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A new depiction of the Carnival of the Animals:
Fourteen movements for Two Pianos composed by Anderson & Roe (2007)
Listen to short excerpts here taken from from a live performance in Salt Lake City and from the new "Anderson & Roe Piano Duo" CD!
...Turtle Staying Alive
...The Drunken Elephant
...Chickens
...The Cat's Fugue
...The Cuckoo in Sussex
...The Crow
...Fossil Jamboree
...The Swan
It's a completely new take on Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals. This is not the Carnival of the Animals you heard in your third grade music class. While it's based on some of the familiar melodies from the original score, the piece attempts to go beyond a simple musical depiction of animals. In fact, it has more to say about humans than anything else...
There's a great deal of humor, but there are moments of significant reflection as well. The integrated text includes quotes from Jean Cocteau, YouTube, BBC News, J.K. Rowling, and much more.