Saint-Saen: Danse Macabre (arranged for percussion)

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November 15, 2020, 07:31:08 PM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0GVbnoh8Jo

The 15 percussionists of the BBC Orchestras & Choirs perform Camille Saint-Saens's Danse Macabre arranged by Alasdair Malloy, as part of the BBC Instrumental Sessions.
Saint-Saëns, who predicted to Charles Lecocq in 1901: 'That fellow Ravel seems to me to be destined for a serious future.'

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November 17, 2020, 06:34:02 AM
Yes, I agree - the melody of that piece lends itself well to a percussion arrangement - maybe it is playing off the bones of the dancing skeletons?  :D
Of course, the witchy-menace of the violin doesn't transfer as well.
Saint-Saëns, who predicted to Charles Lecocq in 1901: 'That fellow Ravel seems to me to be destined for a serious future.'
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