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Boy, Wolf and Elephant: A promising kids' concert in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 04 January 2016
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Reviewed at Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zurich on 3 January 2016
Programme
Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf, Op.67
Poulenc, L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant, FP 129
Performers
Romanian State Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Zukernik, Conductor
Joel Basman, Narrator
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Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.