Raisin Brahms

I do believe this is the greatest public service announcement in the history of television.

What's The Latin Word For Theses?

'95 Theses.' The rap video...

A Bit of Fry and Laurie

The first of a long series of videos.

WZaucher

Cum Sancto Spirito from the Bach B-Minor Mass. From the great WZaucher craze of 2006.



....And here's how it really sounds.



(Done in the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig where Bach was cantor with the St. Thomas Choir and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Georg Christoph Biller)

Not bad for one kid....

(Gulda conducts the Munich Philharmonic from the keyboard in Beethoven's Emperor Concerto. Gulda spends most of his conducting time fumbling around the score for the right page, but it does not change that he plays like an angel.)

More Gulda

(Gulda plays Miles Davis's All Blues with guest Herbie Hancock at the Salzburg Festival in 1989)

Friedrich Gulda: Variations on Light My Fire

Friedrich Gulda, arguably the greatest Beethoven pianist in the second half of the 20th century, plays his variations on The Doors' Light My Fire. This giant of the keyboard was given the moniker 'Terrorist Pianist' for his propensity to include jazz and rock standards in his classical recitals. Gulda himself attributed his passion for performing jazz to an encounter he had with Dizzy Gillespie in early 50's Chicago. Fairly soon thereafter, he was as likely to be heard at Newport as he was at Carnegie Hall. Like his contemporary, Glenn Gould, his clashes with noted authorities in classical music were notorious. When his alma mater, the Vienna Academy elected to confer on him the prestigious Beethoven Ring, Gulda became the first musician in history to return it in protest of what he regarded as their constricting educational practices. Gulda was also forced to cancel a concert at the famous Salzburg Festival because the festival objected to his inclusion of jazz musician Joe Zawinul on the program. In the late 70's, Gulda sharply curtailed his activities on the classical circuit and thereafter rarely performed any concerts in which he could not freely combine his dual pursuits. In this vein, he founded the Eurojazz Orchestra, a big-band combo whose concerts freely intermingled jazz compositions with classical.

Sesame Street Censored

"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,"

1 Corinthians 15:51-52

Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea do Mozart

Two genii of the keyboard meet over a third in the final movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 10 for two pianos. This performance is at a level of understanding at which most classical pianists never arrive.

The Finnish Screaming Men's Choir

Performing the Star Spangled Banner:

Itzhak Perlman and Zubin Mehta Gone Wild!!!

But wait until you see what happens when Snoop gets hold of the camera...

The Rite of Appalachian Spring

Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang

A perfect piece of music. Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang by Johannes Brahms. The women of the Swedish Radio Choir sing, under the direction of the legendary Claudio Abbado. The great Stefan Dohr plays the horn part.

World's Largest Piano

Self-explanatory:

Master Singers: Highway Code

Also from 1966.