Why would a composer cancel his own music? Camille Saint-Saëns

Why would a composer cancel his own music? Camille Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals.

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9 ай бұрын

Episode 18 - It’s 1886 and by now 51 years old Camille Saint-Saëns is a serious public figure. A conservative composer of traditional music ... or is he?
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Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Work: Le Carnaval des animaux (ed. Durand)
Performer: Renaud Capucon, Gautier Capucon, Emmanuel Pahud, Beatrice Muthelet, Florent Jodelet, Esther Hoppe, Frank Braley, Paul Meyer, Janne Saksala, Michel Dalberto
Year: 2003
Label: Erato
Catalogue No: 5456032

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@ricucci-hillmusic 9 ай бұрын

Ok.... thirty seconds in and I had to pause to just take it all in... *deep breaths* Saint-Saëns as a furry is cursed, and was not where i expected this to be going but also, I'm a little shocked I didn't expect it going in.

@janetestherina7169 9 ай бұрын

it's called carnival of the animals for a reason 😉😉

@eyalmeirbarnea8706 9 ай бұрын

I hate furries , they ruining the fun for everyone who is genuinly interested in the fascinating world of animals and evolution . WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE SEXUAL ?! PORN IS A BAD THING ! Seriously , why people normalize furries ? they are one of the wrost communities on the internet . and i could easily ignore them if they were not trying to make everything animal-related a furry thing and shout "ONE OF US" at people who are clearly don't interested on being a furry . and yes , it did happen to me . I am Sorry for expressing my great interest for lizards and birds .

@jarekwrzosek2048 8 ай бұрын

Saint-Saens being a closeted furry is the funniest thing ever, are you kidding me? XD

@ricucci-hillmusic 8 ай бұрын

@jarekwrzosek2048 oh I agree, I just didn't expect it but also shocked I didn't see it coming lol

@Eroica_Under_God.15.18 8 ай бұрын

That's His Onesie 🤣🤣

@lilliedoubleyou3865 9 ай бұрын

Between 'Carnival of the Animals' and 'Danse Macabre,' Saint-Saens seems like one of the amusing, most fun composers.

@robertagregory7177 7 ай бұрын

His Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah is kinda fun, too. 😂

@emilyglass5313 6 ай бұрын

I find it funny that Saint-Saens would act like a serious composer in public when, in actuality, he was a bit of a geek, and yet I love it. 😂

@ladymacbethofmtensk896 9 ай бұрын

Then, in 1995, Saint-Saën's acceptably serious Third Symphony would be used as a main theme in a moving picture about talking animals and a sheep-pig. I wonder what he would have done if he knew that would come.

@vylbird8014 2 ай бұрын

A weak imitation of it. That movement needs a Mighty Organ to play it right - the type of instrument that shakes the building. It's made to play loud.

@eddiejc1 5 сағат бұрын

"And so it was that in all the hubbub of noise and confusion, two figures stood alone, side by side. And although everyone in the arena was at a complete loss of words, the man who in his life had spoken fewer words than any of them knew exactly what to say 'That'll do, pig. That'll do.' "

@golden_runes8432 9 ай бұрын

most underrated channel on youtube. this channel should have at LEAST a million subscribers at this point

@mosesbrown4126 9 ай бұрын

I have thought that since subbing after they published Rite of Spring. They had a little hiatus there for a minute, but seem to be back to a regular upload schedule now. Already have seen the sub count go up by 10+thousand, and I suspect if they stay regular we'll see that million mark sooner rather than too much later.

@Rgoid 9 ай бұрын

11:49 “What would happen if you gave a yo-yo to a flock of flamingos?” (Who wrote this?) -James Earl Jones, Fantasia 2000

@kittymervine6115 9 ай бұрын

Children LOVE THIS. All the other teachers were "Peter and the Wolf" (fine but... eh....kids love animals!). Having pictures of the animals and a "parade", and making costume. No wolf for us in preschool/kindergarten! Animals!

@Charon.1 9 ай бұрын

That's cute :)

@ClassicsExplained 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for all of your kind words and support.

