This musical ode to animals features YouTube sensation, Nora the cat, who taught herself to play piano. Mindaugas Piecaitis composed the work Catcerto, which is accompanied by Nora on video. Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals is a fun work that the composer wished to have published posthumously, so as not to distract from his more serious works. Lions, swans, tortoises, and a jackass or two will all make an appearance. Each work will either be accompanied by video or a narrator.

Kayoko Dan, conductor.
David Schildkret, narrator.

POULENC: The Story of Babar.
PIECAITIS: Catcerto.
SCHECKELE: Thurber's Dogs.
SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals.