This month’s episode of YourClassical Storytime is a collaboration with Performance Today and host Fred Child. Together with a young friend, Fred talks about horses and tells the story of Toroi Bandi, a legendary Mongolian folk hero. Get ready to move and gallop like Toroi Bandi’s horse in this episode featuring traditional Mongolian folk music and original illustration and animation by Joseph Midthun and Daniel Hoffstrom.
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Traditional Mongolian: ‘Toroi Bandi’
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Credits
Narrator: Fred Child with guest Emmet
Story: Adapted from a Mongolian folktale by Meghann Oglesby
Producer: Kathleen Bradbury, Jon Gohman and Craig Thorson
Social media producer: Inés Guanchez
Production manager: Valerie Kahler
Program director: Julie Amacher
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