Today we listened to Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade I: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship It made me feel: Full Name: Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov Other famous works: Capriccio Españole, Symphony #2 Antar, Flight of the Bumblebee End of the romantic period composer known for his ability to tell a story through his melodies. 1844 - 1908 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship – Created by DissonantSymphony.com all rights reserved1 Brass enter in long 5 long notes in Shzde theme. High Harp entrance, menacing notes. woodwinds. Like violin – asking to swelling strings. Sultan theme. a curtain being tell a story. Sinbad theme. Ship opened. on the sea. 0:26 1:01 1:44 French horn Calming woodwinds Ascending scale in Sinbad theme repeats answered by flute, bird calls. theme. Swelling after mini-climax. then oboe (4:02) waves. With rolling drums. then clarinet (4:17). 3:48 3:33 3:02 2:42 Shzde violin joined Three note sultan theme Sinbad theme emerges, by cello and flute. in trombones and drums but fuller. Descending, over swirling violins. swirling, crashing waves. Sinbad, Sultan, Shzde themes collide 4:31 4:52 5:19 5:28 Three note sultan theme Violin answered Calming woodwinds CLIMAX! Full in trombones and drums by clarinet, then bird calls. over swirling violins. Final Shzde oboe (7:06) then orchestra, then … theme flute(7:20). 7:57 7:36 6:51 6:35 6:24 Trill in Drawing to close. Distant echoes of Strains of violins as all is piccolo very each theme as if Sultan remembering calm & dawn breaks. Shzde high with the story as he drifts to sleep. lives to tell another story Sultan tomorrow. theme climax 8:23 8:51 9:18 9:45 2 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship – Created by DissonantSymphony.com all rights reserved .