Episode 5: Ballet

Ballet: You may think it’s all tutus and tippy toes, but there’s a world of wild, daring and downright bizarre stories behind this dainty dance. Join David Walliams as he journeys around the globe to give us a peek into the highly competitive, and fantastically strange world of ballet. Each episode is also accompanied by a playlist in Apple Music – you can find those here: Music from: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (Chandos) Saint-Saëns: The Swan from Carnival of the Animals – Ji Liu (Classic FM) Lully: Alcidiane, Ritournelle et air de Mademoiselle Hilaire – La Risonanca/Fabio Bonizzoni (Glossa) Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (Chandos) Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring – MusicAeterna/Teodor Currentzis (Sony) Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Litton (BIS)

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Episode 5: Ballet is an episode from David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast by Global.

This episode is 17:21 long.

This episode was published on Feb 7, 2019.

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