Montreal 1976 Olympics Music - Victor Vogel - Ballet of the Closing Ceremony

From the ''Games Of The XXI Olympiad, Montréal 1976, Original Soundtrack''. Ballet of the Closing Ceremony, composed by Victor Vogel, and based on compositions by Andre Mathieu, performed during the parade of nations at the Montreal 1976 Olympics Closing Ceremony. Under the direction of the conductor, Victor Vogel, the Olympic orchestra plays the March of the Athletes, a symphonic suite performed on traditional instruments augmented by Amerindian folk instruments such as tom-toms, rattles, and small bells. To the strains of this march, whose rhythms evoke the chants of the American Indians, a group of seventyfive Amerindians in full dress enter the stadium by the marathon gate, under the glare of spotlights sweeping across the field. Moving in arrowhead formation, they escort the athletes of the Games of the XXI Olympiad. They are followed by the signbearers and flag-bearers for the delegations of the participating countries in French alphabetical order. Then, accompanied by 525 Amerindians in festive costumes, the athletes enter "eight abreast, without separation by nationality, united solely by the fraternal links of Olympic sport." This parade produces remarkable, iridescent effects, with its Amerindian costumes, its plumes and feathered flags, and its drums and colored wigwams, all surrounding the athletes. The crowd gives a long ovation to the sumptuous procession, which is made even more exciting by the play of lights and the theatrical music based on André ...
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