Carnival of the Animals at Melbourne Zoo

Just arrived and find a spot to sit.

The main reason for our trip to the Melbourne Zoo on Monday was to to watch the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra perform Carnival of the Animals.

This member from the MSO sat on the floor and chatted with the kids.
He explained to Sir N which instrament he plays and let him look and touch the mallets he uses to play. 

The 11 member performing arrived tuned their instruments. Once they were ready the conductor came out and introduced the instruments and Noni Hazlehurst who was our host and read an adaptation of Ogden Nash's Poem between each section of music.  It was a wonderful introduction to the Orchestra.

Members of the MSO tuning up and preparing for the conductor and performance.

On the WWW

• A Musical Carnival of the Animals! over at Squidoo.com
• Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals Coloring Book and Other Resources
• Carnival of the Animals interactive site 
• 15+ Fantastic Free Carnival of the Animals Resources.\

On YouTube

• Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals.
• Camille Saint-Saëns - The Carnival Of Animals - Complete & LiVe. The complete music score without the poem.
• Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval Des Animaux [complete recording]Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra - Bystrick Rezucha

Did you know that the MSO performs Free concerts ?  The next one will be at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in February 2013. Coming up in November is the MSO Classic Kids! Maximus Musicus.

Blessings
Chareen

Carnival of the Animals 

Performed with Ogden Nash's Poem

Narrated by Noel Coward for this 1949 recording.