Mac'nClassicalCheese - Jun 21, 2023
Closing out the end of vol.1 of this show, our theme today is essentially: Magic! Some pieces are quite literally related to magic – Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and (of course) Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter. Other pieces are just ethereal and whimsical, like music from impressionist-romaticist-neoclassicist-toomany'ists'justmakeupyourmindmusichistorians French composers, and some are a bit more intense and dark (i.e. Sibelius's Swan of Tuonela b/c its based off Finnish folklore). AND our first ever contemporary composer, Max Richter, will kick off this episode with a piece that sounds a LOT like the theme for the tree of souls thing in the new Avatar film franchise.
Winter 2 - 2012
Max Richter
Le Carnaval des animaux, R. 125 "Carnival of the Animals": VII. Aquarium
Camille Saint-Saëns
Daphnis et Chloe: Part III: Lever du jour
Maurice Ravel
Une Barque Sur L'océan
Maurice Ravel
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22, No. 3
Leonard Bernstein
Impromptu No. 5 in B Minor
Håvard Gimse
The Nutcracker - Ballet, Op.71, Act II: No. 11 - Clara and the Prince
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Philharmonia Orchestra
12 Songs, Op. 21: V. Lilacs (Transcr. Rachmaninoff for Solo Piano)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Hedwig's Theme
Harry Potter Soundtrack
