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Title: Saint-Saen: Danse Macabre (arranged for percussion)
Post by: Scion7 on November 15, 2020, 07:31:08 PM
(https://i.postimg.cc/xd90DFKY/BeebSSDM.jpg)

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.
Title: Re: Saint-Saen: Danse Macabre (arranged for percussion)
Post by: david johnson on November 15, 2020, 10:36:04 PM
HA!!  That was fun  :)
Title: Re: Saint-Saen: Danse Macabre (arranged for percussion)
Post by: Scion7 on 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.