Roger Moore's Carnival of Animals

May 10, 2011 10:17 PM

Sir Roger Moore (recently on MeFi) performs recitations to introduce each segment of Saint-Saëns' 1886 suite Le carnaval des animaux ("The Carnival of Animals")

• Cock and Hens
• Tortoises
• Elephants
• Kangaroos
• The Aquarium
• Personages With Long Ears
• The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
• The Aviary
• The Pianists
• Fossils
• The Swan
• Finale

posted by hermitosis (5 comments total)

The Aquarium

AKA "Something Vaguely Mysterious is Occurring in this Trailer".
posted by KChasm at 10:28 PM on May 10, 2011

Thank you Roger Moore and thank your for this posting.

Program music never gets old and neo classicism is still very enjoyable to listen to digitally speaking.

Loved the part where the second piano and the bass player were really listening to each other and getting into it!
posted by Meatafoecure at 11:00 PM on May 10, 2011

Sir Adam Sandler has also performed The Swan.
posted by drjimmy11 at 11:31 PM on May 10, 2011

The guy's a saint.
posted by unliteral at 11:52 PM on May 10, 2011 [1 favorite]

It amuses me that Mischa Maisky, too, can make poor fingering decisions. Surprised he didn't end up playing it all with his second finger (he was close enough!)
posted by coriolisdave at 3:38 AM on May 11, 2011