My children's school show/musical is "Scherezade". I don't know it at all and a google has pulled up a variety of results.

Anyone know it and care to give a synopsis of what it's all about?

Any clips to decent versions of any of the songs would be good too. Ta

I think it's actually Scheherazade , did you spell it right when you googled ? There are a number of musical works inspired by these legends , the best known being by Rimsky Korsakov (orchestral/ballet) and Ravel ( songs)

oops .... Maybe not --- Then again I did come across the ballet.... and Arabian nights??? Is that the same thing?

Yes, Scheherazade and the 1001 Arabian Nights are the same thing.

I think Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestration is the most well-known (a lovely work) - I have an arrangement for piano!

Look up Scheherazade with the correct spelling ( ) and there should be plenty for you to read.

Scheherazade. I've got a gorgeous recording of it with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Herbert von Karajan conducting.

Same here (along with several other recordings - it was one of the first classical albums I bought when I was in my teens)...


I've seen it performed lots of times but the best performance I've seen was by the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Emil Tabakov. I saw it at Leeds Town Hall several years ago, and it was so brilliant I went back to see it again in Bradford the following week

You can download the full recording by the Sofia Phil from this web site for only £1.79:

http://www.7digital.com/artists/sofia-phil...iccio-espagnol/

Thanks all Plenty to look up now.

Cheers!!

Sorry to intrude, but is this the same thing that keeps being mentioned in Steven King's Misery? I remember a similar word coming up quite frequently

Yes< it is!

"But maybe the most important aspect of the novel is the use of the story of Scheherazade, the woman in the Arabian Nights stories who continued to stay her death sentance by telling the excecutioners stories. At first, Paul believes he is playing Scheherazade to Annie, telling her the tale to keep himself alive. Only gradually does he realize he is playing Scheherazade to himself, saving himself and his literary being in the process."

It might be this version
http://www.starshine.co.uk/index.php?conte...hop&prid=13

Ahh, I see! That makes slightly more sense now

I downloaded the above version but sadly it's a very poor recording - it was barely audible even with the sound turned up full There's a Karajan recording on Youtube, in its entirety over 6 clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR36PRgBFzA

Here's the Fokine choreography performed by the Kirov (now the Mariinsky)

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=05msMR...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=Y7W9hO...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=jUYQBU...feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKKQbd3tllg&NR=1

It is danced flat, which is normal for this ballet.

Thankyou all very very much for the links. Not had time to listen yet but I will.

Thanks again.

Am I the only one that thinks this sounds like some sort of fizzy drink?

Possibly, if there was a fruit called a 'Shehera' , which I doubt !

What do they make Gatorade from, then? I'm worried, now!

From alligator of course !

Lovely, f#m!

Crocade doesn't sound so implausible now!