Because he wanted to be considered a composer of serious, substantial music, Camille Saint-Saens suppressed his "Carnival of the Animals" shortly after its premiere, in 1886, disallowing any execution of the suite and publishing only one movement, "The Swan", in his lifetime. And while that movement is a welcome addition to pieces written for the cello, the whole "zoological fantasy" is a most successful example of humourously themed music in the classical repertory and has become, with full right, one of the composer's most popular works. It is cast as a suite of 14 short pieces and was originally scored for, at first sight, rather small chamber group of flute, clarinet, two pianos, glass harmonica, xylophone, two violins, viola, cello and double bass, but is usually performed today with a full orchestra of strings, and with a glockenspiel substituting for the rare glass harmonica. But the brilliance of Saint-Saens' piece lies not only in the sheer number of surprisingly witty and charming depictions of the animals; the composer uses only the instruments he needs at the moment and draws exceptional music from different combinations of his compact "cast". My choice recording here is a charming and warm account by the London Sinfonietta under the leadership of Charles Dutoit, the recording that introduced me to the work itself and which is one of my preferences for this particular piece. I divided the movements into three separate uploads with the finale actually being .... + Informações

Le Carnaval des Animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. Le Carnaval was composed in February 1886 while Saint-Saëns was vacationing in a small Austrian village. It was originally scored for a chamber group of flute, clarinet, two pianos, glass harmonica, xylophone, two violins, viola, cello and double bass, but is usually performed today with a full orchestra of strings, and with a glockenspiel substituting for the rare glass harmonica. Saint-Saëns, apparently concerned that the piece was too frivolous and likely to harm his reputation as a serious composer, suppressed performances of it and only allowed one movement, Le Cygne, to be published in his lifetime. Only small private performances were given for close friends like Franz Liszt. Saint-Saëns did, however, include a provision which allowed the suite to be published after his death, and it has since become one of his most popular works. It is a favorite of music teachers and young children, along with Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Aquarium Strings without double-bass, two pianos, flute, and glass harmonica: This is one of the more musically rich movements. The melody is played by the flute, backed by the strings, on top of tumultuous, glissando like runs in the piano. The first piano plays a descending ten-on-one ostinato, while the second plays a six-on-one. These .... + Informações

Le Carnaval des Animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. Le Carnaval was composed in February 1886 while Saint-Saëns was vacationing in a small Austrian village. It was originally scored for a chamber group of flute, clarinet, two pianos, glass harmonica, xylophone, two violins, viola, cello and double bass, but is usually performed today with a full orchestra of strings, and with a glockenspiel substituting for the rare glass harmonica. Saint-Saëns, apparently concerned that the piece was too frivolous and likely to harm his reputation as a serious composer, suppressed performances of it and only allowed one movement, Le Cygne, to be published in his lifetime. Only small private performances were given for close friends like Franz Liszt. Saint-Saëns did, however, include a provision which allowed the suite to be published after his death, and it has since become one of his most popular works. It is a favorite of music teachers and young children, along with Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Le Cygne (The Swan) Two pianos and cello: This is by far the most famous movement of the suite, often performed sole and is used to showcase the interpretive skills of the cellist. The lushly romantic cello solo is played over rippling sixteenths in one piano and rolled chords in the other. [from Wikipedia] Artwork:Leonora Carrington. + Informações

The Swan ( Le Cygne) By French Composer Camille Saint-Saens. Conducted By John Williams and the Boston Pops. From The CD" Pops In Love" Including pictures of rare beautiful Black Swans. Sea Birds and Oil Spills Seabirds are strongly affected by oil spills. A seabird may get covered in the oil. The thick black oil is too heavy for the birds to fly, so they attempt to clean themselves. The bird then eats the oil to clean its feathers and poisons itself. If workers have found sea birds that are not dead because of oil, they will take the birds to a cleaning center or captivity where they are kept in a facility because they can not live in the wild on their own. Animals that are in captivity because of an oil spill will be cleaned by professionals and volunteers. When a bird is in captivity, the oil will be flushed from its eyes, intestines, and feathers. The bird will be examined for any more injuries like broken bones, and it will take a medicine to prevent any more damage. After the bird seems healthier, it will take a test on its abilities to float in the water and keep water away from its body. As soon as the bird passes its test, it will soon be let out into the wild.. + Informações

Optimal Sound when viewed in High Quality ( &fmt=18 )... Michael Murray plays the Haskell-Shultz Organ at the Church of St. Francis de Sales in Philadelphia, along with the Philadelphia Orchestra, under the direction of Eugene Ormandy (in one of Ormandy's final performances). Thank You for listening!. + Informações

