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Fairy Tales
Nash Ensemble; Eleanor Bron; Mark Stone
Date
Sat 10 Mar 2018, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Nash Ensemble
    • Martyn Brabbinsconductor
    • Ian Brownpiano
    • Simon Crawford-Phillipspiano
    • Eleanor Bronnarrator
    • Mark Stonebaritone (as Soldier and Devil)

    Programme

    • Francis Poulenc
      1899-1963
        • L’Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant
          :
        • The story of Babar the little Elephant for the narrator and piano

    Interval

    • Igor Stravinsky
      1882-1971
        • Suite from L'histoire du soldat
          :
        • The Soldier's Tale

    Overview

    Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite,inspired by classic Frenchfairy tales, raises the curtainon an evening of compellingstory-telling. The programmeis crowned by Stravinsky’s TheSoldier’s Tale, about a soldierwho seeks revenge after beingtricked by the Devil.

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