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A journey to Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Dukas's orchestral fantasy The Sorcerer's Apprentice, listening in deeply to find sonic connections across time and space.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical terrain around Paul Dukas’s The Sorcerer's Apprentice, sweeping down sonic avenues that link music across time and space. From Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring to Schubert's Erlkönig via Ligeti and Carl Loewe, Sara charts a musical journey towards Dukas's magical orchestral fantasy.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 2 Mar 2025 13:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Williams

    Hedwig's Theme

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.

  • Henry Purcell

    Magicians' Dance (Circe)

    Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Tornami a vagheggiar (Alcina)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Ensemble: Les Paladins. Conductor: Jérôme Corréas.

  • Richard Rogers

    Bewitched, bothered and bewildered

    Music Arranger: Oscar Peterson. Ensemble: The Oscar Peterson Trio.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo)

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Harmonia mundi.

  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.

  • François Couperin

    Concert No 8 in G major, 'Dans le gout theatral' (3rd mvt, Air: Noblement)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.

  • Edvard Grieg

    In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg - Peer Gynt Suites.
    • BIS.
    • 04.

  • Clara Schumann

    Das Veilchen

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Singer: Barbara Bonney.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Dance of the Spirits (La damnation de Faust, Op 24)

    Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.

  • Franz Schubert

    Erlkönig D.328

    Orchestrator: Max Reger. Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

  • György Ligeti

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Etudes Book 2)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.

  • Mel Bonis

    Le Rêve de Cléopâtre (Cleopatra's Dream)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Leo Hussain.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Enoch Mankayi Sontonga

    Nkosi Sikelel 'IAfrica

    Ensemble: Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
    • Gallo Record Company.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski.

  • Leopold Mozart

    Cassation in G major (Toy Symphony) (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March Past of the Kitchen Utensils (The Wasps)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.

  • Alan Menken

    Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast)

    Composer: Howard Ashman. Singer: Angela Lansbury. Singer: Jerry Orbach. Ensemble: Chorus - Beauty And the Beast. Orchestra: [Disney].

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: VI. Uranus, the Magician

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.

  • Ian Campbell

    The Apprentice's Song

    Ensemble: The Ian Campbell Folk Group.
    • The Ian Campbell Folk Group.
    • Piros Juan's Digital.
    • 14.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 16 Jun 2024 13:30
    BBC Radio 3
  • Sun 2 Mar 2025 13:30
    BBC Radio 3