Playing up a storm


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Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture, The Tempest


Sibelius: Incidental music for The Tempest, Suites 1 & 2

Suite No. 1: The Oak-tree • 3:16 Humoresque • 4:26 Caliban’s Song • 5:50 The Harvesters • 8:07 Canon • 9:45 Scene •
11:18 Intrada – Berceuse • 14:57 Entr’acte – Ariel’s Song
19:16 The Storm
Suite No. 2: 23:11 Chorus of the Winds • 27:09 Intermezzo • 29:16 Dance of the Nymphs • 31:09 Prospero • 33:26 Song I • 34:22 Song II • 35:34 Miranda • 37:27 The Naiads
38:53 Dance Episode


Adès: Excerpts from The Tempest

The love scene – end of Act II

Ariel’s vocal gymnastics:

The final scene…


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