Danse Macabre (first performed in 1875) is the name of opus 40 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The composition is based upon a poem by Henri Cazalis, on an old French superstition: Zig, zig, zig, Death in a cadence, Striking with his heel a tomb, Death at midnight plays a dance-tune, Zig, zig, zig, on his violin. The winter wind blows and the night is dark; Moans are heard in the linden trees. Through the gloom, white skeletons pass, Running and leaping in their shrouds. Zig, zig, zig, each one is frisking, The bones of the dancers are heard to crack— But hist! of a sudden they quit the round, They push forward, they fly; the cock has crowed. According to the ancient superstition, "Death" appears at midnight every year on Halloween. Death has the power to call forth the dead from their graves to dance for him while he plays his fiddle (represented by a solo violin with its E-string tuned to an E-flat in an example of scordatura tuning). His skeletons dance for him until the first break of dawn, when they must return to their graves until the next year. The piece opens with a harp playing a single note, D, twelve times to signify the clock striking midnight, accompanied by soft chords from the string section. This then leads to the eerie E flat and A chords (also known as a tritone or the "Devil's chord") played by a solo violin, representing death on his fiddle. After which the main theme is heard on a solo flute and is followed by a descending scale on the solo <b>...</b>

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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 <b>...</b>

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Stern plays Saint-Saens :)

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Virtuoso violinist Itzhak Perlman plays the genuine showpiece Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso op.28 by Saint Saens, in this stunning performance (audio). New York Philarmonic orchestra / Zubin Mehta

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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 <b>...</b>

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Saint-Saëns : Danse Macabre Danse Macabre (first performed in 1875) is the name of opus 40 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The composition is based upon a poem by Henri Cazalis, on an old French superstition: "Zig, zig, zig, Death in a cadence, Striking with his heel a tomb, Death at midnight plays a dance-tune, Zig, zig, zig, on his violin. The winter wind blows and the night is dark; Moans are heard in the linden trees. Through the gloom, white skeletons pass, Running and leaping in their shrouds. Zig, zig, zig, each one is frisking, The bones of the dancers are heard to crack— But hist! of a sudden they quit the round, They push forward, they fly; the cock has crowed." en.wikipedia.org This is my second video. The first, which I uploaded about one year ago, was Pachelbel's famous Canon in D. youtube.com If you enjoyed this kind of music, you should start visiting my user's page regularly: I'll start uploading classical pieces regularly, probably about 1-2 videos a month including all the famous composers and more. Enjoy :) PS: Don't forget to rate and share your opinions! But PLEASE, PLEASE try to make comments to the point, or else I will have to control your comments and that's alot of pain in the ass...XD *And to all who wonder, I'm sorry but I can't send you the .mp3, sorry!

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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!

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Title : Saint-Saens : The Swan From Wikipedia: Le Cygne, or The Swan, is the thirteenth movement of The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. This piece features a solo cello in tenor clef and two accompaniment pianos.The piece is in 6/4 time, with a key signature of G major. It makes use of legato and slurring, the music should flow like a swan gliding through the water. This piece is often played using much vibrato. This is the only movement from the Carnival of the Animals that the composer would allow to be played in public during his lifetime as he thought the remaining movements were too frivolous and would damage his reputation as a serious composer. The piece was written in tenor clef, although there are some arrangements in bass clef. Because the high range of the cello is displayed in this piece, the voice is often misnamed as the violin. The cello, however, has an extremely large range and can play in this register, and its tones are rounder and more mellow..

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Camille Saint-Saëns - Sonata for bassoon and piano op. 168 -I. - Allegro moderato -II. - Allegro scherzando Ondřej Šindelář - bassoon, Dušan Holý - piano (Recorded by me.. :) in Suk Hall, Rudolfinum - House of Artist, Prague CZE... November 2008 as preliminary round recording requested for Prague Spring Competition 2009)

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

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Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Opus 78. 'Organ' (1/4) Adagio — Allegro moderato from: I. Adagio — Allegro moderato — Poco adagio Conductor: Charles Munch Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra Organ: Berj Zamkochian

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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 <b>...</b>

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Conductor: Daniel Barenboim w/ Philadelphia Orchestra

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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

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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.

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International concert artists Raúl Prieto Ramírez, plays on live video recording the "tour de Force" Lemare transcription of Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre www.raulprieto.com

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Yo-Yo plays the swan from Carnival of the Animals by Saint- Saëns. Listen to his sound-Yo-Yo is singing with his cello!!! His control to the cello and understanding of this piece are the best ever!

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Récit et Choeur-Kammerchor der PSI Idstein 2007

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Chopin Sonata #2 b flat minor transcribed by Saint Saens Mov1 and 2

Lisitsa Kuznetsoff piano duo Valentina

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!

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3. Presto Georgii Cherkin - piano Classic FM Orchestra Grigor Palikarov - conductor "Bulgaria Hall" 18. April 2008 High Quality of this video is here: vimeo.com

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This is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written! Whenever I hear it my thoughts turn to great men, thinkers and visionaries of human history. To art, inventions, great deeds, discoveries, science, philosopy, all great accomplishments of our human race, and what picture would, then, be more suitable than Rafaello's fresco "Scuola di Atene"? Hope you'll enjoy this masterpiece just as much as I do!

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Handel Choir of Baltimore sings Camille Saint Saens' "Ave Verum Corpus" in a live performance.

