An episode perfect for all ages! Today, we tune into the animal kingdom, a great source of musical inspiration.

You probably know of Camille Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, but he isn't the only composer who drew inspiration from the wildlife! In this episode, we explore music about our furry, feathery, or scaly friends.

Jazz at Lincoln Orchestra: The Monkey King’s March
Olivier Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques
Georg Friederich Händel: Organ Concerto N° 13 «The Cuckoo and the Nightingale», II. Allegro
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Camille Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals, VII. Aquarium
Claude Debussy: Images, Book 2, III. Le poisson d’or
Fats Waller: The Alligator Crawl
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos N° 142 The Diary of a Fly
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Overture to The Wasps
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Peter and the Wolf
George Gershwin: Walking the Dog