FAIRYTALES & FANTASY

Thrilling music and gorgeous animation for the whole family

The internationally-renowned Scott Brothers Duo return to Portico to perform another fun-filled concert of duos for piano and organ for all the family, featuring thrilling music accompanied by Tom Scott's captivating animations, including Tchaikovsky's famous Nutcracker Suite!

About the Scott Brothers Duo

Brothers Jonathan and Tom perform internationally in instrumental combinations which cover the entire keyboard spectrum, including Piano Duet, Piano & Organ, and Harmonium & Piano. Their online performance videos have totalled over 65 million views and their regular online concerts since March 2020 reached a worldwide audience of well over 6 million people.

Scott Brothers Duo won the 2019 ECHO (European Cities of Historical Organs) competition to create a performance which introduces the pipe organ to a young audience. Their works combining animation and organ music have been performed at major festivals across Europe.

 "It doesn't matter whether you know the music or not, the sheer enjoyment and energy of the Scott Brothers Duo makes you feel as though you do, and is knockout!"

CHI-CHI NAWANOKU - BBC RADIO 3

Programme

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Sleeping Beauty Waltz

Charles Gounod [+ Animation]

Funeral March of a Marionette 

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)  Arr. J. Scott

Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) [+ Animation]

Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose Suite)

I Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty (Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant)

II Tom Thumb (Petit Poucet)

III Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas (Laideronnette, Imperatrice des Pagodes)

IV Conversation of Beauty and the Beast (Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete)

V The Fairy Garden (Le jardin feerique)

INTERVAL

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)  Arr. J. Scott

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon HWV 67)

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Arr. J. Scott [+ Animation]

Trolltog (March of the Trolls) Op. 54 No. 3 from Lyric Pieces (Lyriske stykker)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Arr. J. Scott [+ Animation]

The Nutcracker Op. 71

Miniature Overture

March of the Toy Soldiers

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Russian Dance

Arabian Dance

Chinese Dance

Dance of the Mirlitons

Waltz of the Flowers