The Carnival of the Animals
Today we will go to the musical zoo.
Who lives in the zoo?
There will be a real carnival at the zoo today.
Carnival is a holiday where everyone must change their appearance. You can wear a mask, a carnival costume or just decorate yourself. The main thing is not to recognize you. The carnival to which I invite you will be quite unusual. Firstly, this is a carnival not of people, but of animals. Secondly, he is musical. This means that we will not see all of his characters, but will hear, because the music created by the French composer Camille Saint-Saens will tell us.
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Saint-Saens lived a long life (86 years old).
From the age of 3 he studied music From the age of 5 he began to compose.
From the age of 10 he gave his first concert.
Conductor, pianist, teacher, author of books on philosophy, literature,
painting, theater, wrote poetry, plays, drew caricatures remarkably, collected
butterflies and minerals, travel enthusiast. His knowledge of astronomy and
physics, archeology and history, zoology and botany was not inferior to
scientists. A truly universally gifted, unusually active personality!
He wrote a huge number of works.
Today we will get acquainted with fragments
of his work, which he wrote in a secluded place in Austria.
What is it, guess for yourself:
In this suite, you will see for yourself!
- Notes are alive: with tails, with mustaches.
They can run and fly
Crawl and swim,
bite and grab.
fluffy notes,
feathered notes,
Slender notes and even humpbacked ones,
good, evil,
Land, water
Who are they?
Guessed?
ANIMALS
The piece is called "Carnival of the Animals" Our animals will also be wearing masks, but the masks are unusual - musical ones.
You will be helped by sounds depicting the voice, habits, mannerisms of this animal.
It will also tell you the genre that you must define.
And so it began...
In the Saint-Saens suite, the carnival opens with the
"Royal March of the Lion".
The music is solemn, calm, majestic, proud - draws the image of a strong
and intelligent predator
A bold and stately introduction, fit for the king of the
jungle.
Piano tremolos with dark and brooding strings open the introduction
before a dramatic piano glissando heralds the arrival of the roaring ruler.
Hens and Roosters
Persistent pecking is immediately brought to mind when the piano and violins begin their incessant staccato quavers, interrupted by irregular chirrups.
The two pianos pass between them a parody of the rooster’s ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’, and stretched out scratchy string glissandos mimic the cooing and braying of the hens.
The Elephant
The "Portrait" of an elephant from the famous suite "Carnival of the Animals" by C. Saint-Saens
was written with low sounds of double basses. Elephant dancing the waltz.
In the low sounds of double basses, we involuntarily imagine the movement of some huge
creature.
The double bass is the largest and lowest sounding representative of the violin family.
Kangaroos
The "Kangaroo" depicts the image of an animal very vividly. How many times did the kangaroo
stop and listen?
fussy kangaroo jumps are depicted at the piano with the help of grace notes, a staccato stroke
and pauses that separate the sounds of a short theme.
Aquarium
What is the nature of the music? What is she painting?
From the Australian desert to the depths of the ocean, Saint-Saens’ Aquarium effortlessly
captures the beauty and wonder of the underwater world.
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The twinkling high notes of the piano and glass harmonica, the pure and open tone of the flute,
and the shimmery mystical sound of muted strings all come together to wash over the listener in a stream of swirling notes.
The Swan
Perhaps the most famous of the 14 movements and certainly the most graceful, Saint-Saëns couldn’t stay away from writing beautiful melodies for too long.
he music of the "Swan" is very gentle, calm - it draws the image of a beautiful, proud bird.
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Answer the questions
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Which composer composed the piece of music "Carnival of the Animals"?