AQUARIUM

Camille Saint-Saëns wrote 'The Carnival of the Animals' essentially for fun, whilst on holiday in Austria in 1886. The suite is subtitled a ‘Grand Zoological Fantasy’ and it consists of 14 movements in which various creatures are musically portrayed. Here, the 'Aquarium' movement has been arranged for wind quintet and piano. With its glittering, swirling arpeggios this movement perfectly portrays a serene, beautiful underwater world. 'Aquarium' has been widely used in films and video games either in its original form (such as Edward Scissorhands (1990)) or as inspiration (such as Alan Menken’s music for the opening of Disney’s animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991). Some believe it was also influential in John William’s Hedwig’s Theme for the Harry Potter movies (2001-11).

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