ICAD 5058

1 Introduction to ICA Classics 2.30

 

LES SYLPHIDES

Choreography: Mikhail Fokine (licensed by kind permission of the Fokine Estate-Archive)

Music: Frédéric Chopin, arr. Roy Douglas

© Copyright 1958 by Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd

Designer: Guy Sheppard

 

2 Prelude (op.28 no.7) 2.21

3 Nocturne (op.32 no.2) 6.38

4 Waltz (op.70 no.1) 2.07

5 Mazurka (op.33 no.2) 2.41

6 Mazurka (op.67 no.3) 1.39

7 Prelude (op.28 no.7) 3.06

8 Waltz (op.64 no.2) 4.26

9 Waltz and Finale (op.18) 5.15

10 Closing Credits 2.01

 

Nadia Nerina (Mazurka & Pas de deux)

Philip Chatfield (Mazurka & Pas de deux)

Rowena Jackson (Waltz)

Julia Farron (Prelude)

 

Philharmonia Orchestra

Leader: Derek Collier

Robert Irving

Producer: Margaret Dale

Broadcast: BBC Studio, London, 6 April 1956

© BBC 1956

This performance of Les Sylphides is one of the oldest recordings featuring Nadia Nerina in the BBC archives. Due to the age and condition of the film, the level of possible restoration work was limited. In spite of certain technical constraints, this performance is of exceptional artistic and historical interest and value.

 

COPPÉLIA (adapted for television by Margaret Dale)

Choreography: Charles Nuitter & Arthur Saint-Léon

Music: Léo Delibes

Designer: Guy Sheppard

 

Swanilda .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nadia Nerina

a young woman · une jeune femme · eine junge Frau

Dr Coppelius . . .. . . . . . . . . . Robert Helpmann

an inventor · un inventeur · ein Erfinder

Franz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Donald Britton

Swanilda’s fiancé · le fiancé de Swanilda · Swanildas Verlobte

 

11 Introduction                                     2.39

12 Waltz (Swanilda)                               1.56

13 Scene (Franz, Swanilda, Villagers)         3.10

14 Mazurka (Villagers)                            3.16

15 Scene (Town Crier, Villagers, Franz, Swanilda) 1.40

16 Scene (Villagers, Franz, Swanilda)                  0.33

17 Variation (Franz with Village Boys)        0.48

18 Variation (Swanilda with Village Girls)     2.21

19 Czardas (Villagers with Franz)              3.19

20 Scene (Coppelius, Franz, Swanilda, Villagers) 3.22

21 Scene: The Workshop of Coppelius (Swanilda, Village Girls) 3.56

22 The Automatons                               1.50

23 Scene (Coppelius, Swanilda, Village Girls) 1.30

24 Scene (Coppelius, Franz)                              3.35

25 Scene (Coppelius, Swanilda)                3.21

26 Waltz of the Doll (Swanilda, Coppelius)           1.57

27 Scene (Swanilda, Coppelius, Franz)       3.18

28 Variations: Spanish and Scottish dances (Swanilda) 2.37

29 Scene and Finale (Swanilda, Coppelius, Franz and Villagers) 2.01

30 Closing Credits                                  1.29

 

London Symphony Orchestra

Leader: Hugh Maguire

John Lanchbery

Producer: Margaret Dale

Broadcast: 27 October 1957

© BBC 1957

 

GISELLE (extract)

Choreography after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot

Music: Adolphe Adam

Giselle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .Margot Fonteyn

Duke Albrecht . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . Rudolf Nureyev

Le duc Albrecht · Herzog Albrecht

 

Act Two · Acte deux · Zweiter Akt

31 Pas de deux                  17.56

Pro Arte Orchestra

Marcus Dods

Producer: Patricia Foy

Recorded: BBC Studio, London, 2 June 1962

Broadcast: Music in Camera, 11 June 1962

© BBC 1962