Let's end the month as we started, with Beethoven. Here's some amazing footage of Herbert von Karajan from 1966.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor (1/2)
Kurt Masur conducts the New York Philharmonic, Sarah Chang on violin...
Monday, March 2, 2009
Bizet - Carmen (Prelude and Habanera)
Maria Callas sings... her expressions during the prelude (and at the end, during the applause) are priceless. Pure elegance. I love this video.
Beethoven - Ode to Joy (1/3)
Leonard Bernstein conducts the Vienna Philharmonic. The first three minutes or so are riveting, as Bernstein talks about the universality of the music.
This reminds me (among other things) of A Clockwork Orange, one of the greatest movies ever made.
This is the first ever classical month...
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