THE CARNIVAL OF THE CANARIAN ANIMALS

Within its proposals for the whole family, Auditorio de Tenerife schedules The Carnival of the Canarian Animals by Ensemble Resonancias.

The Carnival of the Canarian Animals is a musical and educational show inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns' original composition, adapted to feature both real and mythical animals from the Canary Islands.

Celia Rivero and Sergio Rodríguez, two talented composers from the Canary Islands, will be in charge of putting music to a series of animals that will accompany the audience on a characteristic musical journey through the regional landscape. Thus, we will descriptively journey through the experiences of our native dogs (‘Presa Canario’ mastiff and the ‘Podenco’ hunting dog), some of our most representative birds (Canary, Blue Chaffinch, Laurel Pigeon, Long-eared Owl, Barn Owl, Canarian Forest Bat and Cory's Shearwater), and we will dive into our local deep blue sea where we will encounter the blue whale, fin whale, sand smelt, jellyfish, grouper, and sardine.

Alongside the giant lizard of El Hierro and that of La Gomera, we will crawl on the ground and climb the walls of our houses with the Canary gecko. We will also delve into the ‘Jameos del Agua’, a unique volcanic tunnel in Lanzarote, home to the endemic blind albino crabs of Lanzarote, and we will take flight alongside our monarch and tiger butterflies. We will majestically stroll in the company of the Canarian camel and witness the grandeur of our extinct animals like the giant tortoise of Tenerife and the giant rat. All without forgetting parts of our mythology, such as the dog-like demons ‘Guacanchas’ and the ‘Ladon’, a dragon with one hundred heads.

One of the aims of this educational and informative show is to awaken our responsibility to look after the natural environment that we share. Ensemble Resonancias' idea of creating music devoted to Canarian animals is a tribute to our natural environment, with the desire to awaken responsibility for looking after it.