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Work: The Tale of Tsar Saltan: The Flight of the Bumblebee

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ComposerRimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844-1908)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeOpera scene/aria
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ManchesterFlying Through Film

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Young, Goodwin, Price, Horner, Zimmer, Gold, Williams, Davies, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sherman, Faltermeyer, Powell
The Hallé; Stephen Bell; Anna Lapwood; Ali Plumb

LondonNew Years Piccadilly Family Concert

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Saint-Saëns, Monti, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Massenet, Brahms, Traditional
The Piccadilly Sinfonietta; Warren Mailley-Smith

ParisThe Silence of Sound – Concert spectacle

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Debussy, Bartók, Rimsky-Korsakov, Weber, Massenet, Sibelius, Prokofiev, Ibarra, Brahms
Orchestre Pasdeloup; Alondra de la Parra; Rebekka Dornhege Reyes; Mariona Omedes; Gabriela Muñoz; Yorrick Troman
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Rare Rimsky in rousing rendition from Kirill Karabits at The Anvil

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Antar could almost be taken as a dry run for Rimsky-Korsakov's masterpiece, Scheherazade and it impressed in this performance by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. 
***11
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The Hallé in Russian mode with Mark Elder

Tracing a line of musical heritage was what this concert was all about: the imaginative richness of inspiration that passed from Rimsky-Korsakov through early Rachmaninov to Stravinsky.
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A modest virtuoso: James Ehnes at Wigmore Hall

How do violinists devise their recital programmes? The conventional format has been to choose a violin sonata from each musical era, or to focus on a particular composer or national style.
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UnknownSousaphone Flight of the Bumblebee

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Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan: The Flight of the Bumblebee
Patrick Sheridan, Sousaphone