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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 ...
Used in The Carnival of the Animals, Seattle Youth Symphony, Camille Saint-Saëns, Vilem Sokol. Co-nominate and support. Shoemaker's Holiday 19:36, 15 September 2008 (UTC) Co-nominate and support. Bastique demandez 19:42, 15 September 2008 (UTC) question when was it recorded? Z gin der 2008-09-15T19:57Z
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".
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.
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 ...
"The Carnival of the Animals – Part Two" is a parody of The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. [5] The introduction explains: "Camille, in his research, was slightly behind, and I guess that some critters just plain slipped his mind, so to fill in this void in the Animal Kingdom, I'll read some new verses. I'm not gonna sing 'em."
"Le cygne", pronounced [lə siɲ], or "The Swan", is the 13th and penultimate movement of The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. Originally scored for solo cello accompanied by two pianos, it has been arranged and transcribed for many instruments but remains best known as a cello solo.
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]