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Fantasia 2000. Rhapsody in Blue – Piano Concerto No. 2. George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue. Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition by American composer George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band , which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects.
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Fantasia 2000 Rhapsody in Blue – Piano Concerto No. 2
Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition by American composer George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. Gershwin wanted to prove that once can spice up classical music with the influences of Jazz.
Rhapsody in Blue – an episode of 1930s-era New York City, depicting the day in the lives of several people within the Depression-era bustling metropolis, as scenes drawn in the style of Al Hirschfeld's famous cartoons of the era, including an animated cameo of Gershwin the composer himself at the piano. Rhapsody in Blue was a work already in progress by director Eric Goldberg (lead animator for the Genie in Aladdin, also inspired by Al Hirschfeld's art), when Disney approached him to complete the piece for the film.
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major-I. Allegro
Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major-I. Allegro – based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Steadfast Tin Soldier.The setting is appropriate - the concerto was written as a gift by Shostakovich to his musically gifted young son, and the percussive rhythms also suit a story about a soldier. However, the ending is a happy one in contrast with that of the original story. The piece was composed in 1957 for his son, Maxim’s 19th birthday. Maxim premiered the piece during his graduation at the Moscow Conservatory.
The original story, the soldier falls in love with a ballerina but is cast out by a toy goblin. The soldier finds his way back to her, but is cast into a fire as is the ballerina. All that is left of the ballerina is a sequin & the tin soldier melts into the shape of a heart. In the revised Disney version, the goblin is cast into the fire while the 2 toys find love.
"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is the first tale Andersen wrote that has neither a literary model nor a folk tale source. It marks a new independence in his writing, and is the zenith of his evocation of the nineteenth century nursery world with its toy dancers, castles, and swans.