@SeadogDriftwood 9 ай бұрын

As a piano teacher, I can confirm the statement on scales made at 9:20 : scales are BOTH. They're an absolutely essential pain in the neck. I like to tell my students that one of the aims for scales is to play them entirely without emotion, which is actually much harder than you'd think. If you can play with emotion AS WELL AS without emotion, you have that much more control as a performing artist.

@johanneswerner1140 8 ай бұрын

That's hard work... (yeah, on other instruments as well...)

@idnyftw 2 ай бұрын

hearing czerny and hanon after decades gave me weird flashbacks hahaha

@LuckyLiegeLady246 9 ай бұрын

2:07 This poor swan can’t catch a break. It got eaten in the last video, and now it’s been frankensteined with a cello!

@Rgoid 2 ай бұрын

With human legs no less.

@goldiefoggy 9 ай бұрын

My prayers were heard!!!

@emilyglass5313 9 ай бұрын

Next to the swan movement, the aquarium is my favorite movement from this piece. It just has such a nice tone that I can close my eyes and relax to. Edit: Who'd have thought that Alan Menken would be inspired by Aquarium to write some of the music for Beauty and the Beast, one of my favorite Disney movies?

@rayati2284 9 ай бұрын

LOVE this piece, you can't imagine my excitement when I discovered you were going to cover it!!!

@TristanMA 9 ай бұрын

Famous Children's Favorite for Earth Day with a Finale featuring Flamingos in Fantasia 2000. Other works by Saint-Saens are his Danse Macabre and Samson et Dalila.

@alegendamongmen 9 ай бұрын

So?

@user-mo3hl8ng9n 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic series. Should be part of every School Curriculum. So informative, interesting, amusing and entertaining.

@TristanMA 5 ай бұрын

You mentioned Rossini in this presentation! He did not just do Barber of Seville. He also did William Tell (featuring a famous overture with a storm and a galop), Thieving Magpie (also with a famous OVerture), La Cenerentola, Semiramide, etc.

@Lucius1958 9 ай бұрын

*"The silver Swan, who living had no note,* *When death approached, unlock'd her silent throat;* *Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,* *Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more;* *'Farewell all joys; o Death come close mine eyes;* *More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.' "* - Orlando Gibbons

@christopherwilson2332 7 ай бұрын

for me Saint-Saens has been France's answer to Russia's Prokofiev - especially in "Peter and the Wolf" - both works has instruments interpretations on animals - both are brillante introductions for children to the orchestra.

@user-culkepta 3 ай бұрын

And both are known to have beef with their contemporaries!

@sydposting 9 ай бұрын

The Ben Stiller cameo at 10:21! 😂 Amazing. This might be your best yet! The writing and tone are just right for the subject materials, and the little cartoon Saint-Saëns was just adorable.

@itamarbar9580 9 ай бұрын

I think that's Ben Stiller.

@sydposting 9 ай бұрын

@@itamarbar9580 omg you're right 😱 I think I was confusing the Night at the Museum movies with the National Treasure movies...

@DDlambchop43 18 күн бұрын

frankly, Night at the Museum doesn't get enough attention. It was a really good film.

@hosefmarten9164 9 ай бұрын

Love the cameos in the background!

@dariomosbo4270 9 ай бұрын

This is such a great channel! The way of talking about classical music, giving it its necessary historical context and diving into the musical analysis with such a great animation and humour. I'm so excited about the next video. Personally, I would like to see something along the line of Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto or Bizet's Carmen. Or maybe something a little more unknown like Manuel de Falla's El Amor Brujo or Albeniz's Suite Española. Again, thank you very much for creating such a fun way to teach classical music! 😁😁

@ClassicsExplained 9 ай бұрын

Watch this space!

@meganlewis2377 9 ай бұрын

@@ClassicsExplained Can you do Ravel’s Bolero, Rossini’s Barber of Seville, Smetana’s Bartered Bride, Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, Respighi’s Pines of Rome, and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons?

