A six minute selection from “The Carnival of the Animals” by Camille Saint-Saëns, arranged for advanced console organ by Simone Collins.
Originally written to be performed at a competition, this suite includes 9 of the 14 movements from “The Carnival of Animals”, to fit within the maximum time limit allowed at that event:
- Royal March of the Lion
- The Tortoise
- The Elephant
- The Aquarium
- People with Long Ears
- The Cuckoo in the Deep Woods
- Fossils
- The Swan
- Finale
Originally arranged for Yamaha Electone Organ, this arrangement can be performed on other console organs with the simulated timpani rolls on the pedal board omitted in the Finale. Suggested registrations are included.
What’s Included
Console Organ Score
The download includes both A4 (10 pages) and US letter (11 pages) size sheet music in PDF format, comprising a cover page, page of suggested registrations, and advanced organ music score (8 A4 pages / 9 US letter pages)
You can purchase a hard copy of this music score from JW Pepper.
Listen to this Arrangement
Watch the debut performance of this arrangement of The Carnival of the Animals, performed by Simone Collins at age 11 on the Yamaha Electone HX-1 at the Yamaha Electone Festival in Perth in 1989: