Glazunov Autumn from The Seasons

Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty Suite

Prokofiev Cinderella Suite

Our ballet-inspired Autumn concert opens appropriately with Autumn from Glazunov’s ballet The Seasons. The series of colourful and lively scenes includes the energetic Bacchanale and a luscious Adagio. Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Suite contains much-loved and tuneful music of great character and introduces us to the familiar fairy tale figures – Princess Aurora, the Lilac Fairy and wicked fairy Carabosse. Puss in Boots also puts in an appearance and the Suite ends with the famous Waltz. In the Cinderella Suite by Prokofiev, we hear Cinderella playing with the kitchen cat, the Ugly Sisters quarrelling and the Fairy Godmother working her magic on the pumpkin and the mice. The final swirling Waltz with the Prince is dramatically cut short as the giant clock strikes twelve!