Music Set #259 - Rimsky - Flight of Bumble Bee

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov  

[nʲɪkəˌlaj ˌrʲim.skʲɪj ˈkorsəkəf]  (1844 – 1908)  

    

"The Flight of the Bumblebee", from The Tale of Tsar Saltan, played in many different ways:   

* On piano in the Shine movie - highly recommended to you

* Bumble bees flying over the piano keys

* By orchestra

* By choirs

* On iPad !

* On fastest violin  

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Sheherazade

A symphonic suite based on 'One Thousand and One Nights' (aka 'The Arabian Nights'), this orchestral work combines two features common to Russian music and of Rimsky-Korsakov in particular:

(1) dazzling, colorful orchestration and

(2) 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.

Mvt.1 The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

Mvt.2 The Kalendar Prince 

Mvt.3 The Young Prince and the Young Princess

Mvt.4 Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman.

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Tchaikovsky & The Five

Rimsky-Korsakov was a member of the group of Russian composers well-known as The Five.   

(Counter-clockwise from bottom left, in the composite photo):

- Mily Balakirev (the leader)

- César Cui

- Alexander Borodin

- Modest Mussorgsky

- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov