Tag: instrumental
Pachelbel's Canon
Pachelbel's Canon is an accompanied canon by the German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. The canon was originally scored for three violins and basso continuo and paired with a gigue, known as Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and basso continuo. Both moveme...
How Mozart Changed Opera Forever
Mozart's collaboration with Lorenzo Da Ponte was legendary. Here is how Mozart's two great operatic achievements, The Marriage of Figaro (La Nozze di Figaro) and Don Giovanni revolutionised the genre of opera.
Doctor Who - Theme Evolution
All themes from the first in 1963 to the most recent in 2020. Listen to how the technology changed and developed through the years.
1982: Peter Howell gives the DOCTOR WHO THEME an 80s REMIX
Peter Howell of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop demonstrates how he reimagined Ron Grainer's classic Doctor Who theme - which was first realized so startlingly by Delia Derbyshire and Dick Mills in the 1960s - to make it 'brighter and more modern sounding' f...
1965: How DELIA DERBYSHIRE made the DOCTOR WHO theme
Pioneering sound engineer Delia Derbyshire - who, along with colleague Dick Mills, realized Ron Grainer's famous Doctor Who Theme at the Radiophonic Workshop - shows how electronic sounds are produced, and demonstrates some of the processes and techniques...
1969: What Is ELECTRONIC MUSIC?
What is electronic music? How is it produced? Desmond Briscoe - the head of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop - enlists the help of Daphne Oram, David Cain and John Baker to explain the fundamentals of synthesised sound. This clip is from Workshop: The Same Tr...
The World's First Contrabass Saxophone Duet!
Jim Cheek and Jamie Anderson play Lizzo's hit single "About Damn Time" on two EPIC saxophones in the World's first contrabass saxophone duet!
Dracula's Coffin Room - Haunting Choir, Organ, and Piano
🎶 As you open the chamber, cold air rushes through. An open casket lies at the center of the room, sending a chill down your spine. What is that doing here? A thunderclap makes you jump. As your heart races, you turn to the door and see a red set of eyes...
Cate Blanchett Plays Bach: A Breakdown
This may surprise you but, yes, Cate Blanchett really does know how to play the piano. She is a trained pianist. This helped in her role for the film "Tár" where she had to conduct an play. She also worked with some professional before this role to hel...
Berlin Recorder Orchestra - In The Bleak Midwinter
Berlin Recorder Orchestra performing "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Gustav Holst
Berlin Recorder Orchestra - Palladio
Palladio by Karl Jenkins arr. for recorder orchestra
Berlin Recorder Orchestra - Toccata and Fugue
Berlin Recorder Orchestra performing "J.S. Bach Toccata & Fugue d-Moll BWV 565" arranged for recorder orchestra.
Robert Russell - Mephisto Waltz (Dark Piano Waltz)
Composed and performed by Robert Russell.
Franz Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S.514
The Mephisto Waltzes (German: Mephisto-Walzer) are four waltzes composed by Franz Liszt from 1859 to 1862, from 1880 to 1881, and in 1883 and 1885.