Witches, Wizards, Magic and Spells
James and Oliver Phelps present an evening of marvellous music for muggles and magicians with the 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra and special guests.
James and Oliver Phelps - who played the Weasley twins in the Harry Potter films - present an evening of marvellous music for Muggles and Magicians.
Remember 1997? A year rich in culture. Leonardo DiCaprio was King of the World in the blockbuster movie Titanic, the Spice Girls were telling us to spice up our lives, and if you were a child in 1997, you were probably obsessed with your Tamagotchi - remember them? The 麻豆社 bid us say 'Eh Oh' to the Teletubbies, and in the literary world, a novel that had previously received countless rejections from publishers finally made its debut.
On 26 June 1997, Bloomsbury published the book in a cautious print run of just 500 copies - slightly under the 107 million current sales figures. The writer was JK Rowling, and the book was called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - the very first Harry Potter novel. The spell was cast - the series went on to spawn seven novels, eight films, four theme parks, a West End play and a host of video games. It remains the best-selling book series of all time.
Tonight, Radio 2 welcomes guest presenters James and Oliver Phelps, who starred as twin mischief makers Fred and George Weasley in the film adaptations of the Harry Potter stories.
The concert includes music by all four Potter film composers - Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Hooper, Alexandre Desplat and, of course, John Williams. The concert also includes other music inspired by magic and mystical creatures - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas); In the Hall of the Mountain King (Greig); Twilight (Desplat); Enchanted (Meneken) and The Firebird (Stravinsky). West End star Louise Dearman sings favourites from The Little Mermaid, The Wizard of Oz and Wicked.
First broadcast in 2017.
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
HARRY'S WONDROUS WORLD
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
The Weasley Stomp (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
Enchanted Suite
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Andy Vinter & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman
PART OF YOUR WORLD
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
The Slipper and The Rose: Waltz
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
FAWKES THE PHOENIX (HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman
Defying Gravity
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
How to Train Your Dragon: This is Berk
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman
Let It Go (From Film Frozen)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
Harry in Winter (from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
CONCERNING HOBBITS
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING
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Andy Vinter & 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
Theme-Twilight II New Moon
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman
Dobby the House Elf (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra CB Richard Balcombe
HEDWIG'S THEME (HARRY POTTER)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
Harry's Wondrous World
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
The Weasley Stomp
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
Enchanted Suite
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra, Richard Balcombe & Andy Vinter
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy(The Nutcracker)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra, Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman
Part of Your World
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
Waltz - The Slipper and the Rose
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
Fawkes The Phoenix
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
Finale - The Firebird
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra, Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman
Defying Gravity(Wicked)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Theme - Bewitched
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Regal Cinema Orchestra
Nola
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Joshua Rifkin
Ragtime Dance
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Steve Miller Band
Abracadabra
- The Very Best Of The Steve Miller Ban.
- Arcade Records.
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麻豆社 Philharmonic
The Aquarium(Carnival of the Animals)
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Orchestra
Ballet Egyptien
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Pilot
Magic
- 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll Vol.2 (1974).
- Connoisseur Collection.
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Tommy Cooper
Happy Tommy
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Orchestra
Theatreland
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
How To Train Your Dragon
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra, Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman
Let It Go(Frozen)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
Harry In Winter
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
Concerning Hobbits
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
In the Hall of the Mountain King
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
Theme - Twilight II - New Moon
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
Dobby The House Elf
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra, Richard Balcombe & Louise Dearman
Somewhere Over the Rainbow(The Wizard of Oz)
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
Hedwig's Theme
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麻豆社 Concert Orchestra & Richard Balcombe
Friday Night Sig (Friday Night Is Music Night)
Credit
| Role | Contributor |
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| Performer | The 麻豆社 Big Band |
Broadcasts
- Fri 30 Jun 2017 20:00麻豆社 Radio 2
- Fri 12 Jan 2018 20:00麻豆社 Radio 2
- Sun 1 Nov 2020 19:00麻豆社 Radio 2
- Sun 23 Jul 2023 20:00麻豆社 Radio 2
