Marin Alsop & Britten-Pears Orchestra
Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals
Video Director: Götz Filenius - Artist: Marin Alsop & Britten-Pears Orchestra - Producer: Erwin Stürzer, Roger Wright & Oliver Becker - Conductor: Marin Alsop - Writer: Genevieve Helsby & Rebecca Helsby - Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns - Orchestra: Britten-Pears Orchestra
Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals
Marin Alsop conducts the Britten-Pears Orchestra in a performance of Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals. Recorded at Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape Bridge in the UK, 2018.Saint-Saëns composed the work in a small Austrian town in 1886, following a disastrous concert tour. It is originally scored for two pianos, two violins, violas, cellos, double bass, flutes, piccolos, clarinets, glass harmonica, and xylophone. From the beginning, Saint-Saëns regarded the piece as an amusing work. It has become one of his best-known works and is played in various adaptions for different ensembles.