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ST. JAMES CAVALIER, CENTRE FOR CREATIVITY
About the Artist
Malta’s St. James Cavalier, Centre for Creativity presents the interactive musical tale, The Story of Babar the Elephant.
Sarah Spiteri – narrator
Alex Vella Gregory – piano
Renzo Spiteri – percussion
Godfrey Mifsud – clarinet
About the performance:
From the original stories by Jean de Brunhoff, with glorious music by Francois Poulenc, comes a charming musical tale for children, with an exciting and new orchestration scored for piano, clarinet, percussion and narrator. Apart from the musical tale, the children are actively involved in creating a story which will be animated by the improvisations of the musicians.
The Artists:
The performance is led by Sarah Spiteri who has been actively involved in developing fun musical projects for the past four years. She has directed original productions The Magic Flute, Peter and the Wolf, The Carnival of Animals and the very successful and popular Teddy Bear Concert series which is in its fifth year. She will be joined by top and award-winning Maltese musicians.
Past Performances
November 4, 2009
Malta’s St. James Cavalier, Centre for Creativity presents an interactive musical tale of the beloved children’s book character Babar. Part of Kids Euro Festival 2009
