Imagine attending a concert including excerpts from Ludwig van Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Dmitri Shostakovich’s 2nd Piano Concerto, Camille Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals, Paul Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Edward Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance, and Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite – all packed into 74 minutes.
Sounds like a fantastic concert! But this isn’t a classical music concert in the traditional sense. This is the program for Disney’s Fantasia 2000, which premiered 25 years ago today at Carnegie Hall, New York City, as part of a five-city concert tour of live orchestra and screened animation before its theatrical release the following year.
