The Story of Babar
Platinum Series
Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8 pm
Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 4 pm
Neal Blaisdell Concert Hall
ROSSINI Overture to La gazza ladra
DEBUSSY Clair de lune from Suite bergamesque
POULENC L’histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant (The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant), melodrama for narrator and orchestra
SCHUBERT Symphony No 5 in B-flat Major D. 485
Debussy’s wistful Clair de lune is a gentle indulgence that conjures up a dreamy escape to a world of twilight and romance. The adored children’s tale of Babar the Elephant comes to life as Michael Emerson of ABC’s “LOST” join the orchestra to narrate Poulenc’s masterwork of lightness and jollity.
Andreas Delfs, conductor
Michael Emerson, narrator
ROSSINI Overture to La gazza ladra
DEBUSSY Clair de lune from Suite bergamesque
POULENC L’histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant (The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant), melodrama for narrator and orchestra
SCHUBERT Symphony No 5 in B-flat Major D. 485
“Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light.” – Claude Debussy
Debussy’s wistful Clair de lune is a gentle indulgence that conjures up a dreamy escape to a world of twilight and romance. The adored children’s tale of Babar the Elephant comes to life as Michael Emerson of ABC’s “LOST” join the orchestra to narrate Poulenc’s masterwork of lightness and jollity.
