The Seven wonders of the world
Travel guide Ayla Kabaca takes us to the Seven Wonders of the World with the help of music.
The Seven Wonders of the World. What are they? Where are they? Ayla Kabaca will be our guide as we fly to the seven wonders of the modern world with the help of music, together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, led by flight captain Cathrine Winnes. We will take off to Klas Backman’s musical description of an airplane whose whirring engines pick up speed and finally lift off from the ground.
This family concert will take us to the Colosseum in Rome; Machu Picchu in Peru; the Great Wall of China; the Taj Mahal in Agra, India and the desert heat of Petra. This long-range trip is accompanied by music that suits each destination: Death of Tybalt from Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev (Colosseum in Rome); Hindu Dance from the Aladdin Suite by Carl Nielsen (Taj Mahal, India); El Condor Pasa (Machu Pichu); and the Chinese folk song Moon Shadow on the Spring (Great Wall of China), to name just a few.
We will take off to Klas Backman’s musical description of an airplane whose whirring engines pick up speed and finally lift off from the ground.
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The music
Approximate times -
Klas Backman Airplane Takeoff0.40 min
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Sergej Prokofjev Death of Tybalt from Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 12 min
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Carl Nielsen Hindu Dance from Aladdin Suite3 min
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Camille Saint-Saëns Danse bacchanale from Samson and Delilah4 min
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Trad The Moon Shadow in the Dual Spring, version for string orchestra3 min
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Klas Backman Airplane Landing0.30 min
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Percy Faith Mucho gusto! arr Elmar Fogelman2 min
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Klas Backman Airplane Takeoff0.40 min
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Daniel Alomía Robles El cóndor pasa arr Klas Backman3 min
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Ary Barroso Brazil3 min
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Ary Barroso Brazil3 min
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Participants
- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Cathrine Winnes conductor
- Ayla Kabaca host
- Klas Backman host