Friday, May 26, 2017

Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee

Flight of the Bumblebee is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan in 1899-1900. Its composition is intended to musically evoke the seemingly chaotic and rapidly changing flying pattern of a bumblebee. The piece has been transcribed from orchestra to different instruments.

This is the original version played by orchestra.



This is arranged by Rachmaninoff and played by two pianos.




This is the piano version played by Yuja Wang with an incredible hand-blurring and double-octave.




This is a guitar version that shows the virtuosic technique.





This is an organ version. Look at her feet!!!



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