@gustavoscalabrin5028 9 ай бұрын

At 5:06, you can see Elgar and his wife walking 👀

@SeadogDriftwood 9 ай бұрын

If you ever do a video on Janáček, I hope you can do a callback to this one when you touch on "The Cunning Little Vixen"!

@tangentartists6876 9 ай бұрын

While I loved this! And thanks so much for mentioning Alan Menkin's tribute!

@kathrynoneill81 8 ай бұрын

This was very informative and the HILARIOUS beginning is a bonus! Still chuckling. I'm subscribing.

@KyleNathanielGuillermo 9 ай бұрын

9:06 Elgar ref.

@aravindappat 9 ай бұрын

Cant wait for the video to come out! ❤️🔥

@Eva-zg2tb 6 ай бұрын

I’m really glad channels like yours exist! It really goes against the “boring classical music” stereotypes.

@luisdavidllense2293 9 ай бұрын

Things are just getting better with this channel. Love it!

@mid9moth 2 ай бұрын

he was a BABOON afterall! I'm impressed; The Carnival of the Animals was the first Sain-Saëns piece I heard, so I had the opposite impression, that he was a very carefree and playful composer.

@TristanMA 7 ай бұрын

Offenbach, whosse Can-Can from Orhpeus in the Underworld was slowed for the tortoise, is also best known for his Tales of Hoffman featuring a famous Barcarolle.

@_rstcm 9 ай бұрын

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@jarekwrzosek2048 9 ай бұрын

YEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!

@miladeskandari7 9 ай бұрын

Great video. Hope to see a video on Shostakovich someday

@jan-laurensdierickx196 9 ай бұрын

Love your channel, all your videos are amazing! Would love to see an episode on Bach’s Mathew Passion. He made so many expressive choices to reflect the story into music.

@DDlambchop43 18 күн бұрын

quick little fact about the glass armonica: Franklin considered it one of his favorite inventions and a lot of composers wrote stuff for it. There was a problem tho; since it used leaded glass, people would get lead poisoning from playing it, which led to rumors that it was "cursed" so it fell out of favor. They're being made again, with quartz glass now tho they're super expensive.

@ClassicsExplained 18 күн бұрын

Great fact, thank you!

@myouatt5987 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic fun - I thoroughly enjoy (all) these videos! Cheers! :)

@TheSantiAcademy2024 9 ай бұрын

YEAHHHHH!!!!! MY FAVORITE SAINT-SAËNS PIECE WHEN I WAS 9 YRS OLD!!!!!!!!

@gsresener 9 ай бұрын

this channel is just amazing! great work!

@flutechannel 9 ай бұрын

Been looking forward to this for a long time!

@PuffyOne1898 3 ай бұрын

The finale of the piece could also symbolize a yoyo-ing flamingo among a flock of regular flamingos.

@mybachhertzbaud3074 9 ай бұрын

I have always enjoyed the French composers from this era. They are just fun. I frequently use MIDI'S of DeBussy and revoice through my synthesizers.😁🎶🎹🎹🎶 Play On

@adrikrotten880 9 ай бұрын

I was having a bad day up until this video was released. Thank you!

@orffrocks5667 9 ай бұрын

As usual…freaking amazing :). I use Cof the Anim teaching my first graders about Program Music

@olle_boulle3348 9 ай бұрын

Yess! One of my early favorites

@johnopalko5223 9 ай бұрын

Have you ever heard Clara Rockmore's performance of The Swan on theremin with piano accompaniment? It's exquisite.

@finnlewis2528 9 ай бұрын

I love this channel it explains Classical music in a fun a engaging way keep up the good work btw how much money do I have to throw at you to get Gumball-level animation?

@ClassicsExplained 9 ай бұрын

For Gumball style [2D + CGI and photoshop collage backgrounds] it's an estimated $330k (they keep their budget secret) per 11 min ep. If you'd like to support, tell friends about us and pick up a Tshirt or Mug from the classicsexplained.com shop - thanks for the support.

@oceanelf2512 9 ай бұрын

I loved this piece ever since I was a kid. Still do.

