of this year's City of London Festival, in which the City of London Sinfonia under Nicolae Moldoveanu and soprano Patricia Rozario perform a new work by British composer Roxanna Panufnik, based on one of the Beastly Tales rhymes by poet and novelist Vikram Seth, and ballet scores by Milhaud, Stravinsky and Ravel.
Patricia Rozario (soprano), City of London Sinfonia, conductor Nicolae Moldoveanu
Milhaud Ballet suite: La Creation du Monde
Roxanna Panufnik The Crocodile and the Monkey
8.15 Twenty Minutes: Child's Play
Lucy Dallas explores the power of the idea of childhood in turn-of-the-century France, and the ways in which this lost fantasy world influenced the composers, writers and thinkers of the time.
8.35 Stravinsky Suite: Pulcinella
Ravel Suite: Ma Mere l'Oye