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MUSICAL SUPER HEROES

January 26, 2025

3:00PM

War Memorial Hall, Newton City Hall

1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA 02459

Musical Program

FRANCIS POULENC Story of Babar the Elephant

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Finale from Cello Concerto No.1

SILVESTRE REVUELTAS Sensemayá

HAYDN Toy Symphony

This January, Conductor Emerita Gisèle Ben-Dor leads Pro Arte through an adventure of music and storytelling that will thrill your whole family.  In The Story of Babar, the tale of a little elephant’s journey from orphan to king is accompanied at every turn by Francis Poulenc’s picturesque music. Our young soloist shines in the irrepressible finale of Joseph Haydn’s first cello concerto. Sensemayá, by Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas, is a spellbinding depiction of an Afro-Caribbean ceremony in which a ritualist must subdue a snake. Our program ends with the riotous Toy Symphony, in which playful instruments like a triangle, a rattle, and a cuckoo whistle all try to steal the spotlight.

Gisèle Ben-Dor

Conductor Emerita

Eric Bornstein

Behind the Mask Studio & Theatre

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