MetaFilter posts tagged with cello

Frank makes a bowl while Bonnie plays the cello

pjern — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:56:54 -0800

Gorgeous stop-motion photography of a wooden bowl being made.

Badass cello > badass other instruments

Rory Marinich — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:06:35 -0800

Giovanni Sollima is a contemporary composer and cellist whose music is at once fiercely modern and lushly romantic. Witness Daydream: the first half is a rich, warm trio, and the second half is a virtuosic cello solo that is, for lack of better words, punk as fuck. His longer composition Violoncelles, Vibrez! is a lush, pulsating piece that builds to an incredible climax. My favorite work of his, L. B. Files, is a four-part work that rapidly shifts styles and colors and textures – simply glorious all around.

Cello Fortress By Joost van Dongen

boo_radley — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:55:32 -0800

Cello Fortress is a unique combination of a game and a live music performance. A cellist defends a fortress by improvising on his cello. Melodies control the guns, dissonant notes activate the flamethrowers. Players from the audience use game controllers to steer their tanks and attack the fortress. The cellist plays live music, while at the same time controlling the game to be a fun challenge for the players. Cello Fortress is an innovative experiment that blends concert and game.

Bach is back

growabrain — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:59:35 -0800

Election Day Divertimento: Mischa Maisky plays Bach Cello Suite No.1 in G (SLYT)

Crowd sourced crime solving in SF

kellybird — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:47:11 -0800

Yesterday, a cello was stolen from the San Francisco conservatory. Today, the musician's dad is trying to use surveillance pics and a Reddit post to find the thieves. The Huffington Post has since picked up the photos as well. Will crowd-sourced crime solving work?

A Not-Sober Lullaby

flibbertigibbet — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:52:21 -0800

Ron Minis' Not-Sober Lullaby. (SLYT)

"Ask for forgiveness, not permission."

flex — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:46:40 -0800

Tricks for getting your violin on a plane, by Lara St. John.
How about an upright bass? A cello? A guitar? (previously) A trombone? A tuba (and other horns)? What about lutes, a djembe, a hurdy-gurdy, or bagpipes?
(Some general tips. More general tips - part 1, part 2.)

There's always room for Cello

ShutterBun — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:17:44 -0800

Star Wars medly for two cellos. (SLYT) The Piano Guys have released a handful of amusing videos featuring familiar tunes re-arranged for piano and cello. This time, they've pitted two cellos against each other, with some familiar faces chiming in along the way.

Gauche the Cellist, a Japanese short story and animated movie

filthy light thief — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:12:36 -0800

Gauche the Cellist [Google video, 63 minutes] is based on a story [Japanese; English translation #1, #2] by Kenji Miyazawa, one of the most-loved poet/storytellers in Japan (Miyazaki and Takahata love his works, and have been influenced by him). The movie was made as an independent project by a Japanese animation studio, OH Production (wiki), and took 6 years to complete. It is rather difficult to make a Kenji story into a movie because there are many Japanese just waiting to rip you apart if you screw up, but Gauche has been highly acclaimed, and is considered one of the best Miyazawa movies (IMDb). The story is about a cellist, Gauche, who becomes a better cellist by interacting with animals who visit his home every night. *

Ladies And Gentlemen, The Kronos Quartet

The Whelk — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:29:36 -0800

In their 25 year career San Fransisco-based Kronos Quartet might be most famous for creating the go-to dramatic movie trailer music but they've recently courted controversy with their latest album, 9/11, with Steve Reich (NPR First Listen). The album is another in a long line of collaborations with composers such as Phillip Glass, Terry Riley, and Pēteris Vasks. And like any good instrumental ensemble, they've covered Hendrix, Sigur Ros, and Tom Waits. Oh, and they've been on Sesame Street. Finally, here's some Portlandian tango dancers cutting it up to their track "Mini Skirt"

Something Is Happening That Is Not Happening At All.

kaibutsu — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:04:54 -0800

Observe a classy penguin. It's worth it. Take time. If you don't expect something big huge and exciting, usually, um... These are some videos by The Books, a couple defected physicists who stumbled into a music career in the underground. The videos were made to go with their live show, where they were afraid audiences would just be bored of a couple guys playing guitar and cello alongside a mostly-electronic album. Can you spot the Alan Watts?

You can bang your head to Beethoven

Bora Horza Gobuchul — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:07:05 -0800

George Mason Green Machine athletic band plays Killing In The Name Of... Welcome To The Jungle played on two cellos. One by Apocalyptica. The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain plays the theme from Shaft.

The KO Hip Hop Cello-Beatbox Experience

gman — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:14:44 -0800

Cellist Kevin Olusola incorporated beatboxing into a piece called Julie-O. Kevin's bio in the first link makes me feel completely inadequate.

Smooth Cello.

sonika — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:14:30 -0800

Smooth Criminal cello duet. That is all.

Zoë Keating: Avant Cello

homunculus — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:22:35 -0800

Cellist Zoë Keating describes her music as "the fusion of information architecture and classical music," and uses a traditional French cello and a foot-controlled MacBook to create lush, multi-layered cello music. From 2002 to 2006 she was a member of Rasputina, and more recently she played with Amanda Palmer. Keating has prospered online through iTunes and her website; her new album, Into the Trees, is streaming free and can be purchased on her website, and you can watch her perform some older pieces on her Youtube channel. [Via]

The sad, squeaky dirge of her certain ending

Wolfdog — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:18:19 -0800

Cello Hero? Have a go at bowing Saint-Saëns' The Swan.

Sunday Morning Cello

vronsky — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:28:52 -0800

Pablo Cas al s Bach Cello Suite No.1 - recorded in the Abbaye Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa in 1954.

That's a lotta time on Photoshop...

Happy Dave — Sat, 12 May 2007 09:07:06 -0800

Remember Lasse Gjertsen? Now he's helping cellist Giovanni Solima, and has created an awe-inspiring multi-armed, multi-location music video for his piece, 'DayDream'. (video links youtube)

"My theory was he once dated a cellist... and she dissed him really bad."

Melinika — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:02:19 -0800

Pachelbel Rant (YouTube) by Rob Paravonian (official site). A few more of his videos, including a comedy bit on the Friends theme and Sugar Ray lyrics. (previous reference on MeFi here)

Rostropovich is dead.

ardgedee — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:21:50 -0800

Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007). Master cellist and renowned conductor, Rostropovich was one of the great artistic dissidents of the Soviet Union. He started his career as a star of the Moscow Conservatory and lived long enough to play his cello in the rubble of the Berlin Wall. More from the Associated Press and Wikipedia.

Strings Attached!!

vronsky — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:57:25 -0800

Four Men And A Cello Some Bolero, to go with your Sunday morning coffee...

More Here:
Stringfever - History Of Music

Cello shots

ontic — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:04:59 -0800

A Cello Rondo A cello piece digitally combined from 37 different cello parts all played by the same musician. With funky video. [Qucktime, 45mb], [Quicktime, 22mb]. Other formats available through the link. via Digg.