Illuminations

See also: Illumination

IllumiNations is the first of a series of fires of artifices given starting from 1988 to the park EPCOT of Walt Disney World Resort.

The series of spectacle

The first IllumiNations was given on the lagoon of EPCOT the January 30th 1988.

In front of the success of this spectacle, IllumiNations was declined in a special version for the new year 1993 then a special version for Christmas, baptized Holiday IllumiNations .

In 1996, the September 21st, for the 25 years of Walt Disney World, a new version is elaborate: Illuminations 25 . The May 19th 1997 it is revised to reinstate classical music, it will be the " version B ". With the end of the celebration of the 25e birthday, this version B is hardly modified and re-elected IllumiNations 98, presented until the September 21st 1999. They will be all three presented in parallel with Holiday IllumiNations which stopped the September 20th 1998.

In 1999, the spectacle is again declined in a new special version for the new millenium: Illuminations: Reflections off Earth .

The spectacle

The principle of this fires of artifices is to commemorate the meeting of the nations around the lagoon of World Showcase. The music was produced by Don Dorsey and begins again to a large extent that of the spectacle has New World Fantasy of which entirety of act III.

Description

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Act I

  • 5 {{E}} Symphony , first movement, of Ludwig van Beethoven
  • " Flight off the Bumblebee" extracts from the tales of the Tsar Saltan of Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov
  • Zampa Overture first topic of Louis Ferdinand Hérold
  • Italian Concerto (BWV971), 3rd movement of the first topic, Jean-Sebastien Bach
  • Guillaume Tell , second topic of the opening, Gioacchino Rossini

Act II: World Showcase

This section evokes each one of the country surrounding the World Showcase

  • Shéhérazade (Morocco) of Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov

  • Parisian life (France) of Jacques Offenbach
  • Days off Emancipation (China)
  • Rule Britannia (the United Kingdom) of Thomas Arne
  • Bruise off the Vienna Woods (Germany) of Johann Strauss
  • Sakura (Japan)
  • Espana Cani (Mexico) of Marquina
  • French Canadian Jig Traditionnel (Canada)
  • Funiculi, Funicula (Italy) of Luigi Denza
  • Rhapsody in Blue (the United States) of George Gershwin

Act III: Final

At the end of the spectacle music of " It' S.A. Small World " and the topic of General Electric were diffused to let the spectators disperse.

Variations

New year 1993

In 1993 at the time of the representation of the new year, shifted to reach the New Year's Day was presented. The song " We've Just Begun To Dream" was played during the calculation, followed by a version of " Auld Lang Syne " then again " We' ve Just Begun To Dream". Finally a selection of extracts of Bernard and Bianca with the country of the kangaroos was projected on the Fountain of the Nations, with the entry of World Showcase.

Holiday Illuminations

This spectacle was presented at the time of the period of Christmas instead of IllumiNations then IllumiNations 25 . Its principle is to commemorate done them of Christmas throughout the world with an American, European part and a Jewish part. The extract " Let There Be Peace one Earth" illuminations is diffused since 2005 after IllumiNations: Reflections off Earth during the period of Christmas.

  • Representations: of 1994 with September 20th 1998

  • Lasted: 12 min
  • Narrator: Instrumental Walters Cronkite
  • Left: Czech Symphonic Orchestrated
  • Chorus: The Sarah Moore Singers
  • Song for O Holy Night : Sandi Patty
  • Song for Let There Be Peace one Earth : Servant boys Choir off Harlem
  • Partner: General Electric

Description

After the traditional advertisement, made by Walter Cronkite, the music starts.

  • pot-rotted of opening

    • " Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
    • " O Like All Ye Faithful"
    • " Joy to the World"
    • " Deck the Halls With Boughs off Holly"
    • " Angels We Have Heard one High"
  • pot-rotted of Nut-cracker of Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski
    • " Marches"
    • " Dance of the Dragée" fairy;
    • " Trepak - Dance russe"
  • Soft night, holy night ( O Holy Night )
  • (homage to Hanoucca)
    • " Vivon"
    • " The Trees in the Field"
  • Let There Be Peace one Earth

A speech of rigor for the time of Christmas makes following the music then, made rare, of the thanks are given. The singers and the orchestra are quoted, and Walter Cronkite in the name of of Walt Disney World wishes a Merry Christmas.

Then to let the spectators disperse, two musics are diffused:

  • " Joy to the World"
  • " What Child Is This?"

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