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Who says that beer and classical music can’t get together in musical harmony? Rimsky-Korsakov is surely smiling in heaven hearing this rendition of Flight of the Bumblebee, as played with beer bottles.
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“The Flight of the Bumblebee” from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Tale of the Tsar Saltan has a tempo so fast that it challenges all but the greatest musicians. We’ve previously featured accordion, banjo, and trumpet arrangements of this piece. Here’s a vocal performance by Swedish opera singer Malena Ernman. It’s as much a demonstration of physical comedy as it is an extraordinary musical act.
via Geekosystem
Flight of the Bumblebee on a chromatic button accordion: YouTube Link
Previously, Neatorama reader Minnesotastan pointed out an amazing performance of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor as played on an accordion by YouTube user AccCam.
Though that was fantastic, Neatoramanaut Frau told us of one even better: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee played on the chromatic button accordion by Alexander Dmitriev. Look at his fingers fly!
And while we’re at it, here’s Flight of the Bumblebee as played on a banjo by Ken Aoki:
Flight of the Bumblebee on a banjo: YouTube Link
