Russian Easter Festival Overture, opus 36 by Rimsky-Korsakov

Part 2:
" Mass in the morning of Easter Sunday, in a large church crammed with people of all social classes, where several popes are celebrating the office simultaneously...this change of mood from the somber mystery of Good Friday to the uninhibited rejoicing of Easter Day..."

This is how Rimsky-Korsakov described what he hoped his audience would experience as they listened to his Russian Easter Festival Overture. The piece was composed in 1888, along with his two other famous works, Scheherazade and Capriccio Espagnol, at the height of his compositional career. He is remembered as a great orchestrator and teacher, with a predilection for folk and fairy-tale subjects; his students included Stravinsky, Glazanov and Prokofiev.

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Music

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• Russia
• Overture
• classical
• rimsky
• korsakov
• stony
• brook
• wind
• ensemble
• concert

[eveningtsar]

This is my favorate piece of music on the planet, bar none.

(But the Xylophone has to go :)

[ArturoAlejandroS]

This is very good.Thanks for post this, the russian music is awesome.

[stuartsa]

@bxr782 Right where this video begins, in the orchestral version, all the violins are instructed to play pizzicato, but strumming rather than plucking. The balalaika effect is lost when there are no strings to strum. But some of it is regained when the players are slightly out of sync. In this case, the "incorrect" way to play or conduct has led to some results that the arranger would have liked.

[bxr782]

Not bad for a wind ensemble, especially for a piece that is hard to transcribe from orchestra to wind ensemble or concert band.

[DTfan43]

I'm sorry to burst your bubble but this is not fast at all. Listen to Stokowski's version. Now that IS fast.

[goboenomo]

A little too fast for my liking.

[adrishoes]

We are playing this for our marching band show. Its going to be soooo awesome

[shilohtent]

This ranks with the most beautiful and haunting music ever composed

[lissa754]

See comment on Part 1. Same here.