Krishan P Oberoi ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>My local orchestra (The Rhode Island Philharmonic) is presenting a program
>this weekend which includes Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" with a
>narrator (storyteller Bill Harley).  A friend of mine who works for the
>Philharmonic offered me tickets, but I politely declined on the basis that
>I am a purist and don't particularly enjoy classical music interrupted by
>elements that weren't intended by the composer.  ...

First I've heard of it too.  As Dukas based the piece on a story by Goethe
(IIRC) presumably there's an original around, although whether it would be
12-15 minutes long when read aloud is another matter.

deryk barker
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