Alice Dalí AR

Piano Music by Dr Svetlana Rudenko, Narration by Prof. Mads Haahr, Illustrations by Salvador Dalí for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commissioned by Random House, NY, 1969).

© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, 2014. The images have been taken by Martí Gasull and Black & White, Ltd.

1. Down the Rabbit-Hole

1. Down the Rabbit-Hole

Characters: White Rabbit & Alice
There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!”

2. The Pool of Tears

2. The Pool of Tears

“Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); “now I’m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!”

3. A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale

3. A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale

“They were indeed a queer-looking party…” Dodo organized to get everyone dry in a Caucus-Race and the Mouse’s tail.

4. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill

4. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill

“She went on growing, and growing, and very soon had to kneel down on the floor…”

5. Advice from a Caterpillar

5. Advice from a Caterpillar

Characters: Caterpillar & Alice.
“Who are you?”

6. Pig and Pepper

6. Pig and Pepper

Characters: Alice, Duchess, Cheshire-Cat, baby-piglet and the cook.
“There’s certainly too much pepper in that soup!”

7. A Mad Tea-Party

7. A Mad Tea-Party

“There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it…”

8. The Queen’s Croquet-Ground

8. The Queen’s Croquet-Ground

Characters: The King and the Queen of Hearts, Alice.
“The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo: she succeeded in getting its body tucked away, comfortably enough, under her arm, with its legs hanging down, but generally, just as she had got its neck nicely straightened out, and was going to give the hedgehog a blow with its head, it would twist itself round and look up in her face, with such a puzzled expression that she could not help bursting out laughing”

9. The Mock Turtle’s Story

9. The Mock Turtle’s Story

“Once,” said the Mock Turtle at last, with a deep sigh, “I was a real Turtle.”

10. The Lobster Quadrille

10. The Lobster Quadrille

“See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!”

11. Who Stole the Tarts?

11. Who Stole the Tarts?

“The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,
All on a summer day:
The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,
And took them quite away!”

12. Alice’s Evidence

12. Alice’s Evidence

“Wake up, Alice dear!” said her sister; “Why, what a long sleep you’ve had!”
“Oh, I’ve had such a curious dream!” said Alice…