Tag: classical
Top 5 Classical Music Pieces
The concept of "popularity" in classical music can vary depending on different factors like region, era, and audience. However, some pieces have achieved widespread recognition and enduring popularity over the years.
Mozart - Requiem (Lacrimosa): A Divine Masterpiece
Mozart's "Requiem in D minor," K. 626, is a profound and evocative choral work written for the Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead. Composed in 1791, it was left incomplete at Mozart's death, and was later finished by his student Franz Xaver Süssmayr.
Introducing: The Baroque Lute
Brandon Acker introduces you to another rare instrument: The Baroque Lute! This video is an introduction to the instrument as well as his first reaction to playing it.
Introducing the Baroque Theorbo
"People complain a lot about the space that I take up". Lutenist Elizabeth Kenny explains how and why the Theorbo was developed in the 17th century, what it was used for, and what it's like to carry it around on the train.
Introducing the Evolution of the Bow
In music, a bow is a tensioned stick which has hair (usually horse-tail hair) coated in rosin (to facilitate friction) affixed to it.
Rhapsody in Blue (Live at Suntory Hall)
Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects.
Top 10 Electric Light Orchestra
The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan.
Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue - Hayato Sumino
Rising star Japanese pianist Hayato Sumino takes on Gershwin's dreamy 'Rhapsody in Blue' in its 100th anniversary year. Look out for his self-duet on a melodica, and his genius improvisation on a ringtone...
Vladimir Horowitz: A Television Concert at Carnegie Hall (1968 TV Concert)
Vladimir Horowitz's first television concert.
Mozart - History's Greatest Child Prodigy Documentary
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time.
Beethoven/Liszt - Symphony No. 9 (two pianos and timpani)
Summer Piano Festival, The Duke’s Hall. Royal Academy of Music, London (11 June 2021)
Horowitz plays Rachmaninoff: Piano concerto 3 in d minor, Op. 30
September 24, 1978: Avery Fischer Hall, New York City, New York (Live)
Menahem Pressler - Debussy: Clair de lune
Drenched in the light of the moon: Claude Debussy’s “Clair de lune” is an ode to the night sky. It’s one of the French composer’s best-known pieces and it was given an emotional interpretation on 17 October 2012 at a concert in the Salle Pleyel in Paris b...
Kayden Kelly - Salon de Virtuosi solo performance in NYC at the Kosciuszko Foundation
Solo piano performance at the Salon de Virtuosi at "Autumn in New York" at the beautiful Kosciuszko Foundation on November 15, 2023 at 7 p.m. This is one talented 15 year old.
Hayato Sumino’s Moment of Phone Duet Genius
The piano world’s new star proves his musical creativity in a genius response to a mobile phone, during an intimate Gershwin solo.