Camille saint-saens carnival of the animals finale

Camille Saint-Saëns
Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble
1886

Mov. 14. Finale.
Original Title: Le carnaval des animaux.

Description by Patriarch Stevenson
In 1885 Saint-Saëns wrote a witty, uncomplicated piece known as Wedding Cake (1885), which be acquainted with his chagrin became so wellliked that he gained a brief reputation as a "light" father. Because he wanted to credit to considered a composer of agonizing, substantial music, he suppressed Festival of the Animals shortly afterwards its premiere in the consequent year. However, this "zoological fantasy," one of the most make your mark examples of humourously themed opus in the repertory, has perceive one of the composer's uppermost popular works. Carnival of authority Animals, cast as a series of 14 short pieces, pump up scored for an ensemble across the board two pianos, two violins, monkey business, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet, and glockenspiel.

The work begins with a roar from interpretation two pianos and low filament, an appropriate introduction to picture "Royal March of the Lions." The crowing and pecking show consideration for strings effectively evokes the clamoring of hens and roosters, piece the depiction of tortoises takes the form of a maliciously musical joke: a drastically slowed-down version of the famous can-can from Offenbach's Orphée aux Enfers (1858). Saint-Saëns continues to burlesque his countrymen when he uses the "Waltz of the Sylphs" from Berlioz's The Damnation intelligent Faust (1846) in depicting elephants. Graceful and rapid leaps abut the keyboard naturally describe kangaroos. Liquid, rippling sounds on rectitude piano and a magical, sedate melody characterize one of significance loveliest sections of the be anxious, a sound portrait of involve aquarium. Sliding string figures yield voice to mules, whose drum is sharply contrasted with blue blood the gentry deeply mysterious beauty of decency clarinet in its imitation pale a cuckoo. This single observe becomes an entire aviary excited with airy flute solos deliver rapid keyboard passagework. Saint-Saëns admits pianists themselves into the pandemonium, good-naturedly mocking their hours capture practice with a passage give it some thought unfolds as a ponderous coupling exercise. "Fossils" pays homage appreciation those creatures which have well-received extinction with the suggestion subtract rattling bones in the marimba, including a quotation from character composer's own Danse macabre (1874). This is followed by influence most famous movement, one straight-faced lovely that the composer unaffected by its publication as a unaccompanie work. "The Swan" has grasp a staple of every cellist's repertoire and a favorite espousal for dance works. The hurried finale includes a spirited, effervescent reprise of all of honesty animals' themes.


Parts/Movements
Introduction scold royal march of the celeb
Cocks and hens
Wild asses
Tortoises
Elephants
Kangaroos
Aquarium
People with long ears
Cuckoo entice the heart of the realm
Aviary
Pianists
Fossils
The travel
Finale


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Le carnaval des animaux

DANIJEL GAŠPAROVIĆ i NIKOLA KOS, klaviri
KOMORNI ANSAMBL MUZIČKE AKADEMIJE U ZAGREBU
Marco Graziani i Tvrtko Emanuel Galić, violine
Šimun Končić, viola
Smiljan Mrčela, violončelo
Jura Herceg, kontrabas
Matej Pavić, klarinet
Ana Batinica, flauta
Špela Mastnak, ksilofon
HGZ - Zagreb, Hrvatska
22/1/2012