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Bravo! Classical music and more
by Deano

Welcome to the high culture channel where we rejoice in opera, classical music, ballet and musical theatre.

Enjoy the many gems that sifters have found.


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Ballet: Tiny Dancer
posted by Sagemind 1 week 5 days ago • 258 views
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Anaheim Ballet student, Austin shares her ballet moves and ballet thoughts.


Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea play Mozart
posted by antiuser 7 months 4 weeks ago • 470 views
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Jazz greats Chick Corea and Keith Jarrett play Mozart's Concerto For 2 Pianos & Orchestra In E-Flat Major, K. 365.

Leonard Bernstein conducts Johannes Brahms Double Concerto
posted by Issykitty 1 week 2 days ago • 181 views
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Double concerto by Johannes Brahms - movt.3 - vivace non troppo Gidon Kremer on violin, and Mischa Maisky on cello

The Castrati - 100000 Boys Castrated to Preserve Their Voice
posted by mauz15 5 days 21 hours 27 minutes ago • 357 views
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A castrato is a man with a singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto voice produced by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinological... more inside

Angel of Music from Phantom - A Cappella
posted by jrbedford 6 months ago • 581 views
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Female quartet LoveNotes sings "Angel of Music" from Phantom of the Opera.

Yann Tiersen - La Moulin
posted by E_Nygma 1 year 3 weeks ago • 394 views
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Yann Live @ Route du Rock! I just found out that I own the same style melodica as Yann does! A remnant of my father's musical past...

Khachaturian -- Sabre Dance
posted by Sarzy 5 days 1 hour 19 minutes ago • 198 views
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Though you probably don't know this bombastic piece of music by name, I can pretty much guarantee that you've heard it before.

(BBC) Great Composers - Johann Sebastian Bach
posted by mauz15 6 days 21 hours 28 minutes ago • 263 views
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. -Wikipedia

Sand Drawing Taken to Level Way Beyond Next
posted by EDD 1 week ago • 6619 views
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We've all seen (and tried) sand-drawing, but this is beyond insane. This Ukrainian Talent contestant has absurd drawing and storytelling skills. While Western audiences might not fully grasp the '1945'... more inside

Leonard Bernstein - Journey into Jazz
posted by Issykitty 1 week 2 days ago • 304 views
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Leonard Bernstein & NY Philharmonic - Gunther Schuller's - Journey into Jazz featuring Eric Dolphy, Benny Golson, Richard Davis, and Don Ellis taken from a 1964 television broadcast.

Björk interviews Arvo Pärt
posted by griefer_queafer 1 week 6 days ago • 183 views
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Part talks about the philosophy behind his unique style. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvo_Part

Leonard Bernstein performs Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto
posted by Issykitty 1 week 2 days ago • 334 views
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Piano Concerto in G major performed by the great Leonard Bernstein. Yeyeah!

Fantasia - Night on Bald Mountain
posted by HaricotVert 1 year 8 months ago • 1844 views
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Anyone else remember seeing this when they were young and being frightened out of their wits?

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - "A Taste Of Honey"
posted by kronosposeidon 3 weeks 5 days ago • 447 views
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I never even knew an orchestral version of "A Taste Of Honey" was composed by Herb Alpert, let alone that there was a vintage music video for it too. Herb sure seems to like the ocean. Who doesn't?

Michael Nyman - Time Lapse
posted by Ezmo 1 week 5 days ago • 290 views
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The Michael Nymand Band playing "Time Lapse" from his original soundtrack to Peter Greenaway's "A Zed and Two Noughts." Definitely one of his best works.