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Saint-Saens – The Swan from Carnival of the Animals
“Saint-Saens: The Swan (Le Cygne) is the thirteenth movement of The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. It features a solo cello in tenor clef and two accompaniment pianos….
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Yo-Yo Ma Performs The Swan by Saint-Saens
Yo-Yo Ma performed “The Swan” by Saint-Saens as an encore after his Haydn Cello Concerto….
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Swanee by George Gershwin – Played by Kevin Gunia
Swanee, by Gershwin, performed by Kevin Gunia at the 2021 Historic Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival….
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Yo-Yo Ma Plays The Swan by Saint-Saëns
Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott perform The Swan from Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals….
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Edvard Grieg – En Svane
…describes a swan that glides silently and peacefully, always listening and watching. In the end, the swan sings its final song before passing away, proving to be a true swan….
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J.S. Bach – Gigue and Double from Suite BWV 997, Performed by Craig Lake
Bach’s Classical Guitar Gigue and Double performed by Craig Lake….
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George Gershwin
…‘Em, You Don’t Want ‘Em.” While this initial effort didn’t garner much attention, his 1919 smash hit “Swanee,” with lyrics by Irving Caesar and popularized by Al Jolson, heralded Gershwin’s…
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Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer known for his wide-ranging output, including ballets like Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. The Nutcracker is one of his most…
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Handel’s Concerto Grosso in B Minor, HWV 330 – Movements 3-5
…three movements: Larghetto, e piano; Largo; Allegro. The third movement was featured in “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” when Elizabeth Swan falls into the ocean….
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New Study Finds Classical Music Can Affect Fetal Heart Rate
…(sponsored) The two songs used in the study were “The Swan” by Camille Saint-Saëns and “Arpa de Oro,” a classical Mexican song composed by Abundio Martínez. The study confirms that…
