Piano & Organ
Robert Hall - piano, William O'Meara - organ & Mike Ford - narrator
Wednesday, May 23, 6:00-6:30 p.m., Tickets $5
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Latvian Church
383 Jarvis St. (corner of Carlton & Jarvis, 3 blocks east of Yonge)
Saint-Saens’ ever popular Carnival of the Animals in a new adaptation for piano and organ, but the accompanying verse by Ogden Nash will probably steal the show!
Camille Saint-Saëns
Carnival of the Animals (arranged Robert Hall)
I. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
II. Hens and Cocks
III. Wild Asses
IV. Tortoises
V. The Elephant
VI. Kangaroos
VII. The Aquarium
VIII. Personages with Long Ears
IX. The Cuckoo in the Forest
X. The Aviary
XI. Pianists
XII. Fossils
XIII. The Swan
XIV. Finale
Camille Saint-Saëns was one of the great prodigies of music - an enormous talent but whose compositions are not well known today save for a few treasured works, including Le Carnaval des animaux, which he wrote in 1886 but did not allow to be published until after his death. Trained as a pianist and organist, Saint-Saëns became very influential in the French musical world. He performed, taught, founded a national music society, conducted, and authored several books on music as well as two books of poetry. His compositions include symphonies (including the famous “Organ Symphony”), concerti, chamber music, choral works and songs.