Danse Macabre, Camille Saint-Saëns
Channel: Paul De Bra
Date: 24/02/2022

Professor P plays the arrangement for accordion quintet by Paul De Bra, of the Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns. This composition features in the “haunted castle” in the Efteling, a famous attraction that will sadly be dismantled in the summer of 2022. The castle also served as the decor for a video with Kate Bush singing Wuthering Heights while dancing in the “cemetery” inside the castle.

I already have a live recording of my previous ensemble Avanti playing the Danse Macabre, with more players and with drums. The new Professor P recording uses just five voices, with the bass players also using a “foot-operated” triangle.

The arrangement is freely available from https://www.de-bra.nl/arrangements.html#dansemacabre and from imslp.org. It exists in a version for five players plus drums and a version for a solo player plus five or more players, plus drums.

Enjoy!