Monthly Archives: July 2015

Jonah 1:1-4:11 – The Story of Jonah 

The Sea & Sinbad’s Ship is the first movement in Scheherazade, Op. 35, a symphonic poem composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. Based on One Thousand and One Nights, sometimes known as The Arabian Nights,[1] this orchestral work combines two features typical of Russian music and of Rimsky-Korsakov in … Continue reading

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Daniel 6:1-28 – Daniel in the Lion’s Den 

  The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work was written for private performance by an ad hoc ensemble of two pianos and other instruments, and lasts around 25 minutes. El … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 1:1-3:5 – Jeremiah’s Call and Message

Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber is an orchestral work written by German composer Paul Hindemith in America in 1943. Metamorfosis Sinfónica de Temas de Carl Maria von Weber es una obra orquestal del compositor alemán Paul Hindemith en América … Continue reading

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