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Ravel in a train station

eggtooth — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:44:16 -0800

Ravel's Bolero in Copenhagan train station. that is all

Not to be confused with Beethoven's 25th Concerto for Vuvuzela.

grapefruitmoon — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:50:05 -0800

Vuvuzela Chorale from Brahm's First Symphony. [single link vuvuzela]

Bolero just keeps coming

leibniz — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:38:43 -0800

Interesting article in New Scientist describing how a Canadian artist created this representation of Ravel's Bolero whilst she unknowingly had the very same progressive aphasia that Ravel had when he composed the music. It probably reveals some interesting crossover between the neural processing of music and syntax in language. But in the meantime here's some previous posts on Bolero: This dark animation and some collaborative cello playing. And may as well throw in Torvill and Dean's 'perfect' ice interpretation as well

Think before you act

mattoxic — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:49:04 -0800

Allegro Non Troppo is an animated film written and directed by Bruno Bozzetto [previously]. Now the wonder of the youtubes enjoy Ravel's Bolero [Part 2] [Part 3], Debussy’s Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Dvorak's Slavonic Dance # 7, Sibelius' Valse Triste, Vivaldi's Concerto in C major, and Stravinsky's Firebird. The film also has wonderful comedy moments between the animation sequences featuring an orchestra of imprisoned geriatric women, an evil conductor, a romantic artist and his lover. A final animated finale also wonderful.

Showoffs and knucklebusters

argybarg — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:54:50 -0800

What's the most difficult piano piece? Opinions vary. Is it La Campanella, written by Liszt to show off what only he could do? (performance, score) Is it Balakirev's Islamey, which even Balakirev struggled to play? (performance, score) Or Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit, written to top Islamey? (performance, score) Does Godowsky double his points by reconfiguring the already-difficult Chopin for the left hand? (performance) And if someone plays all four hours of Sorabji's Opus Clavicembalisticum, written across four staves to fit the extra notes, will anyone listen? (perfomance excerpts, score excerpts)