Camille Saint-Saëns - Introduction and Royal March of the Lion

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.

Introduction et marche royale du Lion (Introduction and Royal March of the Lion)

Strings and two pianos: The introduction begins with the pianos playing a bold tremolo, under which the strings enter with a stately theme. The pianos play a pair of scales going in opposite directions to conclude the first part of the movement. The pianos then introduce a march theme that they carry through most of the rest of the introduction. The strings provide the melody, with the pianos occasionally taking low runs of octaves which suggest the roar of a lion, or high ostinatos. The movement ends with a fortissimo note from all the instruments used in this movement.
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[angledcoathanger]

that picture goes so well well the music, so grand and proud!

[Tenifus]

I LOVE this! Fantastic!

[Deuterias]

Thx for that!!!

[GuinTheKimmiDoll]

This is so magnificent :D

[MCclaclou]

J'aime trop pourtent c pas mon style ^^ mais bon j'aime trop !!!!!

[mcf7022]

love this i wish my ocrestra would play it

[acrosstodd]

So many memories :) I've played this with ensemble when I was five. I loved the experience!

[exteremeJUGGERNAUT]

love the strings

[threni]

This is such a beautiful piece, I really love it!



[634jojo]

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