The Story of Babar the Elephant - a Children's Concert

Wealden

Type:Music

Hailsham Pavilion, George St, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 1AE

Tel: 01323 841414

Children's Concert Babar the Elephant

About

The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant is a composition for piano and narrator by Francis Poulenc, based on the hugely popular picture book by Jean de Brunhoff, which was published in 1931 and rapidly became a French children's classic. The enchanting music, performed by pianist Matthew Fletcher, is based on Poulenc's improvisations inspired by his young cousins who, bored with his practising, placed the book on the piano and asked him to 'play the story'.

We're delighted to welcome one of the greatest interpreters of Poulenc's vocal music, international soprano Dame Felicity Lott to narrate the story.

The live music will be followed by a screening of Babar's Triumph, an episode from the animated TV series released in 1989.

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