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| 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.
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Affichage : 130991
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 : 223832
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 : 401566
Durée : 75 s |
| AQUA Freshwater Aquarium, Denmark |
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Denmark's AQUA is the largest freshwater aquarium
in Europe. It's unique galleries include
artificial lakes with side viewing glasses, which
simulate typical lake ecosystems in Denmark.
This video serves as a guide of common European
freshwater fish species that are found at AQUA.
Four different environments are featured,
including a polluted lake, a healthy lake, a
typical Danish stream and the night environment.
For more videos on fish species, please visit
http://www.fishingwithrod.com and subscribe at
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/shop
For more information on AQUA, please visit:
http://www.ferskvandscentret.dk/en/aqua/welcome
Camera by Rodney Hsu and Nina Manique
Music by Kevin MacLeod
Written, edited and directed by Rodney Hsu
Production: Fishing with Rod Production
Tags : aqua freshwater aquarium redfin european perch pike atlantic salmon brown trout bream carp eel grayling denmark danmark |
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Affichage : 19942
Durée : 406 s |
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