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Grieg’s Piano Concerto with Zee Zee

Featuring three pieces of music with a magical and mythical air, conjured up by conductor Lionel Bringuier and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Three pieces of music with a magical and mythical air are conjured up by conductor Lionel Bringuier and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Made famous by Disney’s film Fantasia, Paul Dukas's Sorcerer’s Apprentice tells the story of a broom that magically comes to life and causes chaos in the sorcerer’s workshop.

Then Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto, a dazzling Norwegian enchantment that was the only concerto Grieg completed in his lifetime, played here by the pianist Zee Zee.

And Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, inspired by a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales known as One Thousand and One Nights. The music’s savage beauty tells the story of a woman whose life is in the hands of her husband, the murderous Sultan.

1 hour, 34 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
ConductorLionel Bringuier
Series ProducerMartyn Stevens
Executive ProducerPaul Bullock
Production ManagerSue Perry-Grech
DirectorSian Parry

Broadcasts

  • Sun 17 Mar 202420:00
  • Mon 18 Mar 202401:40
  • Sat 13 Apr 202419:00
  • Sun 11 Aug 202417:25

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