"Flight of the Bumble Bee" by Rimsky-Korsakov transcribed by Rachmaninoff
Played by Canadian pianistDavid-Michael Dunbar.
"Flight of the Bumble Bee" is a popular Virtuoso encore piece, displaying Rimsky-Korsakov's skill. The fast chromatic runs vividly bring to mind a bee in flight. Flight of the Bumble Bee comes from Act 3 of the opera The Tale of Tsar Sultan (1903); the hero Prince Gvidon has been transformed by magic into a bee and in revenge, he stings his wicked aunts and the old witch who plotted against him.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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"Flight of the Bumble Bee" by Rimsky-Korsakov transcribed by Rachmaninoff
Played by Canadian pianist David-Michael Dunbar.
"Flight of the Bumble Bee" is a popular Virtuoso encore piece, displaying Rimsky-Korsakov's skill. The fast chromatic runs vividly bring to mind a bee in flight. Flight of the Bumble Bee comes from Act 3 of the opera The Tale of Tsar Sultan (1903); the hero Prince Gvidon has been transformed by magic into a bee and in revenge, he stings his wicked aunts and the old witch who plotted against him.
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