Nebo Philharmonic Orchestra - Scheherazade

Nebo Philharmonic Orchestra - performing Scheherazade movement 1 on March 11, 2011.

Sheherazade Op. 35, is a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. Based on The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, sometimes known as The Arabian Nights, this orchestral work combines two features common to Russian music and of Rimsky-Korsakov, in particular: dazzling, colourful orchestration and an interest in the East, which figured greatly in the history of Imperial Russia, as well as orientalism in general. It is considered Rimsky-Korsakov's most popular work. The music was used in a ballet by Michel Fokine. This use of the music was denounced by the Rimsky-Korsakov estate, led by the composer's widow, Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova.

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• Scheherazade
• Nebo Philharmonic Orchestra
• The Arabian Nights
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov