Name: YOUNG at HEART
Start: 2025-10-25T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-25T18:00:00-04:00
Location: West Parish Church of Andover

Just in time for Halloween and Thanksgiving, Mistral offers a sparkling program of vibrant musical storytelling, with WCRB radio’s celebrated host Cathy Fuller as narrator.
The centerpiece is Tough Turkey in the Big City by Lincoln Center’s brilliant composer, educator, and radio personality Bruce Adolphe. Best known as the longtime host of NPR’s “Piano Puzzler” and a leading voice at Lincoln Center, Adolphe brings wit, imagination, and jazz-inflected brilliance to this rollicking tale of a country turkey who lands in New York City. With the trombone cast as “Tom Turkey” (played by BSO mega star trombonist James Markey)and colorful interjections from trumpet, clarinet, violin, cello, and percussion, this clever romp delights children with its humor while keeping adults grinning at its sly sophistication.
Equally transporting is The Emperor and the Nightingale, a poignant retelling by composer David Mullikin of Hans Christian Andersen’s timeless fairytale. Set in Imperial China, this lyrical work recounts the special friendship between the Emperor and a nightingale, enveloping listeners in an atmosphere of beauty, wonder, and life’s most essential lessons.
No program of musical storytelling would be complete without Paul Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, beloved across generations and made legendary by Disney’s Fantasia. With its whirling brooms and escalating magical mischief, it is a perfect nod to Halloween.
This concert is designed to delight concert goers of every age, a chance to reconnect with your inner child, hear familiar favorites in fresh new ways, and introduce young listeners to the magic of live classical music. Connect with your inner child and come in your Halloween costumes, and share an afternoon of enchantment! Exposing your children to classical music at a young age nourishes in them a life-long love.