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We head outside and celebrate Kansas nature with a little help from the Kansas 250 Bookshelf. This month's featured books include Kansas Wildflowers and Weeds, Elevations: A Personal Exploration of the Arkansas River, A Kansas Bestiary, and others.
We head outside and celebrate Kansas nature with a little help from the Kansas 250 Bookshelf. This month's featured books include Kansas Wildflowers and Weeds, Elevations: A Personal Exploration of the Arkansas River, A Kansas Bestiary, and others.

![Topeka Symp Orch 032825B John Lee The Swan from Carnival of the Animals Camille Saint Säens
Le cygne, pronounced [lə siɲ], or The Swan, is the 13th and penultimate movement of The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. Originally scored for solo cello accompanied by two pianos, it has been arranged and transcribed for many instruments but remains best known as a cello solo.
The piece is in 6/4 time, with a key signature of G major and a tempo marking andantino grazioso. The slow cello melody is accompanied by almost constant broken chord figurations on the pianos. When performed as a separate movement, not in the context of The Carnival, The Swan is frequently played with accompaniment on only one piano. Topeka Symp Orch 032825B John Lee The Swan from Carnival of the Animals Camille Saint Säens](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zL1fOidWQ70/mqdefault.jpg)
