Raphael Mostel’s Travels of Babar

based on the classic book & art of Jean de Brunhoff

available • in the original version for eight musicians and also • in new versions for full orchestra

“Charms hard to resist!” - The New York Times
“Shouts of joy…greeted Raphael Mostel’s imaginative setting…extremely three-dimensional music” - Musik Heute (Music Today, Germany)

ORIGINAL VERSION FOR MINIATURE ORCHESTRA OF EIGHT MUSICIANS: Alan R Kay conducting. Photo: Jay Muhlin, courtesy of Source Music, Inc.

ORCHESTRAL VERSION: First U.S. performance, Babar’s Return to the Land of the Elephants National Symphony Orchestra, Steven Reineke, conductor, Regina Aquino, narrator, John F Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C., April 7, 2019Photo: Erica … — ORCHESTRAL VERSION: First U.S. performance, ***Babar’s Return to the Land of the Elephants*** National Symphony Orchestra, Steven Reineke, conductor, Regina Aquino, narrator, John F Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C., April 7, 2019
Photo: Erica Bruce (full size photo available). Multimedia image: original Jean de Brunhoff watercolor, Kendra & Allan Daniel Collection. Used with permissions

Berliner Philharmoniker, applause after their sold-out world premiere performances of the new full production of the complete work, using the original scoring for miniature orchestra of eight musicians. Photo: Cecilia Oomes

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Audio of music excerpts, without narration, from The Travels of Babar, conducted by the composer

Brief clips from archival videos from multiple live multimedia performances of the pre-HD prior production of Raphael Mostel 's musical voyage based on — and modernizing — Jean de Brunhoff's much-loved classic book, The Travels of Babar (Le Voyage de Babar, El Viaje de Babar, Babar auf Reisen, etc.) in the original chamber version of his composition. From performances presented at Florence Gould Hall in NYC by Source Music, Inc. in association with the French Institute Alliance Française, with generous funding from the Florence Gould Foundation. With several different narrators, including Laurent de Brunhoff, eldest son of Jean de Brunhoff. Archival video courtesy of Source Music. Inc. Copyright Raphael Mostel / Mostel.com (ASCAP). All rights reserved.

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