A video recording of Wilhelm Grosz's cantata Fairy Tales Op. 39, performed at Out of the Shadows Festival, Leeds.

Date	17th June 2016
URL	https://vimeo.com/180875359#t=70m55s
Format	Video

Kate Rotheroe (soprano), the Cassia String Quartet, Eleanor Hudson (harp) and Rhian Hughes (flute) perform Wilhelm Grosz's Fairy Tales Op. 39, a cantata for soprano, string quartet, flute and harp. The Cassia String Quartet comprises Amy Welch (violin I), Tory Clarke (violin II), Laurie Dempsey (viola) and Joshua Lynch (cello), conducted by Stephen Muir.  The performance took place at the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, School of Music, The University of Leeds. The performance is part of a chamber music recital entitled Fates and Fairytales: the Music of Wilhelm Grosz and Zigmund Schul.  The text is taken from Rose Fyleman's publication The Fairy Flute (London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1921).

The movements of the cantata are as follows:

Präludium - Allegretto (quasi pastorale)

I. If you meet a fairy Interlude I - Vivacissimo 

II. Fairy lore Interlude II - Tempo di Valse 

III. Every fairy has a star Interlude III - Andantino 

IV. Fairy flute Interlude IV - Allegro con spirit 

V. Fairy lullaby for a mortal 

Postludium - Poco allegro

This performance lasts approximately 15 minutes 30 seconds.