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval Des Animaux (Karnawa? Zwierz?t) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra - Bystrick Rezucha 1 - Introduction & Royal March Of The Lion (Wst?p i marsz królewski lwa) ..... 0:00 2 - Hens & Cockerels (Kury i koguty) ..... 2:18 3 - Wild Asses (Ku?any) ..... 3:07 4 - Tortoises (?ó?wie) ..... 3:42 5 - The Elefant (S?o?) ..... 5:46 6 - Kangaroos (Kangury) ..... 7:10 7 - Aquarium (Akwarium) ..... 8:13 8 - Creatures With Long Ears (Osobisto?ci z d?ugimi uszami) ..... 10:45 9 - The Cuckoo In The Depths Of The Woods (Kuku?ka w g??bi lasu) ..... 11:32 10 - Aviary (Ptaszarnia) ..... 13:24 11 - Pianists (Piani?ci) ..... 14:37 12 - Fossils (Skamieliny) ..... 15:57 13 - The Swan (?ab?d?) ..... 17:19 14 - Finale (Fina?) ..... 20:14. + Informações

Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Aquarium (from "Le Carnaval des animaux"). + Informações

Some other ( and great ) version of Danse macabre from Camille Saint Saens.. + Informações

Organ, José Luís de Aquino, conductor Guilherme Mannis. 3rd mov. Four hands piano, Daniel Freire and Manoel Junior. Theatre Tobias Barreto. Orquestra Sinfônica de Sergipe Aracaju - Sergipe - Brasil. + Informações

This is my personal favorite interpretation of "Danse Macabre" composed by Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns who was also famous for "The Carnival of the Animals." Forgive me for this is my first video. Please comment!. + Informações

Conductor: Daniel Barenboim w/ Philadelphia Orchestra. + Informações

O Cisne (de O Carnaval dos Animais), de Camille Saint-Saëns, por João Miguel Cunha (viola) e João Pedro Cunha (violino), na abertura da XII Conferência de Filosofia da Teixeira Gomes (no dia 18 de Março de 2011).. + Informações

Le Carnaval des Animaux' (The Carnival of the Animals) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. Le Carnaval was composed in February 1886 while Saint-Saëns was vacationing in a small Austrian village. It was originally scored for a chamber group of flute, clarinet, two pianos, glass harmonica, xylophone, two violins, viola, cello and double bass, but is usually performed today with a full orchestra of strings, and with a glockenspiel substituting for the rare glass harmonica. Saint-Saëns, apparently concerned that the piece was too frivolous and likely to harm his reputation as a serious composer, suppressed performances of it and only allowed one movement, Le Cygne, to be published in his lifetime. Only small private performances were given for close friends like Franz Liszt. Saint-Saëns did, however, include a provision which allowed the suite to be published after his death, and it has since become one of his most popular works. It is a favorite of music teachers and young children, along with Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Strings without double-bass, two pianos, flute, and harmonica: This is one of the more musically rich movements. The melody is played by the flute, backed by the strings, on top of tumultuous, glissando like runs in the piano. The first piano plays a descending ten-on-one ostinato, while the second plays a six-on-one. These figures, plus the .... + Informações

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Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Rik Ghesquière, organ player Luc Ponet. COFENA concert, Queen Elisabeth hall Antwerp (18 October 2007). + Informações

Camille Saint-Saëns (Paris 1835 -Alger 1921) "The first performance of "Le Déluge" on 5 March 1876 (Châtelet Theatre -Paris) with Colonne conducting. The music sets out to illustrate the biblical narrative, with its abstract references to God's wrath and Noah's wisdom and its picturesque descriptions of the pouring rain and the flights of the dove announcing that abatement of the flood;" Françoise Pollet and Nathalie Dessay (soprano); Lucile Vignon (mezzo-soprano); Daniel Galvez-Vallejo (tenor); Philippe Rouillon (baritone); Gérard Jarry (violin solo); Jean-Michel Jalinière (violin); Téodor Coman (alto); Anne-Marie Rochard (cello); Pierre Blazy (flute) Choeur Régional Vittoria d'Ile de France, Michel Piquemal Orchestre national d'Ile de France: Jacques Mercier -Conductor. + Informações

This originally aired on PBS in the 1980s featuring a poorly made up vampire host to introduce and discuss. It was also shown to me when I was in elementary school. One of the best short length Halloween animations ever created. Terrific illustrations. About the song: Danse macabre, by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, was an art song for voice and piano (first performed in 1872) with a French text by the poet Henri Cazalis which is based in an old French superstition. Two years later, the composer expanded and reworked the piece into a tone poem for orchestra, replacing the vocal line with a solo violin. The rest, they say, is history. EDIT: April, 2010 - 10000 views! EDIT: October, 2010 31000 views! EDIT: October 6, 2011 210000 views! - Thanks everyone!. + Informações

