Discovering Music

Ravel's Mother Goose

Saturday 10 June 2006 14:00-15:00 (Radio 3)

Stephen Johnson joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Glasgow for an exploration of the musical thinking behind Ravel's Mother Goose. It's a work that began life as an amusement at the piano, and developed into an orchestral ballet score inspired by the fairy tales of Charles Perrault.

Duration:

1 hour

Ravel's Mother Goose. The online audio of this programme is truncated for rights reasons. Duration 32 mins.

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Discovering Music

Episode and Playlist Information

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