John Williams’ 10 greatest movie soundtracks - Classic FM
WEBJan 25, 2024 · The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) As the wise director Steven Spielberg once said, “Without John Williams, bikes don’t fly” – and this is precisely the score that proves it. When E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial was released in 1982, the titular alien character was a marvel of animatronic achievement. But despite its expressive abilities and ...
The 15 most famous tunes in classical music - Classic FM
WEBJun 17, 2022 · Bizet – ‘Carmen’. Bizet 's opera Carmen from 1875 is jam-packed with catchy tunes – from the 'Toreador's Song' to the 'Habanera' and the aria 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle' to the Overture itself. Bizet's music has appeared most recently in the Pixar film Up. Sesame Street also did a pretty epic cover, not to forget Tom and Jerry's homage.
Rhapsody in Blue: How Gershwin’s hastily composed ‘jazz concerto ...
WEBFeb 12, 2024 · What Gershwin wrote was not a ‘jazz concerto’, as the New York Tribune had promised. Instead, he had composed a rhapsodic work for ‘piano and jazz band’, a meeting of European symphonic music and American jazz, brought together with his inimitable melodic gift and piano prowess. Rhapsody in Blue ’s most iconic moment, …
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WEBFeb 5, 2021 · Listen to Classic FM on smart speakers. If you’ve got a smart speaker, say to it “Play Classic FM” and enjoy the world’s greatest music in your home.. If you have an Amazon Alexa, and you want to catch up on the last seven days of Classic FM programmes for free, use the new Global Player Amazon skill.Just ask for a programme and a date, …
The 20 greatest Beethoven works of all time - Classic FM
WEBDec 12, 2023 · There are six movements in Op. 130. The ‘Cavatina’ is deeply emotional – the first violin ‘weeps’ – and a friend said its composition cost Beethoven real tears. The final movement, the ‘Grosse Fuge’, was considered too massive for what had gone before, and Beethoven replaced it and published it separately (see no. 14).
If Beethoven was completely deaf, how did he compose music?
WEBMar 7, 2023 · Taking a lukewarm bath of Danube water seemed to help Beethoven’s stomach ailments, but his deafness became worse. “I am feeling stronger and better, except that my ears sing and buzz constantly, day and night.”. One bizarre remedy was strapping wet bark to his upper arms until it dried out and produced blisters.
15 of the greatest classical choral works ever written
WEBSep 7, 2021 · Bach: St Matthew Passion (1727) You can’t have a playlist of choral music without Bach.It would just be preposterous. Listen to every single choral piece he ever wrote right now, but also the St Matthew Passion is picked out for sublime moments like the aria ‘Erbarme dich, mein Gott,’ which seems to literally tear your heart apart, and the stirring …
What are the lyrics to the US National Anthem, The Star-Spangled …
WEBApr 24, 2023 · And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave. O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand. Between their loved home and the war’s desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n rescued land. Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Um, Google now lets you search for music just by humming or …
WEBNov 3, 2023 · You can now search in Google and YouTube for any song or symphony you like, just by humming, singing or whistling it. The update, a feature called ‘Hum to Search’, was announced at Google’s Search On event in 2020 but has now also been rolled out within YouTube, which is owned by Google. It allows you to search for a piece of music …
20 of the greatest sopranos and mezzos of all time - Classic FM
WEBElisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915-2006) Often considered one of the 20th century’s greatest singers, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, was a German-born Austro-British lyric soprano. Schwarzkopf was a champion of German lieder and one of the finest Mozart singers of all time. In her older years, she became a doctor of music at the University of Cambridge in ...
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