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The Carnival of the Animals (French: Le Carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of 14 movements, including "The Swan", by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. About 25 minutes in duration, it was written for private performance by two pianos and chamber ensemble; Saint-Saëns prohibited public performance of the work during his ...
Saint-Saëns uses a similar motif in the Fossils movement of The Carnival of the Animals. The progression and melody of the minor waltz are similar to the jibes (e.g. "their sweethearts all are dead") of the Sailors' Chorus in "Helmsman/Steersman, Leave Your Watch," which begins the third act of Wagner's earlier opera, "The Flying Dutchman".
Carnival of the Animals is a ballet choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon to the Le Carnaval Des Animaux by Saint-Saëns, with narrations written by John Lithgow, costumes and sets designs by Jon Morrell and lighting designed by Natasha Katz. It premiered on May 14, 2003, at the New York State Theater, performed by the New York City Ballet. [1]
Peter and the Wolf/The Carnival of the Animals: Peter Combe: Chopsticks: The Cast of Pugwall: Pugwall – Original Music from the Television Series: 1991 [6] Robyn Archer: Mrs Bottle's Burp [note 1] Agro: The Agro Album: Don Spencer: Let's Have Fun: Glynn Nicholas and The Funky Fossils The Dinosaur Album: John Williamson: JW's Family Album ...
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Carnival of the Animals (Fossils) Performer: John Ogdon. Performer: Brenda Lucas. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux. 21 Jan 2018 Alistair Spalding: Debussy Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Leonard Bernstein America (West Side Story)
A Scotch Bestiary was composed as a set of musical portraits for organ and orchestra.As the subtitle indicates, the piece was conceived in the style of such similarly episodic works as Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, Camille Saint-Saëns's The Carnival of the Animals, and Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
Carnival of the Animals originally aired on CBS on November 22, 1976, [3] and was the first Warner Bros.-commissioned work featuring Bugs Bunny following the release of the cartoon False Hare, as well as their first Looney Tunes production following the second closure of their original animation studio on October 10, 1969.