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Academy Baroque Soloists Perform Symphony from Purcell’s The Fairy Queen
The Academy Baroque Soloists performed Purcell’s Symphony from The Fairy Queen as part of the Resounding Shores concert series. The series showcases English masterpieces from the late Elizabethan era to…
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Chaconne from The Fairy Queen – Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell’s Chaconne from “The Fairy Queen” is a lively and enchanting Baroque composition. Performed by the Ensemble Didone Abbandonata, consisting of Bruno Raspini, Nina Przewozniak, Iris Fristarollo, Davide Stefanelli,…
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The Fairy Queen – Full Opera by Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and featuring a talented cast….
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Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Tchaikovsky
Lauren Cuthbertson and the Royal Ballet present Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Tchaikovsky’s famous Nutcracker….
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
…works, making him a master of orchestration. The Composer’s Muses: Fairytales, Folklore, and the Sea Rimsky-Korsakov’s work was characterized by his belief in creating a nationalistic style of classical music….
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Robert Schumann – Dichterliebe, Op. 48 – Part 1 of 4
…was recorded in Salzburg in 1956, featuring Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore on piano. The songs beautifully capture the poet’s sensitive and nuanced responses to themes of flowers, dreams, and fairy-tales….
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Henry Purcell
…(1691), “The Fairy-Queen” (1692), and “The Indian Queen” (1695). These productions were elaborate staged plays with extensive incidental music, masques, pageants, and ballet sequences. Although they featured some of his…
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Classical Clips Top 10: Christmas Edition
…Fairy and Waltz of the Flowers, captures the wonder of the holiday season. Watch the entire performance here, featuring the NYC Ballet. 3. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas…
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Schumann – Märchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Op. 113
Matthew Lipman & Gilles Vonsattel play Schumann’s Märchenbilder (or “Fairy Tale Pictures”)….
