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Fantasia 2k

Fantasia 2k. Pomp & Circumstance – Firebird Suite. Edward Elgar ~ Pomp and Circumstance – Marches 1, 2, 3 and 4 .

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Fantasia 2k

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  1. Fantasia 2k Pomp & Circumstance – Firebird Suite

  2. Edward Elgar ~ Pomp and Circumstance– Marches 1, 2, 3 and 4

  3. Pomp and Circumstanceis a pastiche (an artistic work consisting of a medley of pieces taken from various sources) of the story of Noah's Ark; music arranged by Peter Schickele, including a wordless soprano solo by Kathleen Battle as part of the No. 1 March ('Land of Hope and Glory').

  4. In the United States, the Trio section "Land of Hope and Glory" of March No. 1 is sometimes known simply as "Pomp and Circumstance" or as "The Graduation March" and is played as the processional tune at virtually all high school and some college graduation ceremonies. It was first played at such a ceremony on 28 June 1905, at Yale University, where the Professor of Music Samuel Sanford had invited his friend Elgar to attend commencement and receive an honorary doctorate of music.

  5. Igor Stravinsky ~ Firebird Suite

  6. Firebird Suite is the story of a Spring Sprite and her companion an Elk. After a long winter she restores the life to the forest but accidentally awakes the fiery spirit of destruction (the namesake Firebird of the piece) in a nearby volcano. The Firebird proceeds in destroying the forest and seemingly the sprite. She is restored to life however after the destruction and the forest life is reborn with her after some encouraging from the Elk. The story is considered an exercise in the theme of Life-Death-Rebirth entities.

  7. It shares a far number of similarities to Chernabog, the villain from Night on Bald Mountain in the original film. They both emerge from a mountain, the reek chaos, they can both manipulate fire, and good ultimately triumphed over both of them. It is interesting to note that they both appeared in the last segment of the two movies.

  8. The Firebird has no alliances, it serves no one, it cannot distinguish friend from foe - It is a primal living force of destruction. It lives only to destroyand despises that which brings life and creation (The Spring Sprite). The Firebird's only weakness is that it only destroys - It cannot create nor can it persist, as it returned to its slumber when there was nothing left for it to destroy. This interpretation of the Firebird actually conflicts with the original version of Igor Stravinsky's ballet. In the ballet, the Firebird was described as a benevolent, peaceful being who bore no traits of evil. However, Disney's Firebird was violent, destructive, and merciless, showing no qualms of destroying a newly created forest.

  9. The ballet is based on Russian folk tales of the magical glowing bird of the same name that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor.

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