The Penultimate Carnival of the Animals

In The Carnaval of the Animals, the funniest work in classical music, composer Camille Saint-Saëns lets a colourful parade of animals pass by, from the lumbering elephant to the sluggish tortoise. At our request, five young composers from Belgium and the Netherlands each added an animal to the collection. The otter, the black grouse, the eel and the coral each struggle with climate change in their own way. But the jellyfish actually thrives. For this 'penultimate' Carnival of the Animals, festival thinker Jeroen Olyslaegers wrote a new text and puts on the top hat of the circus ringmaster to introduce the various animals to the audience himself. 

A coproduction of Flanders Symphony Orchestra, Wonderfeel (NL) and STROOM.