Fairy Tales
Samantha Bond celebrates the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Nick Davies conducts the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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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Louise Dearman and Nick Davies
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Samantha Bond and Hadley Fraser behind the scenes...
Duration: 01:44
Music Played
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
Flight To Neverland
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
SLEEPING BEAUTY - WALTZ
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Louise Dearman / ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
MAZURKA - COPPELIA
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Hadley Fraser / ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
Tom Thumb's Tune / Thumbelina
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
THE TALE OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS (SCHEHERAZADE)
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Louise Dearman/Hadley Fraser/³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
A WHOLE NEW WORLD
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
The Fairy Tale City of Kitezh (extract)
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Hadley Fraser / ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
HUSHABYE MOUNTAIN
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Rhythm Section - Clive Dunstall (pno); Steve Smith (gtr); Steve Pearce (bass); Ralph Salmins (dms)
Someday My Prince Will Come
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Louise Dearman / ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
PART OF YOUR WORLD
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
Dance of the Tumblers
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Louise Dearman/Hadley Fraser/³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
I SEE THE LIGHT
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra CB Nick Davies
NIGHT ON A BARE MOUNTAIN
An Insider's View
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As a huge fan of all things fairy tale and fantasy, I absolutely jumped at the chance to perform some of my all time favourite songs along with the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra conducted by Nick Davies for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night. The entire evening was thrilling and took me back to my childhood when I'd watch Disney movies for hours. What a truly magical experience. Thank you.
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Hadley Fraser
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Hadley wowed Broadway audiences as the male lead of The Pirate Queen created by Alain Boubil and Claude-Michel Schönberg of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon fame. Since graduating from Birmingham University and the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London, Fraser has been a fixture on the British theatre scene with starring roles in such productions as My Fair Lady, Assassins, Pirates of PenzanceÌý and Little Shop of Horrors.Ìý Feature credits include a lead role in the Afterdark/Lionsgate thriller The Lost Tribe and the independent feature Convincing Clooney.Ìý Television credits include Dr. Who for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ and Missing Moscow for Channel 4. Hadley received rave reviews for his performances on the West End in The Fantasticks and earlier this year, he finished a runÌý at the Queen's Theatre in the West End playing "Javert" in the musical classic Les Miserables. He was last seen on the big screen in a supporting role in Tom Hooper's feature film version of Les Miserables opposite Hugh Jackman, Russel Crowe and Eddie Redmayne. Earlier this year, he starred as "Sid" at the Chichester Festival Theatre in a revival of The Pajama Game for director Richard Eyre. He is currently starring as the lead in the Manchester Festival Theater's The Machine which will transfer to NY in the fall.
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Nick Davies
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After studying both piano and violin at the Royal College of Music, Nick Davies is enjoying a successful career as both a Musical Director and Conductor.
Since 2011 Nick Davies has been Principal Conductor of Vantaa Pops Orchestra, Finland. As a guest conductor, Nick has worked with numerous European orchestras, including, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, The Hallé, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra,Ìýand many more.
Nick Davies began his career in Musical Theatre in 1986. His West End Credits include, Martin Guerre, Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music, Annie Get Your Gun, Fred Astaire – his Daughter’s Tribute, Phantom of the Opera, ÌýMy Fair Lady and Les Misérables.Ìý He was Musical Director and conductor for the world premiere of the Disney/Cameron Mackintosh production of Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre, London, and was Musical Director for the 2006 production of Evita at the Adelphi Theatre, London.
Nick was the Musical Director of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella for the New York City Opera production,Ìý and gave the world premiere of Garbo-The Musical at Oscars Theatre in Stockholm.Ìý He supervised and opened Miss Saigon, Evita, Three-penny Opera, Beauty and the Beast and The Producers at Helsinki City Theatre.Ìý Nick is a regular guest with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and has conducted them for the Nobel Peace Prize Concert since 2007.Ìý He is very much in demand by solo artists with whom he extensively records individual albums.ÌýÌý
Samantha Bond
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Samantha Bond’s extensive West End stage appearances embrace leading roles in What The Butler Saw and An Ideal Husband (Vaudeville), Michael Frayn's Donkey's Years (Comedy Theatre), Oscar Wilde’s A Woman of No Importance (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Tom Stoppard's Arcadia (Duke of York's Theatre), Macbeth (Albery Theatre), Three Tall Women (Wyndhams Theatre) and Shelagh Stephenson’s Memory of Water, which Bond subsequently directed on tour. At the National her starring role opposite Judi Dench in David Hare’s award-winning Amy’s View, led to a Tony Award nomination for Bond when it transferred to Broadway. Most recently she starred opposite Zoë Wanamaker in Passion Play. On television she regularly appears as Aunty Angela in Outnumbered (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ) and plays Lady Rosamund in Downton Abbey (ITV), other credits include the ITV drama-comedy Distant Shores, Midsomer Murders (ITV), Inspector Lynley (ITV),Mansfield Park (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ), Emma (ITV) and Miss Marple (ITV).Bond is perhaps best known for her role as ‘Miss Moneypenny’ in the James Bond films starring Pierce Brosnan. Other film work includes Bunch of Amateurs, starring opposite Burt Reynolds.
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Broadcast
- Fri 27 Sep 2013 20:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 2