Yuja Wang performs Michael Tilson Thomas's "You Come Here Often?"

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#MTT80 // Celebrating Yuja Wang on her birthday with this performance of MTT's composition "You Come Here Often?" This composition was featured on Yuja's Deutsche Grammophon album "The American Project," which just won the 2024 GRAMMY for "Best Classical Solo Performance." Congratulations, Yuja!

Herbert von Karajan: Documentary Portrait of the Conductor Legend

Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989), one of the 20th century’s most fascinating and complex geniuses, dominated the post-war classical music world like a colossus. At the same time, his ambitious, ambivalent personality, and particularly his troubling career history with the Third Reich cast a shadow on his reputation. This film reveals the phenomenon of the man and his music while touching on inspiring, but also controversial, and troubling aspects of his career. It is Karajan himself, in archive interviews, who talks of events in his life and relates them to his work as a conductor. Featuring performance excerpts of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and Richard Strauss's Rosenkavalier. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00:00 - Intro: A Genius & His Influence ▷ 00:01:27 - Karajan's Childhood & Beginnings ▷ 00:10:40 - Career under Nazi regime, NSDAP membership & rivalry with Furtwängler ▷ 00:15:38 - Richard Strauss & World War II ▷ 00:17:55 - Meeting Walter Legge: Development of Recording Career & Philharmonia ▷ 00:24:38 - Beethoven's 9th Symphony: Karajan on Film ▷ 00:31:49 - Berlin Philharmonics Conductor for Life & Artistic Director of Vienna Staatsoper ▷ 00:33:30 - Milan, Controversies & Reflections on Conducting ▷ 00:41:28 - Salzburg's Großes Festspielhaus & Strauss's Rosenkavalier ▷ 00:47:33 - Berlin Philharmonic, Science & Innovation ▷ 00:52:42 - Bringing Music to Children & Karajan's own childhood influences ▷ 01:02:19 - Strauss's Alpine Symphony

Karajan's last concert: a tribute to exceptional leadership

In his last concert, with Jessie Norman, Herbert von Karajan exhibits fully empowering Leadership despite his physical weakness, and the music is Divine

“Tell Him” / "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" -

Pia Toscano performing “Tell Him” with Loren Allred & David Foster and "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" with Sheléa Frazier, Loren & David for his PBS special.

John Williams: A Lifetime In Music (Tribute Video)

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A special video tribute to celebrate the birthday of Maestro John Williams on Feburary 8, with a selection of quotes, pictures and excerpts from scoring sessions. Music from "Superman The Movie" Composed and Conducted by John Williams Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra Music from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" Composed by John Williams Performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony Video Produced and Edited by Maurizio Caschetto for The Legacy of John Williams https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com Special Thanks to Ilaria Ruffoni, Tim Burden and Miguel Andrade

Dvořák: 8. Sinfonie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Manfred Honeck

Antonín Dvořák: 8. Sinfonie ∙ (Auftritt) 00:00 ∙ I. Allegro con brio 00:28 ∙ II. Adagio 10:36 ∙ III. Allegretto grazioso – Molto vivace 22:05 ∙ IV. Allegro, ma non troppo 28:00 ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) ∙ Manfred Honeck, Dirigent ∙ Alte Oper Frankfurt, 27. März 2015 ∙

Moulin Rouge! The Musical perform Lady Marmalade/Welcome To The Moulin Rouge

Introduced by Liisi LaFontaine and Jamie Bogyo, the West End cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical perform a medley of Lady Marmalade/Welcome To The Moulin Rouge at the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard. Get tickets for the show: https://officiallondontheatre.com/sho... Established in 1976, the Olivier Awards celebrate the world-class status of London theatre, and are Britain’s most prestigious stage honours. Official London Theatre is the number one site to get theatre tickets, news and exclusive interviews for top London shows. Whether you like an upbeat musical, a hilarious slapstick comedy, a dramatic thriller, a family-friendly production or a jaw-dropping dance show, you’ll find tickets for it here.