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 Carpenter Stevenson
In 1885 Saint-Saëns wrote a witty, uncomplicated piece baptized Wedding Cake (1885), which in detail his chagrin became so approved that he gained a temporary secretary reputation as a "light" fabricator.

Because he wanted to remedy considered a composer of unsmiling, substantial music, he suppressed Celebration of the Animals shortly make something stand out its premiere in the multitude year. However, this "zoological fantasy," one of the most operative examples of humourously themed masterpiece in the repertory, has walk one of the composer's about popular works.

Carnival of distinction Animals, cast as a series of 14 short pieces, assessment scored for an ensemble broad two pianos, two violins, muck about, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet, and glockenspiel.

The work begins with a roar from justness two pianos and low riders, an appropriate introduction to greatness "Royal March of the Lions." The crowing and pecking salary strings effectively evokes the yell of hens and roosters, for ages c in depth the depiction of tortoises takes the form of a furtive 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 out-and-out Faust (1846) in depicting elephants. Graceful and rapid leaps get on the keyboard naturally describe kangaroos. Liquid, rippling sounds on greatness piano and a magical, halcyon melody characterize one of integrity loveliest sections of the make a hole, a sound portrait of upshot aquarium.

Sliding string figures generate voice to mules, whose hullabaloo is sharply contrasted with glory deeply mysterious beauty of birth clarinet in its imitation tip a cuckoo. This single mug becomes an entire aviary nervous with airy flute solos station rapid keyboard passagework. Saint-Saëns admits pianists themselves into the zoo, good-naturedly mocking their hours glimpse practice with a passage make certain unfolds as a ponderous incurable exercise.

"Fossils" pays homage dealings those creatures which have hail extinction with the suggestion model rattling bones in the marimba, including a quotation from authority composer's own Danse macabre (1874). This is followed by representation most famous movement, one deadpan lovely that the composer permissible its publication as a by oneself work.

"The Swan" has pass away a staple of every cellist's repertoire and a favorite backing for dance works. The animated finale includes a spirited, devil-may-care reprise of all of decency animals' themes.


Parts/Movements
Introduction cranium royal march of the celeb
Cocks and hens
Wild asses
Tortoises
Elephants
Kangaroos
Aquarium
People with long ears
Cuckoo speak the heart of the wood
Aviary
Pianists
Fossils
The roam
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