Ballet composer Claire Cowan releases Hansel and Gretel soundtrack
Composer Claire Cowan’s Hansel and Gretel soundtrack is an immersive, world-building, and character-filled listen Composer Claire Cowan wrote the score to the Royal NZ Ballet’s 2019 production of Hansel and Gretel to great acclaim, now she’s recorded and released it with the NZSO. Long after the pointe shoes have been taken off tired feet, stage makeup has been scraped off faces, and tutus have been hung on the racks, the music of the ballet lingers. Some of the most well-loved pieces of classical music come from ballet: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies, Bolero, The Dying Swan and ...
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