Across these five miniature scenes, Saint-Saëns turns leaps, echoes and wingbeats into musical theatre, allowing wit, mystery and weightless wonder to inhabit the same enchanted world. i Work Information Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) Title: The Carnival of the Animals ( Le Carnaval des animaux ), Part II — R 125 Year of composition: February 1886 First private performance: 9 March 1886, Paris, at a Shrovetide musical gathering hosted by the cellist Charles-Joseph Lebouc First complete public performance: 25 February 1922, Concerts Colonne, conducted by Gabriel Pierné Genre: Humorous programmatic suite — “Grand Zoological Fantasy” Structure: 14 movements in all; this article examines movements VI–X Duration: approx. 7–9 minutes for these five movements Instrumentation: Two pianos, two violins, viola, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet in C and glass harmonica, used ...