Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Pianist in tears!!!. Most moving piano performance.


Pianist in tears!!!. Most moving piano performance.
39,726,193 views  Mar 31, 2015  Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii bursts into tears when he plays at Carnegie Hall his own composition "Elegy for the Victims of the Tsunami of March 11, 2011 in Japan".

How to Listen to Classical Music: General Ideas


How to Listen to Classical Music: General Ideas
328,132 views  Jan 26, 2018  A multi-part guide on how to get THE MOST out of classical music. 

This is the first part of a short series of videos on how to listen to classical music. While many people use classical music for studying, relaxing and relaxation, or sleeping, far fewer people actually enjoy listening actively. Due to the difficult state of music education, most people don't know how to follow a symphony, or how the best composers wrote and structured their works. While it has been proven that classical music can be beneficial to the mental development of babies and kids, I believe it has life enhancing qualities for all ages, and as an art form deserves to be shared, whether through outreach, or tutorials and lessons like these.

Classical music, at its best, can be richly emotional, and I believe that its emotion can be unlocked by anyone willing to follow these guides through. The principles that I will go through apply to all music, whether live in concert or on CD or Spotify, and whether you're listening to Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Brahms, Chopin, Wagner, Verdi, or Puccini, and whether listening to Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Orchestral, Choral, or Chamber music. 

Many programs suggest that learning an instrument such as the piano, violin, guitar, cello, oboe, clarinet, or singing in a choir, is crucial for music appreciation. Well I think these skills, as well as learning to read sheet music and training your ear, can be extremely useful, I believe that almost anyone can learn to enjoy classical music with minimal training and music theory. Therefore, this short series will be very light on music theory, and will only use it when necessary to highlight certain forms such as sonata, rondo,  and other typical forms. 

While I originally got into classical music via movie scores and film composers such as Howard Shore, John Williams, and Hans Zimmer, I discovered this way of listening which has completely changed the way I approach and enjoy classical music. I hope through these videos I can share that with you.

I Left My Heart In San Francisco



Moon River - Breakfast at Tiffanys - Desayuno con Diamantes



Friday, October 14, 2022

HAUSER - Adagio (Albinoni)


Dmitri Shostakovich - The Second Waltz






Dmitri Shostakovich - The Second Waltz
13,093,609 views  Jun 17, 2018  To se nevrati - use to say the Czechs being in a nostalgia mood and thinking on something what passed definitely. It will never be the same...

Making the clip I used scenes from movies The Leopard  (Il Gattopardo) by Luchino Visconti from 1963.  Anna Karenina by Maurizio Millenotti from 1997, Anna Karenina by Joe Wright from 2013, Fanfan & Alexandre by Alexandre Jardin from 1993, War and Peace, TV series from 2007, and - what has to be mentioned especially -  The Waltz of Dagmara and Artur (their 1. wedding dance) form 2011.


Lea Salonga - On My Own (Les Misérables) [720p]


Lea Salonga - On My Own (Les Misérables) [720p]
27,400,986 views  Jun 11, 2009  Les Misérables 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall

Lea Salonga (Éponine)
Conductor: David Charles Abell
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Music
SONG
Building the Barricade / On My Own (Live)
ARTIST
Les Misérables - 10th Anniversary Concert Cast
ALBUM
Les Misérables: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall

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