The Firebird Suite

The Firebird Suite is the 8th and Final segment in Fantasia 2000, Long considered the most dramatic finale on any musical program, this powerful piece of music by Igor Stravinsky provides a truly spectacular ending to Fantasia 2000. Filmmakers Gaetan and Paul Brizzi have come up with some amazing imagery to accompany this ultimate closing number. With death and rebirth as its theme, this musical segment personifies nature in the form of a sprite who is summoned by a lone elk, the monarch of the forest. When the beauty of springtime is destroyed by the fury of the Firebird, who lives within an active volcano, it is up to the elk and sprite to once again bring life back to the ravaged forest and triumphantly reawaken what lies beneath the ashes.