This enchanting piece was performed as an encore after Yo-Yo's Haydn Cello Concerto performance. For the 1st movement of Haydn's Cello Concerto www.youtube.com. + Informações

Elaborado por: Imagem - Ana Pinto Som - Virgínia Silva 26.06.2005. + Informações

Le Carnaval des Animaux (The Carnival of the Animals) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. Le Carnaval was composed in February 1886 while Saint-Saëns was vacationing in a small Austrian village. It was originally scored for a chamber group of flute, clarinet, two pianos, glass harmonica, xylophone, two violins, viola, cello and double bass, but is usually performed today with a full orchestra of strings, and with a glockenspiel substituting for the rare glass harmonica. Saint-Saëns, apparently concerned that the piece was too frivolous and likely to harm his reputation as a serious composer, suppressed performances of it and only allowed one movement, Le Cygne, to be published in his lifetime. Only small private performances were given for close friends like Franz Liszt. Saint-Saëns did, however, include a provision which allowed the suite to be published after his death, and it has since become one of his most popular works. It is a favorite of music teachers and young children, along with Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Finale: Full ensemble: The Finale opens on the same tremolo notes in the pianos as in the introduction, which are soon reinforced by the wind instruments, the harmonica and the xylophone. The strings build the tension with a few low notes, leading to glissandi by the piano, then a pause before the lively main melody is introduced. This .... + Informações

SAINT-SAËNS, Camille (1835-1921) French Le Carnaval des Animaux, grande fantaisie zoologique Le Cygne (Arreglo By Antonio Laviano). + Informações

onlineguitaracademy.net Level 7, Upper-Advanced License Information: Arrangement Copyright © 2012 Emre Sabuncuoglu. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Lesson Program: LAGA Classical* *LA Guitar Academy's comprehensive online classical guitar program, LAGA Classical, can gradually take you to a level at which you will be able to play this piece and other advanced-level repertoire. Access over 800, systematically designed, instructional close-up clips and sheet music for specific levels. Get started right now by enrolling in a full subscription or signing up for a free, no-obligation, three-day trial here: www.onlineguitaracademy.net --NEW -- Advanced players may purchase the sheet music alone at LAGA Publishing onlineguitaracademy.net ------------ A work that won the world's hearts in ballerina Anna Pavlova's heartrending performance of Mikhail Fokine's choreographic masterpiece, "The Dying Swan," this piece continues to charm ballet audiences as a showpiece for a ballerina's technical and interpretive range. In 1994, figure skater Oksana Baiul used her delicate portrayal of the dying swan to earn the gold medal at the 1994 Olympic Games. Originally one of the movements in a suite for chamber ensemble, The Carnival of the Animals, "The Swan" enjoys widespread popularity as the graceful centerpiece in orchestral performance of the Carnival of the Animals. The larger work has introduced many a child to the wonder of classical music. The gentle, flowing .... + Informações

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Young cellist, Stéphane Tétreault (13 years old) plays the 3rd Movement of Camille Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 with I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra led by Yuli Turovsky. www.stephanetetreault.com. + Informações

The Dying Swan (originally The Swan) is a ballet choreographed by Mikhail Fokine in 1905 to Camille Saint-Saëns's cello solo Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des Animaux as a pièce d'occasion for the ballerina Anna Pavlova. The short ballet follows the last moments in the life of a swan, and was first presented in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1905. Pavlova performed the dance about 4000 times. The ballet has since influenced modern interpretations of Odette in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and has inspired non-traditional interpretations and various adaptations. Inspired by swans that she had seen in public parks and Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "The Dying Swan", [1] Anna Pavlova (who had just become a ballerina at the Mariinsky Theatre) asked Michel Fokine, who had also read the poem, to create a solo ballet for her for a 1905 concert being given by artists from the chorus of the Imperial Mariinsky Opera. Fokine suggested Saint-Saëns's cello solo, Le Cygne (which Fokine had been playing at home on a mandolin to a friend's piano accompaniment) as the work's musical basis and Pavlova agreed. A rehearsal was arranged and the short dance completed very quickly. [2] Fokine remarked in Dance Magazine (August 1931): It was almost an improvisation. I danced in front of her, she directly behind me. Then she danced and I walked alongside her, curving her arms and correcting details of poses. Prior to this composition, I was accused of barefooted tendencies and of rejecting toe dancing in general .... + Informações