Video: Can you really turn a Justin Bieber hit into art music?

The BBC called this Baroque Bieber when countertenor Robin Blaze recorded it for them. That’s pushing it. No?

Here is Justin Bieber’s “Beauty and a Beat,” arranged by Steve Pycroft and performed by countertenor Robin Blaze and the University of York Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, conducted by Peter Seymour. This video was shot at the University of York during a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast on March 15.

John Terauds