Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Ariana Grande’s graceful performance of ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ was the perfect balance of virtuosity and emotion

5 June 2017, 11:54

Ariana Grande sings Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Ariana Grande performs her finale at One Love Manchester

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Ariana Grande closed the One Love Manchester show last night with a stirring, delicate version of ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’.

It was a performance charged with emotion, but Ariana Grande turned it to her advantage as she sang. Her voice was strong throughout the whole of the One Love Manchester concert, but the rawness of the occasion began to seep through by the time it came to the final song, ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’. 

A lesser soprano would have strived simply for technical perfection, but Grande made the right decision by letting her emotions colour and direct the performance, no more so than when towards the end of the song, clearly exhausted, Grande broke into tears and stopped - taking time to compose herself before continuing, showing enough maturity to know that to be honest in performance is far better than being accurate.

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Musical Instruments in slow-motion are unexpectedly beautiful

11 May 2017

By Tim Edwards, ClassicFM London

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Music, but played molto, molto largo. Here's the proof that music is spectacular and awe-inspiring in slow motion.

To gain a new perspective on musical instruments, nothing beats a high-speed camera. And for your enjoyment and fascination, we have lots of gifs and videos for you to marvel at...

Viola string

Slow mo teaser for Time Unwrapped at Kings Place.

 

Viola – but in epic slow motion

Slow mo teaser for Time Unwrapped at Kings Place.

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Cymbal

Slow mo teaser for Time Unwrapped at Kings Place.

 

What does a cymbal look like in slow motion?

A teaser for Time Unwrapped at Kings Place.

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Here's some fun gifs too...

 

The violin string

A violin G-string does an impression of a skipping rope. Disclaimer: the photographer has detuned the string to give it a more impressive oscillation.

 

The cymbal crash

The ride - a staple of the jazz rhythm section at 1,000 frames per second. 

 

A tuning fork

A440 meets water in its static state. Pretty drops ensue.

 

The wine glass

The changing shape of a ‘glass harp’ as it absorbs and refracts the pressure of a sliding finger. 

 

The cello string

The vibrations of Bach solo suite, complete with a puff of rosin dust. Lovely.

 

The piano 

A load of piano keys at the same time. Proof that cluster chords sometimes look better than they sound (but please don't tell Eric Whitacre we said that). 

Pretty good huh? Here are the full videos. Enjoy!

Violin string slow motion

 

Cymbal slow motion

 

Tuning fork slow motion

 

Glass harp slow motion

 

Cello slow motion

 

Piano slow motion

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Multi-screen Vivaldi Double Concerto

This multi-screen Vivaldi double concerto is exactly what the internet was invented for

27 March 2017, 09:23

By Amy MacKenzie

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The powers of the internet have struck again - this time, bringing together a YouTuber and an international superstar.

ThatCelloGuy, otherwise known as Cremaine Booker, uploads multitrack videos of himself playing the cello, performs with orchestras in the southeast of America and also works as a studio cellist. Tina Guo, from China, is an internationally acclaimed and Grammy-nominated virtuoso acoustic/electric cellist, recording artist, and composer. 

Despite having never met, these two talented musicians have been brought together by the internet and the music community to create a brilliant collaboration video of Vivaldi's Double Cello Concerto. 

On his YouTube channel, Cremaine said:

"It's not everyday that you get to play with a superstar! It was a lot of fun to collaborate with the amazing Tina Guo. Not only is she an AMAZING musician, but she's a great human being!"

And his followers loved the video as much as we did! One of the comments even said:

"It was this video that inspired me to learn cello at age 39! I'm having fun now scaring the cats! Lol, I will get it!"

Check out the video below and also take a look at both ThatCelloGuy and Tina Guo's pages for many more brilliant videos - all the details below:

Vivaldi's Double Cello Concerto - Cremaine Booker & Tina Guo

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The Best of Mozart

Classical Concerts are official more popular ...

... than football matches in Germany

By Amy MacKenzie

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There's been a serious increase in concert attendance in the last year - seemingly at the expense of the Bundesliga.

Germany is host to some of the best footballers, clubs and international teams in the world. It is also home to some of the finest musicians, conductors and composers from throughout the centuries. 

So we can't decide whether or not it's surprising to hear that more Germans go to concerts than they do football matches.

The Deutsche Orchester-Vereinigung DOV have released statistics showing a 10% increase in classical concerts last year, with 13,800 events held in Germany, of which 5,800 were symphonic.

The DOV’s Managing Director Gerald Mertens said classical concerts drew an attendance of 18.2 million, around 40% more than the football Bundesliga. Furthermore, the survey logged more concertgoers aged 20-29 than aged 50-59.