A bedtime story that refuses to stay on the page — classical music just got WILD.
Every night, a father tells his son a bedtime story. As if by challenge, the child always chooses the same book, with scores, orchestra photos and images of animals. It’s about Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals”. Under the impetus of the gentle complicity of father and son, this somewhat austere book is transformed, comes to life and makes music: the carnival animals come to life...
Direction
Andy Sommer makes sheet music dance like nobody's business.
Score
Myung-Whun Chung conducts with the energy of a caffeinated squirrel.
Production
Visuals that turn orchestra photos into living carnival creatures.
Director
Andy Sommer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Saint-Saëns originally forbade public performance of 'Carnival' during his lifetime, fearing it would damage his serious composer reputation.
This 2010 adaptation emerged from France's tradition of orchestral films for young audiences, following classics like 'Fantasia' but with distinctly European visual whimsy.
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