Performers
ALAIN ALTINOGLU
ILLUMINATES AND PRESENTS:
MAURICE RAVEL Ma mère l’oye
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Der Karneval der Tiere
These melodies have inspired thousands and thousands of young and old alike to enjoy classical music. A whole zoo of animals is presented in this conversation concert for the whole family, along with colourful portraits of well-known fairy-tale characters such as Sleeping Beauty, the Little Thumbelina and the Empress of the Pagodas. They can all be experienced up close in the ‘Carnival of the Animals’: the noble swan, the mighty lion, the chirping birds, the slow tortoise. In them, the mischievous composer Camille Saint-Saëns also parodied many of his colleagues. And the whole thing was not actually intended for the public, but as a carnival joke, which the Frenchman was later even ashamed of. Why? And which was the only melody that Saint-Saëns did not find embarrassing? Find out this and more with chief conductor Alain Altinoglu and the hr-Sinfonieorchester in this spotlight - for everyone from 0 to 99. (hr-Sinfonieorchester)