4/12/2024 0 Comments Carnival of the animals composerThat’s what shepherds listened to in ArcadiaĬheer up, sad world, he said, and winked.Īnd claims to have never heard of Pavlova. Those with cookbooks as well as boomerangs You’ve probably never seen a rhinosterous. It sounds like the laugh of an idiot childĬome crown my brow with leaves of myrtle, There are those who admire that roar of his When people addressed him as “Saint Sains.” Incidentally, while I don’t speak French myself, I understand that the correct way to pronounce Saint-Saëns’ name, is “sa(n) sonce”. Leonid Hambro and Jascha Zayde are the piano soloists, Julius Baker is the flute soloist on “The Birds”, and Frank Miller is the cellist on “The Swan”. In the video that follows, Andre Kostelanetz conducts the New York Philharmonic. It may have played a large role in my love of poetry as well as classical music. The result of this collaboration was released in 1950, and I was introduced to The Carnival of the Animals not long afterward. Ogden Nash was their first and only choice as poet, as was Noël Coward as speaker for the projected recording. In the late 1940s, Goddard Lieberman of Columbia Records and conductor Andre Kostelanetz had the inspired idea of adding poetry to Saint-Saëns’ score. Its public premiere took place in 1922, and it quickly became one of his best-loved works. Saint-Saëns, who lived from 1835 to 1921, composed the Carnival in 1886, but, concerned that such a lighthearted work might harm his reputation as a serious composer, allowed only private performances of it during his lifetime. I have every intention of continuing that tradition, and this year, I want to share a piece of music that was given to me as a child: Camille Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals. With that in mind, for the past few years during the gift-giving season, I have featured several videos especially for children: two short films by Andrew Rangell, an awe-inspiring performance of Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy by the ten-year-old Sarah Chang, and last year, a performance of Prokofiev’s beloved Peter and the Wolf. Long before I began writing this blog, I knew that one of the best, longest-lasting gifts one can give a child is an appreciation – a feeling – for classical music.
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