ExclusiveSaint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals - I. Lions Royal March

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Camille Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals - I. Lions Royal March. This beautiful piece was played by Seattle Youth Symphony. It has Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0, Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) and is provided through www.musopen.org.

The Carnival of the Animals suite by Camille Saint-Saëns begins with the Introduction and Royal March of the Lion. A truly majestic piece. It was composed in 1868. It is a suite, a collection of short musical pieces.

Camille Saint-Saens was born in 1835 in Paris, France. His great aunt Charlotte introduced him to the piano and he started piano lessons at the age of 2!

The first public performance was given on 25 February 1922 by the Concerts Colonne, conducted by Gabriel Pierné. It was rapturously received. The newspaper "Le Figaro" reported:

"We cannot describe the cries of admiring joy let loose by an enthusiastic public. In the immense oeuvre of Camille Saint-Saëns, The Carnival of the Animals is certainly one of his magnificent masterpieces. From the first note to the last it is an uninterrupted outpouring of a spirit of the highest and noblest comedy. In every bar, at every point, there are unexpected and irresistible finds. Themes, whimsical ideas, instrumentation compete with buffoonery, grace and science. ... When he likes to joke, the master never forgets that he is the master."

Please enjoy listening to Royal March of the Lion!

The video was captured by Simone Schlegel and edited by Wenjing Ma.






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