@hayleysteindorf670 9 ай бұрын

Is anyone going to mention Richard Baxter Townsend taking selfies? Also, I like the part where Camille Saint-Saëns is wearing headphones while playing the glass harmonica.

@TristanMA 6 ай бұрын

You mentioned Fauré early in this discussion. He is best remembered for his Pavane (which quotes Dies Irae), Sicilienne, Élégie for cello & piano, etc.

@TristanMA 5 ай бұрын

The Swan also appears in Sibelius' Swan of Tuonela, along with Wagner's Lohengrin & Parsifal, & Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

@Pollicina_db 9 ай бұрын

Awesome video as always ❤️

@Rgoid 9 ай бұрын

Was this the same Saint-Saens who, at Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, claimed, “If that’s a bassoon, I’m a buffoon”?* *”If that’s a bassoon, I’m a baboon.” Of course it loses something in the translation (baboon = babouin), so I took the liberty of replacing “baboon”with “buffoon”.

@ClassicsExplained 9 ай бұрын

Yes!

@MarcusB-qr1hk 9 ай бұрын

Another great video!

@anaguillerminafernandez-ca4323 9 ай бұрын

Hello there!!! 👋 Would you like to do Schubert's der erlkönig for next, please? I would be pleased for it!! One more, the carnival of the animals sounded great!! 😊 See you later!!

@corner559 9 ай бұрын

so glad you started making videos again. I almost gave up. Keep it up so you can get more subs cuz the youtube algorithim will not be kind if you don't consistently upload.

@EricPS 29 күн бұрын

Talk about a work by a serious composer just trying to have a little fun in his life turn him into a legend amongst children at schools everywhere. I know both of my kids heard this in school when they were young.

@SamuelCalangian-xm3hv 5 ай бұрын

12:47 Mozart: Huh, we should hang out sometime.

@JudeJadeJune 9 ай бұрын

Love it so much, aquarium is one of my favorite pieces. The animal suits were a special touch.

@knellpeek1920 9 ай бұрын

Fish song my beloved My elementary school went to a ballet performance of this! Dancers in really nice costumes, my favorite costume was the fish bc it was so shiny. Also gave me a lifelong obsession with this part of the piece. Some plot about the lion doing a The Bachelor and rejecting all the animal gals except the swan, who he married.

@pogeman2345 9 ай бұрын

If you guys ever do another Saint-Saens piece, I'd love to suggest his Egyptian Concerto.

@vincentwhitehead 9 ай бұрын

What about the tune that became the recurring motif in the “babe” movie scores?

@TheOboeCrack 9 ай бұрын

@@vincentwhitehead Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony

@vincentwhitehead 9 ай бұрын

@@TheOboeCrack yeah.. maybe they can do a video on that

@oaw117 9 ай бұрын

YES! this is one I was hoping for!

@SamuelCalangian-xm3hv 5 ай бұрын

5:06 Is that Elgar and his wife?!

@jamescorvus6709 9 ай бұрын

I heard all this music in Ren and Stimpy when I was a kid

@sirhoverhaft8039 9 ай бұрын

Omg finally!🎉🎉🎉

@_zyphis_2281 9 ай бұрын

Damn a 2 day wait 😭😭

@ClassicsExplained 9 ай бұрын

Okay, we'll release it sooner. But only because you added two crying emojis.

@goldenager59 9 ай бұрын

Day by day, people seem to edge ever closer to the Jetson mentality. ("Oh, great - the cleaners' is 500 miles out of my way! It'll take an extra 30 seconds just to _get_ there!") 🤨🙄😕🤭😉

@larrylloco 9 ай бұрын

Holy shit. It’s happening! This is not a drill!

@NullCyan 2 ай бұрын

9:50 my favourite part

@thevalarauka101 9 ай бұрын

I'm learning the organ part of his 3rd symphony right now - the one he delayed while he wrote this. It's not bad at all.

