Fantasia
Walt Disney's groundbreaking film, featuring animations set to classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Includes the Sorcerer's Apprentice and Dance of the Hours.
Walt Disney's ambitious milestone in film animation, featuring vignettes set to classical music performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra and conducted by Leopold Stokowski.
From the much-loved Sorcerer's Apprentice, in which Mickey Mouse dons a wizard's hat and commands a broom to do his chores, to the ballet-dancing ostriches and hippos of Dance of the Hours and the experimental abstract forms of Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, each piece is brought to life in a unique way. Also includes the Nutcracker Suite, the Rite of Spring, the Pastoral Symphony, Night on Bald Mountain and Ave Maria.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
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Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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Igor Stravinsky
Rite of Spring
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 ('Pastoral') Op. 68
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Amilcare Ponchielli
Dance of the Hours
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra. -
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Modest Mussorgsky
A Night on Bald Mountain
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Franz Schubert
Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6
Performer: Julietta Novis.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Narrative Introductions | Deems Taylor |
| Conductor | Leopold Stokowski |
| Orchestra | Philadelphia Orchestra |
| Director | Norman Ferguson |
| Director | James Algar |
| Director | Samuel Armstrong |
| Director | Ford Beebe Jr |
| Director | Wilfred Jackson |
| Director | Hamilton Luske |
| Director | Bill Roberts |
| Director | Paul Satterfield |
| Director | Ben Sharpsteen |
| Director | T Hee |
| Director | Jim Handley |
| Producer | Walt Disney |
| Producer | Ben Sharpensteen |
| Writer | Joe Grant |
| Writer | Dick Huemer |
Broadcast
- Christmas Eve 2013 16:15