A two-octave chromatic descent characterizes this work written in A-minor, and is almost exclusively sixteenth notes.
This piece, which is taken from an opera, is in the same act as the introduction of the thirty-three bogatyrs [BOW-guh-teers] and the Swan-Bird's admonishment. A two-octave chromatic descent characterizes this work written in A-minor, and is almost exclusively sixteenth notes. In the middle of this piece, a pizzicato A minor arpeggio takes over, and the already fast chromatic motions around E increase in octave. This piece uses a solo violin to depict Prince Guidon, [GWEE-don] the protagonist of The Tale of Tsar Saltan, who becomes a stinging insect. For 10 points, name this most famous work by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
This piece, which is taken from an opera, is in the same act as the introduction of the thirty-three bogatyrs [BOW-guh-teers] and the Swan-Bird's admonishment.
"{Flight} of the {Bumblebee}"