The Carnival of the Animals century, with one piano always maintaining a bouncy eighth-note rhythm. Although the melody is relatively simple, the supporting harmonies are ornamented in the style that is typical of Saint-Saëns' compositions for piano; dazzling scales, glissandi and trills. Many of the previous movements are quoted here from the introduction, the lion, the donkeys, hens, and kangaroos. The work ends with a series of six "Hee Haws" from the donkeys, as if to say that the donkey has the last laugh, before the final strong group of C major chords. As the title suggests, the work follows a zoological program and progresses
The Orchestral Tubular Bells The Orchestral Tubular Bells The Orchestral Tubular Bells is an orchestral version of Mike Oldfield's album "Tubular Bells", arranged by David Bedford and recorded in 1974 by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Oldfield himself playing the guitar. Excerpts from the album were featured in the 1979 NASA film, "The Space Movie". It peaked at #17 on the UK Albums Chart in 1975. In 2000 it was reissued by Virgin as a HDCD and is the only one of Mike's 1970s albums yet to be reissued by Mercury Records. The main difference between "Tubular Bells" and the orchestrated version is that