| The Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium |
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Le Carnaval des Animaux' (The Carnival of the
Animals) is a musical suite of fourteen
movements by the French Romantic composer
Camille Saint-Saëns.
Le Carnaval was composed in February 1886
while Saint-Saëns was vacationing in a small
Austrian village. It was originally scored
for a chamber group of flute, clarinet, two
pianos, glass harmonica, xylophone, two
violins, viola, cello and double bass, but is
usually performed today with a full orchestra
of strings, and with a glockenspiel
substituting for the rare glass harmonica.
Saint-Saëns, apparently concerned that the
piece was too frivolous and likely to harm
his reputation as a serious composer,
suppressed performances of it and only
allowed one movement, Le Cygne, to be
published in his lifetime. Only small private
performances were given for close friends
like Franz Liszt.
Saint-Saëns did, however, include a
provision which allowed the suite to be
published after his death, and it has since
become one of his most popular works. It is a
favorite of music teachers and young
children, along with Prokofiev's Peter and
the Wolf and Britten's The Young Person's
Guide to the Orchestra.
Strings without double-bass, two pianos,
flute, and harmonica: This is one of the more
musically rich movements. The melody is
played by the flute, backed by the strings,
on top of tumultuous, glissando like runs in
the piano. The first piano plays a descending
ten-on-one ostinato, while the second plays a
six-on-one. These figures, plus the
occasional glissando from the harmonica, are
very evocative of a peaceful, dimly-lit
aquarium. This intermittent section where the
pianos play high sixteenths is reminiscent of
parts of Tchaikovsky's ballet, The
Nutcracker.
Tags : Carnival Animals Aquarium Camille Saint-Saëns |
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Affichage : 125865
Durée : 160 s |
| Aquarium |
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*No animals were harmed during the making of
this film.*
Featuring an ailing pooch, a secret crush and
a romantic evening amongst marine lovers,
"Aquarium" takes a startlingly unique look at
an everyday subject: suburban adolescence.
Written and directed by Rob Meyer, the film
was given Honorable Mention at the 2008
Sundance Film Festival.
Now playing in the YouTube Screening Room:
http://www.youtube.com/ytscreeningroom
Tags : short film comedy drama coming-of-age aquarium fish |
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Affichage : 215317
Durée : 983 s |
| Aquarium toilet |
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This underwater restroom built into the side
of an aquarium is located at a cafe in
Akashi, Japan.
Tags : aquarium toilet japan |
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Affichage : 398538
Durée : 75 s |
| Аквариум / Aquarium -- Небо становится ближе / Heaven is getting closer |
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Text Translation
This concert celebrates 30 years of Aquarium.
Этот концерт посвящен 30
-- летию группы Аквариум.
Heaven Is Getting Closer
Translated by Tatyana Mal'kova
Each of us knew that we have time to be late,
and to be late again,
But to come out to the victory on time.
And each of us knew that it's time to take
the place,
But in the codex of honor it was considered
essential
Not to attend the lesson.
And only when someone came out ahead,
And in thousand years no one recalled him,
I realized, heaven is getting closer every
day.
We said good-bye on the corner of all
streets,
Having sacredly forgotten that someone is
following us with the eyes.
All the ways started at our doors, but we
only went out to buy some cigarettes,
And this long night was in store,
And I was sure we'd never fall asleep.
But you know, heaven is getting closer with
every day.
My sister, where were you looking when the
dawn stood up like a wall between us?
Did you know when you took me by the hand
that this would happen to me?
And you can be going forward and back, rise,
fall down and rise again as a star.
But only the ash of your cigarettes is the
ash of empires,
And this can happen to you.
But the voices of the gods who believe in you
still sound,
Though you're hard to raise.
But you know, heaven is getting closer,
You hear, heaven is getting closer,
Have a look, heaven is getting closer with
every day.
Tags : Русская Аквариум Гребенщиков Русский Рок Музыка Boris Grebenshikov Aquarium rock music Russia Russian Heaven Is Getting Closer Небо Становиться Ближе |
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Affichage : 6047
Durée : 564 s |
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