What do thoughts look like? How do they sound?

Trains of Thought: Animated is a collaboration between The Poulenc Trio, composer Viet Cuong and animators Elizabeth and Alden Phelps. This new work combines Cuong’s kinetic score and the Phelps’ stunningly beautiful stop-motion animation into a breathtaking live mixed-media experience.

Poulenc Trio: Trains of Thought by Viet Cuong, film by Elizabeth and Alden Phelps. World-premiere recording available from Delos Productions. Liang Wang (New York Philharmonic), oboe Irina Kaplan Lande, piano Bryan Young, bassoon

Artist Elizabeth Phelps prepares a maquette for Trains of Thought: Animated

POULENC TRIO

Thoughts: Animated

This educational behind the scenes outreach program brings you inside the creative collaboration process.

Learn from filmmakers Elizabeth and Alden Phelps and members of the Poulenc Trio in a fascinating, in-depth lecture demonstration.

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