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By Ludwig Van on April 6, 2015
After last weeks popular Shostakovich/Beyonce dance video, we have a something a little different. Happy Birthday composed in the style of Shostakovich. Though it's not as happy and a happy birthday should be, it wonderfully done...
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on April 2, 2015
Though this isn’t exactly how Shostakovich probably envisioned his 10th Symphony, it just so happens to be a near perfect match to Beyoncé ‘s video of Single Ladies. We think it’s better that the original, so we’re going to call it Dmitri’s Ladies (Put a Ring on It)...
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on April 1, 2015
Knitters beware. Apparently this was a big enough problem that the Philharmonic Society had to post a notice in their concert programs...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on March 19, 2015
This has so be one of the best versions of Rossini's Duetto buffo di due gatti we have ever heard. A popular encore, the "lyrics" consist entirely of the repeated word "meow". The boys are members of “Les Petits Chanteurs a la Croix de Bois (PCCB)” in Paris and take the humorous meow meow song it to a whole new level...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on March 17, 2015
In honour of St. Patricks Day, we give you this gorgeous Celtic remix of a melancholy song Behold a Wonder Here by John Dowland. It is arranged for Irish flute, recorder, fiddle, lute, cittern, shruti-box, and cello by Michael Slattery and members of La Nef. Dowland’s 400 year-old songs never sounded so good...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on March 12, 2015
The internet can be a fun, but weird place sometimes. Especially these shred video memes where they take the original sound and satirize it with an entirely different soundtrack. No one is safe, not even Alfred Brendel...
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on February 27, 2015
It’s amazing what you can do with just two pens, a ruler, and a little bit of musical imagination.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 25, 2015
If you are a classical musician, or know one, you will have heard of few of these doozies...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 23, 2015
Since Sunday night’s 87th Academy Awards, many have been critical of the nights many snubs, and lack-thereofs. But one thing stuck out – and her name was Lady Gaga...
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 2, 2015
What if composers had different first names? Our friends at the Composers with Different First Names tumblr wondered just that. In an act of revisionist history, they dubbed Mozart, a "Jeff". Donizetti, a "Ryan". The internet grows stranger everyday...
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