Once Upon A Time... A Thousand and One Nights

Elizabeth Alker concludes her week of specially recorded performances of fairy tales music with works inspired by the tales of A Thousand and One Nights; and from LSO St. Luke's, lutenist Thomas Dunford is joined by Keyvan Chemerani for a fusion of Western and Middle Eastern inspired music.

Maurice Ravel
Shéhérazade
Claire Booth (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ben Glassberg (conductor)

From LSO St. Luke’s - Thomas Dunford and Friends
John Dowland
A Dream
King of Denmark’s Galliard
Keyvan Chemirani
To bandégui
Thomas Dunford (lute)
Kayvan Chemirani (zarb)

Jean-Philippe Rameau
Suite from ‘Les Indes Galantes’
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Enrico Onofri (conductor)

Rimsky-Korsakov
Shéhérazade, Op. 35
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Lorenzo Viognier (conductor)

From LSO St. Luke’s - Thomas Dunford and Friends
Keyvan Chemirani
Shérazade
Thomas Dunford (lute)
Keyvan Chemirani (zarb)

Robert Schumann
Bilder aus Osten (arr. string orchestra)
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds (violin, conductor)

Jan Hanuš
Salt Above Gold, suite from the ballet, Op. 28a
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Tomáš Netopil (conductor)