Classical Music Mashup: 57 classical tunes from 33 composers
From Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, to Saint-Saens’ Le cygne from Le carnaval des animaux, to Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, to Beethoven’ Für Elise, to Spring from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, to...
View ArticleBorn with no fingers, teen Alexey Romanov is a piano prodigy
At 16 years old, Alexey Romanov has become a celebrated pianist across Russia. Born with no fingers, his growing love for classical music motivated him to start learning piano. In two years of diligent...
View ArticleThe Müpa Budapest Sound Machine, the world’s largest music box
Music box + hamster wheel + Hungary = the Harry Potter Theme Song (Hedwig’s Theme), The Nutcracker, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, and three other songs. Powered by walking and perfected with hand-punched...
View ArticleBach, Prelude in C-sharp major, WTC I, BWV 848, animated
Performed by Kimiko Ishizaka and accompanied by Stephen Malinowski‘s Music Animation Machine score, enjoy the prelude in C-sharp major from the first book of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered...
View ArticleClassical Music Mashup II: 52 classical pieces from 31 composers
Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Verdi, Mendelssohn, Bach, Grieg, and many more composers’ little heads can be seen in this Classical Music Mashup II by Grant Woolard, a follow up to his previous Classical Music...
View ArticleA Protula bispiralis (red fan worm) opening in real time
Set to the MIT Chamber Chorus performing O Fortuna from Carmina Burana, this is a Protula bispiralis or red fan worm opening in real time. The clip is via marine biologist Christopher Mah who suggests...
View ArticleMaria Callas sings O mio babbino caro and Casta Diva
“One of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century,” Greek-American soprano Maria Callas, performs Giacomo Puccini‘s O mio babbino caro, a clip from a 1960s era concert at...
View ArticleDance of Harmony, an animated synesthetic voyage
One day when I was sixteen, I realized that I could see music. The saxophone I played and the jazz I loved listening to came to life before my eyes, or perhaps behind my eyes, in shape and color —...
View ArticleHow a Bach Stradivarius trumpet is made
In this video series from musical instrument manufacturer Conn-Selmer, we see how a Bach Stradivarius trumpet is made. The mouthpiece above is shaped to the tune of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of...
View ArticleRests: Sometimes Music is Silence – Classical MPR
The next time you’re listening to your favorite song or piece of music, try listening for the pauses within it. Those pauses are musical rests, and they’re just as important to the music as the musical...
View ArticleThat Cello Guy: The multi-screen performances of Cremaine Booker
First performed by Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a 1938 radio broadcast, and now beautifully arranged for this multi-screen video performance from 2016: Adagio for Strings (1936)...
View ArticleHow balloons are made – The Magic of Making
How are balloons made? In this video from The Magic of Making, a series of short films for kids created in partnership with with BBC Worldwide, we begin with a history lesson about Kew Gardens and...
View ArticleMarbles – The Magic of Making
How do you get different colors to twist and twirl inside of a glass marble? In this video from The Magic of Making, a series of short films for kids created in partnership with BBC Worldwide, we get a...
View ArticleMost Satisfying Video of Pop-Up Cards designed by Peter Dahmen
Germany-based paper engineer Peter Dahmen designs and builds intricate paper structures and pop-up cards. Titled Most Satisfying Video of Pop-Up Cards, the video above showcases how Dahmen’s personal...
View ArticleMusic Animation Machine, colorful visualizations of classical music
Performed by Stephen Malinowski and accompanied by his Music Animation Machine classical music visualizations, enjoy Frédéric Chopin‘s Etude, opus 25 #4 in A minor. Malinowski’s music animations have...
View ArticleThe Waltz of the Snowflakes & The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
A flurry of dancing snowflakes scatters across the stage as Clara (Meaghan Grace Hinkis) and Hans-Peter/the Nutcracker (Ricardo Cervera) take in the wonder of a white Christmas in an enchanted forest....
View ArticleMarbles & Magnets synchronized to Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers
Follow this leisurely chain reaction marble run to the tune of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky‘s Waltz of the Flowers. YouTuber DoodleChaos synchronized the interactions in a screen linked video that includes...
View ArticleFlight through the Orion Nebula in visible and infrared light
Explore the Orion Nebula, as seen with both visible light from the Hubble Telescope and infrared light via the Spitzer Space Telescope, with the help of this three-dimensional fly-through. The...
View ArticlePow Surf 101: Powder surfing to Debussy’s Clair de Lune
Glide peacefully down a mountain full of fresh powder as a powder surfing snowboarder smoothly carves his pathway through the trees. The piano piece Clair de Lune, by French composer Claude Debussy,...
View ArticleSheku Kanneh-Mason plays Saint-Saëns’ The Swan
British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Le cygne (The Swan) from Camille Saint-Saëns‘ Le carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals), a track off of his debut album Inspiration. Hailing from...
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