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Ballet: Tiny Dancer

Sagemind (http://bravo.videosift.com/member/Sagemind) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:47:49 -0700

(12 votes - 2 comments - 258 views)
Anaheim Ballet student, Austin shares her ballet moves and ballet thoughts.

Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea play Mozart

antiuser (http://bravo.videosift.com/member/antiuser) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:37:06 -0700

(12 votes - 1 comment - 470 views)
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

Issykitty (http://issykitty.videosift.com) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:12:34 -0700

(11 votes - 2 comments - 181 views)
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

mauz15 (http://bravo.videosift.com/member/mauz15) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:10:08 -0700

(13 votes - 3 comments - 357 views)
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 condition, never reaches sexual maturity.

Castration before puberty (or in its early stages) prevents a boy's larynx from being transformed by the normal physiological events of puberty. As a result, the vocal range of prepubescence (shared by both sexes) is largely retained, and the voice develops into adulthood in a unique way. As the castrato's body grew, his lack of testosterone meant that his epiphyses (bone-joints) did not harden in the normal manner. Thus the limbs of the castrati often grew unusually long, as did the bones of their ribs. This, combined with intensive training, gave them unrivalled lung-power and breath capacity. Operating through small, child-sized vocal cords, their voices were also extraordinarily flexible, and quite different from the equivalent adult female voice, as well as higher vocal ranges of the uncastrated adult male.

-Wikipedia

Angel of Music from Phantom - A Cappella

jrbedford (http://bravo.videosift.com/member/jrbedford) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:26:33 -0700

(11 votes - 12 comments - 581 views)
Female quartet LoveNotes sings "Angel of Music" from Phantom of the Opera.

Yann Tiersen - La Moulin

E_Nygma (http://bravo.videosift.com/member/E_Nygma) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:45:10 -0700

(12 votes - 1 comment - 394 views)
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

Sarzy (http://sarzy.videosift.com) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:00:42 -0700

(14 votes - 2 comments - 198 views)
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

mauz15 (http://bravo.videosift.com/member/mauz15) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:36:20 -0700

(13 votes - 1 comment - 263 views)
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

EDD (http://bravo.videosift.com/member/EDD) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:04:01 -0700

(116 votes - 17 comments - 6619 views)
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' context that she manages to encapsulate in this mind-blowing performance, rest assured the tears in the Ukrainian audience members' eyes and the standing ovation were there for a reason.

Ксения Симонова - Реквием из песка (Requiem of Sand)

Leonard Bernstein - Journey into Jazz

Issykitty (http://issykitty.videosift.com) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:42:25 -0700

(11 votes - 2 comments - 304 views)
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.