Choral legend Eric Whitacre conducts a 160-voice chorus of mostly high school students in an unbelievably fantastic work including not only great voices but also stellar use of human as well as standard percussion. Even by 40 seconds, you'll be interested.

Who knew that a group of mostly teenagers, in the hands of a talented musician, could create such beautiful music?

Here is the greatest a capella group in the world singing one of the most beautiful compositions ever written. Hang on until the end. It's worth it.

ASHTON KUTCHER'S "VIOLIN BOY", Soon to be on "ELLEN D" Ashton Kutcher discovered 13 year old Justus Rivera playing his violin in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square. Kutcher recorded this young musician... more inside

Smashing arrangement of the third movement of Philip Glass's Symphony #3 for (and by) Cello Octet Amsterdam. Rich and autumnal, with a beautiful melody. Really shows off the range of the instruments well. Filmed live in performance in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, September 2009.

Hard to believe this is not on VS yet since this has almost half a million hits on YouTube. Very good stuff. Wikipedia entry on Pablo Casals

Darth Vader assumes command of the Icelandic Philharmonic Orchestra as they play the Imperial March.

from the description on Vimeo: a little animation project i started this past weekend, inspired by the wonderful music of Olafur Arnalds. the song is called Ljósið, and you can listen to it at: ... more inside

Darth Vader is quite the conductor apparently

A musical episode from the current Batman animated series. Guest starring Neil Patrick Harris!

Bach on the craaaaaazy Nyckelharpa

This is an excellent performance, recording and video of Bach's epic Passicaglia and Fugue in C minor. Hans-Andre Stamme is the Organist, performing on the Trost Organ in Waltershausen. You don't... more inside

Hidden History was written by Vloeimans, performing here with Fugimundi http://www.ericvloeimans.com/ http://www.harmenfraanje.nl http://www.myspace.com/antongoudsmit

This is simply astounding.

I love the entire soundtrack to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

We mortals can only dream about being able to sing this well.

Piano virtuosi Leif Ove Andsnes and Lang Lang talk about Mozart's Piano Concerti. It's very fascinating to see the difference between the theoretical and somewhat geeky Andsnes and the fantasising and projecting Lang.