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Sunday Night is Music Night: Fairy Tales

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27/09/2013

Fairy Tales

BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, Fairy Tales

Samantha Bond presents a special concert inspired by the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm

Samantha Bond celebrates the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Nick Davies conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra and 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, Friday 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 Tchaikovsky, 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 BBC Concert orchestra, will be under the fantastical direction of Maestro Nick Davies. The whole concert finishes with the spectacular 'Night on a Bare Mountain' as featured in Disney's 'Fantasia'.

Interval: What makes the tales by the Brothers Grimm so magical? We'll be looking at the enduring appeal of their work in the company of author Philip Pullman who penned the best-selling trilogy His Dark Materials.

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