@Numbuh296 9 ай бұрын

My classical music hot take is that Christophe Beck's Ant-man theme is the missing movement of Carnival of the Animals

@Eroica_Under_God.15.18 9 ай бұрын

Boi the Animation Is So Funny a And Relatable. Even I Played l'Elephant on the Violin, By Bowing Only the G STRING.

@JeffreyLByrd 2 ай бұрын

This is totally unhinged. "Serious Composer Face!" I can't

@catoelder4696 9 ай бұрын

Another great video

@georgeluft7881 9 ай бұрын

I thought the swan got eaten by drunkards! Watch episode 17 to understand (at your own risk).

@math23ab 9 ай бұрын

I truly love all these videos :)

@pdqbachfan 9 ай бұрын

So nobody’s gonna mention Elgar at 5:05?

@LuckyLiegeLady246 9 ай бұрын

And Dan the dog at 2:00

@kininiwong5350 9 ай бұрын

WOW! HE MADE A VIDEO AFTER A MONTH! VERY RARE!

@poopesure 9 ай бұрын

Confirmed: Camille Saint Saëns was a furry

@marilynwoolford-chandler1161 9 ай бұрын

Quite right too See where the Wild Ones are

@Garryzilla 7 ай бұрын

10:00 now hang on why wasn’t there any human dino fossils in saint saens carnival of the animals cause I can imagine seeing someone with dinosaur fossils being in there but not human skeletons not unless their caveman fossils which in this case sure it’s just you need dino fossils and other prehistoric animal fossils to join the fossil section

@hanf.hofmann 9 ай бұрын

i would love to see you explaining peter and the wolf ;)

@oceanelf2512 9 ай бұрын

I second that. Both along with The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra were favourites when I was growing up, and I have them on my playlist now.

@marilynwoolford-chandler1161 9 ай бұрын

Can anyone enlighten me as to the badge/ brooch on the King’s lapel?

@marilynwoolford-chandler1161 9 ай бұрын

I thoughtv😢 lost this marvellous cartoon. c’est tres bien pour les enfants and I am going to recommend it as a therapy de musique for groan ups qui 🥰 la musique. Ester que ils don’t Musicians Aussie. (Aussi/ also? As well?? ) I’m improvising with Frenglish 🎉

@marilynwoolford-chandler1161 9 ай бұрын

😂😢😢😢could you do the Dave Clark Five @“it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing? “ Jazz It’s classic- all something One non swinging classical 🕵️‍♀️ - ano 🫖 Cher really needs your help

@tea-and-guitars 9 ай бұрын

Do Mendelssohn's Fingal’s cave and 3rd symphony. I want to see a cute animated Mendy ❤😮

@hayleysteindorf670 9 ай бұрын

Let’s gooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

@grisha4167 9 ай бұрын

The animation seems a bit smoother or I don’t know, something is different, I like it!

@dimasgirl2749 2 ай бұрын

You completely left out the fact that Ogden Nash wrote a set of poems for the Carnival of the Animals.

@matthewcole4753 27 күн бұрын

Oops, he forgot the one obscure detail nobody cares about anyway.

@matthewcolvin7094 9 ай бұрын

I love this so much!

@kranzandstern 9 ай бұрын

I am a big fan of organ music. Saint-Saens 3rd symphony is one of my favorites.

@TristanMA 9 ай бұрын

Try Respighi's Pines of Rome next as it also appears in Fantasia 2000.

@meganlewis2377 9 ай бұрын

Yes! Do it! Do it!

@Rgoid 3 күн бұрын

Episode 24!

@williamvandyck5242 9 ай бұрын

Typically brilliant video, thank you. Keep 'em coming! Already can't wait to see the next one.

@15tefera 9 ай бұрын

Yes, finally, you've made something.

@ismaelnehme379 8 ай бұрын

Do a video on Handel's music please, I'm dying to see it

@wesleyhunt7599 9 ай бұрын

So anyway, I wrote some accompanying poems for the piece over on my channel. Check them out if you want. This piece is sort of "Baby's Introduction to the Orchestra". And does a good job highlighting all the different instruments.