Musical Fairy Tales
Raduz and Mahulena, two young lovers whose families despise each other. Sound familiar, Shakespeare fans? But unlike Romeo and Juliet, these legendary Slovakian lovers overcome all obstacles and live happily ever after. JoAnn Falletta leads the Buffalo Philharmonic in a performance of a musical re-telling of their story, "A Fairy Tale" by Josef Suk. Plus the "Children's Fairy Tale" by Johann Kaspar Mertz, played by guitarist Adam Holzman. And Maurice Ravel's musical version of the story of a beautiful Princess whose century-long slumber could only be broken by a kiss of true love. Listen for the arrival of the handsome Prince and the moment of the kiss, in the "Fairy Garden" from the Mother Goose Suite, by Maurice Ravel. Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Seoul Philharmonic, in concert in Brussels, Belgium.