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Flight of the Bumblebee" (Russian: Полёт шмеля) is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900. This perpetuum mobile is intended to musically evoke the seemingly chaotic and rapidly changing flying pattern of a bumblebee .
In 2010, Lee set a Guinness World Record for "world's fastest violinist" by playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" in 64.21 seconds, [3] [failed verification] and later set the record for "fastest electric violinist" in 2013. He had also previously held the Guinness World Record as the world's fastest violin player for four years.
Appearing on a live broadcast of the BBC children's television programme Blue Peter, on 18 October 2010, Lewis broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest performance of the Flight of the Bumblebee – previously held by David Garrett – playing the piece in one minute, 3.356 seconds, to become the 'world's fastest violinist'.
English: Carol Williams performs her arrangement of "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Rimsky-Korsakov at the West Point Military Academy Chapel This organ is the largest chapel pipe organ in the world, [ 1 ] which boasts some The organ now consists of 23,511 pipes individual pipes.
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov [a] [b] (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) [c] was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. [d] He was a master of orchestration.
Flight of the Bumble-Bee – 4:25 (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov/Jeff Wayne) Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor – 4:04 (Edvard Grieg) Exodus – 3:09 (Ernest Gold) Claudine – 4:29 (Tonči Huljić) Wonderland – 3:38 (Tonči Huljić) Handel's Sarabande – 3:37 (George Frideric Handel) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – 10:08 (Sergei Rachmaninov ...
The work can be associated to 1910 Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" [3] due to its fast, repetitive trills and ornaments. The piece was also influenced by the traditional, religious ceremony of a fire dance, a dance which was used to worship the fire-god and in which people would often jump through or leap around the fire. [4] [5]
That track was The Sneezin' Bee, based on Flight of the Bumblebee. Considered possible only on flute, violin or piano, the number was recorded a tempo and in real time on trombone by guest artist Tommy Pederson, with former Slicker pianist Frank Leithner contributing the sneezes. The album was released on compact disc October 25, 1990 on Rhino ...