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Fantasia

Walt Disney's groundbreaking film, featuring animations set to classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Includes the Sorcerer's Apprentice and Dance of the Hours.

Walt Disney's ambitious milestone in film animation, featuring vignettes set to classical music performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra and conducted by Leopold Stokowski.

From the much-loved Sorcerer's Apprentice, in which Mickey Mouse dons a wizard's hat and commands a broom to do his chores, to the ballet-dancing ostriches and hippos of Dance of the Hours and the experimental abstract forms of Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, each piece is brought to life in a unique way. Also includes the Nutcracker Suite, the Rite of Spring, the Pastoral Symphony, Night on Bald Mountain and Ave Maria.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Christmas Eve 201316:15

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

    Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a

  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Rite of Spring

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 ('Pastoral') Op. 68

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours

    Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on Bald Mountain

  • Franz Schubert

    Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6

    Performer: Julietta Novis.

Credits

RoleContributor
Narrative IntroductionsDeems Taylor
ConductorLeopold Stokowski
OrchestraPhiladelphia Orchestra
DirectorNorman Ferguson
DirectorJames Algar
DirectorSamuel Armstrong
DirectorFord Beebe Jr
DirectorWilfred Jackson
DirectorHamilton Luske
DirectorBill Roberts
DirectorPaul Satterfield
DirectorBen Sharpsteen
DirectorT Hee
DirectorJim Handley
ProducerWalt Disney
ProducerBen Sharpensteen
WriterJoe Grant
WriterDick Huemer

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