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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 <b>...</b>

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George Li performed Saint Saens Concerto #2 with Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela conducted by Sarah Ionnides at the José Félix Ribas Concert Hall in Caracas, Venezuela on 5/30. George's performance was a great success. His performance echoes the inner feeling of his audience and touched their soul. Therefore he received long period of stormy standing ovation as you can see in the video. George and the Li family would like to thank the People of Venezuela. They are most warm hearted and greatest people! They have the greatest musical education system in the world! They have greatly inspired George to perform his best level all time at his Caracas solo recital and concerto concert. George and the Li family would also like thank all of our YouTube friends! Before, during and after George's concerts, we've received hundreds of warm messages that either wish or congratulate his success for his first international performances in Caracas, Venezuela. George's successful performance in Caracas is largely attributed to the great inspiration from all our YouTube friends. We don't know how to thank you enough for your great support for George's piano/music learning and growth. But all we can do at this point is to say Thank You! Thank You!! And Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!

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This is an unfinished dummy pilot made some years ago, theres a lot of render errors and flickers. The middle part of the music was cut out to reduce work. Idea and script: Bjorn Okholm Skaarup Animation: Anders Klok Tom Iversen software used: "Animation:Master"

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Silvia Marcovici plays Saint-Saens violin concerto n.3 , with the Swiss-italian Radio Orchestra, 1985.

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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 <b>...</b>

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David Glover, conductor Scott Meek and Chia-Lin Yang, pianos I and II Indiana University, February 2007

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Mischa Maisky performs a lushly romantic cello solo in the most famous movement of the suite. «Julian Rachlin & friends» CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL A film by Jasmina Hajdany; music written by Camille Saint-Saëns.

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

Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Aquarium (from Le Carnaval des animaux) Abends

The amazing 13-year old German pianist Elisabeth Brauss from Hannover, performs the 3rd movement (Presto) of Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto nr. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 with the Macau Youth Symphony conducted by Veiga Jardim. Recorded live at the Macau Cultural Centre on 3 January 2009.

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Camille Saint-saëns Symphony No.3 'Organ Symphony' - 4th Mov. == Olivier Latry (organ) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG == Live at the BBC PROMS Royal Albert Hall, London - Jul, 23, 2008.

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Julia Fischer, DVD Violin & Piano, Camille Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto no.3 Sortie le 23 août 2010

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Passing Through: www.youtube.com - Friends, Please visit my Poet friend "Passing Through's" YouTube channel: www.youtube.com , and support him - Thanks :) The Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor (French: Introduction et Rondo capriccioso en la mineur), op. 28, is a composition for violin and orchestra written in 1863 by Camille Saint-Saëns for the virtuoso violinist Pablo de Sarasate. Since its 19th century premiere, it has continued to be one of Saint-Saëns' most popular compositions. Performed by: Jascha Heifetz (We appreciate Wikipaedia's contributions in the descriptions here)

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A wonderful cellist who often worked with Heifetz. Here, he appears on the bonus features of the Bell Telephone Hour DVD playing Saint-Saens.

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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

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Chopin Sonata #2 b flat minor transcribed by Saint Saens Mov3 and 4

Lisitsa Kuznetsoff piano duo Valentina

Played by the Philhamonia Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit.

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FAQ Camille Saint-Saëns, Aquarium, from Carnival of the Animals Q: Who is performing? A: The performance is by the Seattle Youth Symphony, conducted by Vilem Sokol. Q: Where can I get this recording? A: At IMSLP: tinyurl.com Q: How did you make this? A: With software I wrote. There something similar for Windows you can get here: www.musanim.com Some people have used this software to make videos for YouTube: www.musanim.com I haven't (since I have my own version that I prefer), but here's how they did it: www.musanim.com Q: What would it look like with a black background instead? A: It would look like this: www.youtube.com Q: I've heard this before; what movies is it in? A: According to viewers (I haven't verified this), the following movies either use this piece or have music that is based on it: Beauty and the Beast (Disney), Only You (1994), The Godfather Part II, Babe (1995), Charlotte's Web (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines. It is said to have been in a Nancy Drew game. My thanks to Kazuto Byars for suggesting I do an animation of this piece and finding an audio recording that I had permission to use.

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I took my piano to the mountains of Kanchanaburi to play for some very old, injured and handicapped elephants. In this video I play 'The Elephant' from 'Carnival of the Animals' by Saint-Saëns. Download sheet music (free) gallery.me.com * * * * * * * * * * History: Saint-Saëns wrote 'Carnival of the Animals' during a holiday in a small Austrian village in 1886 which he scored for a chamber group which included an unusual instrument, the glass harmonica. The theme is borrowed from a work by Mendelssohn and Berlioz originally written for high instruments such as the flute. Saint-Saëns moves these themes in good humor instead to the lowest and heaviest sounding instrument in the orchestra, the double bass. Saint-Saëns thought this composition too lighthearted to be published during his lifetime, fearing it might harm his reputation as a serious composer. He did allow one work from the set to be published "Le Cygne" or 'The Swan'. 'Carnival of the Animals' was performed in his lifetime, but just to a small group of friends, one of them being Franz Liszt. 'Carnival of the Animals' was published after his death with consent and first performed publicly in 1922 and is often included in a groups of works which include Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf' and Britten's 'Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'.

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