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Home / News / Audio & Video / The Carnival of the Insects in Australia and the Netherlands

The Carnival of the Insects in Australia and the Netherlands

Andrew Ford · Dec 23, 2025 ·

The Carnival of the Insects for string orchestra and narrator (with words by John Kinsella) has forthcoming performances in Australia and the Netherlands. Andrew Ford will narrate the piece for Steel City Strings in March in Wollongong and Berry, and Kamerorkest van het Noorden will present the piece in Groningen in a new Dutch translation by Lies van Gasse. Listen to the world premiere of The Carnival of the Insects from the 2025 Australian Festival of Chamber Music. Emily Sun, Emily Beauchamp (violins), Caroline Henbest (viola), Henry Say (cello), Phoebe Russell (bass), Andrew Ford (narrator).

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