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Il Silenzio

Johnny Cat — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:53:49 +0000

Conductor/composer Andre Rieu showcases Il Silenzio (commonly known as a variation of Taps) with trumpet solo by 13 year old Melissa Venema. The song is much more beautiful when played in its entirety, as opposed to what we hear in movie funeral scenes. This is probably the most peaceful five minutes you’ll have all day.

Il Silenzio from Brandon Noonan on Vimeo.

Darth Vader Conducting an Orchestra Performing the Imperial March

John Farrier — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:03:29 +0000

(YouTube Link)

Darth Vader did not approve of how the conductor of the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra was leading a performance of The Imperial March, so he stepped in to do the job himself.

In the links, you’ll find a longer video of this event from CNN.

via Topless Robot | CNN Video | Orchestra Website

RTOOT

Miss Cellania — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:02:03 +0000

RTOOT stands for Really Terrible Orchestra Of the Triangle. Membership is open to anyone in the Raleigh/Durham area who is not competent enough to play with other orchestras.

Who are we? The Really Terrible Orchestra Of the Triangle exists to encourage those who have been prevented from playing music together with others, either through lack of talent or some other factor, to rehearse and perform in an ensemble of similarly afflicted players. From a humble beginning in May 2008, we have grown into a 75-piece symphony orchestra worthy of its role as one of the premiere cultural gems of the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill NC (USA) region known as the Research Triangle. Except that we’re pretty terrible. Terrible, in the French sense of Des Enfants Terribles … in that while we haven’t made fun of Bach or Mozart yet, we certainly have had a naughty excursion or two with Strauss and Tchaikovsky.

Some snippets of RTOOT’s performances are available on YouTube. Link -via Everlasting Blort

Catcerto

Miss Cellania — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:58:22 +0000

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Lithuanian composer Mindaugas Piecaitis was inspired by Nora the Piano Playing Cat (featured previously at Neatorama) and composed a concerto for her to perform with an orchestra. Nora appears via videotape. The rest of the music was performed by the Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra. This performance, condicted by Piecaitis, was recorded on June 5th in Klaipeda, Lithuania. Link -via Arbroath

The Gadget Orchestra

Miss Cellania — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:54:35 +0000

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Can you get any geekier than Bohemian Rhapsody played by an orchestra of vintage gadgets? I think not. From the YouTube page:

Please note no effects or sampling was used. What you see is what you hear (does that even make sense?)
Atari 800XL was used for the lead piano/organ sound
Texas Instruments TI-99/4a as lead guitar
8 Inch Floppy Disk as Bass
3.5 inch Harddrive as the gong
HP ScanJet 3C was used for all vocals. Please note I had to record the HP scanner 4 seperate times for each voice. I tried to buy 4 HP scanners but for some reason sellers on E-Bay expect you to pay $80-$100, I got mine for $30.

I wonder if it takes requests? -via Arbroath

Gadget Orchestra

Stacy — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:42:35 +0000

This is pretty cool – it’s a musical composition using applications from several different handheld devices. I only ever thought to play games on my DS, so I’m quite impressed.

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