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I think that Vltava by Bedrich Smetana is one of the best pieces ever written. You can just see the music flowing.Submitted by freedomnotincluded  (x) 

I think that Vltava by Bedrich Smetana is one of the best pieces ever written. You can just see the music flowing.
Submitted by freedomnotincluded 

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Tagged • Bedřich Smetana • Bedrich Smetana • symphonic poem • orchestra • symphony • classical music • music • confessions
Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’ gives me a headache. It’s so overplayed.Submitted by ghostscantcry  (x)

Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’ gives me a headache. It’s so overplayed.
Submitted by ghostscantcry 

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Tagged • orff • Carmina Burana • orchestra • choir • cantata • classical music • music • confessions

Lesson plan: Peter & The Wolf - Exploring Melody

Tagged • music education • teacher • music appreciation • children • classical music • music • Prokofiev • orchestra
I hate my standpartner more than anyone else I know.Submitted by anonymous (x) 

I hate my standpartner more than anyone else I know.
Submitted by anonymous

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Tagged • musicians • music school • orchestra • classical music • music • confessions
I think I have a weakness for jokes about Ravel&#8217;s Bolero ;) 

I think I have a weakness for jokes about Ravel’s Bolero ;) 

(Source: tonedeafcomics.com)

Tagged • ravel • percussion • percussionist • orchestra • classical music • music • funny
I hate it when people who say they like Vivaldi have only heard the Four Seasons. Sure, they’re amazing, but he wrote so much more music that’s just as brilliant.Submitted by yuku-flan  (x)

I hate it when people who say they like Vivaldi have only heard the Four Seasons. Sure, they’re amazing, but he wrote so much more music that’s just as brilliant.
Submitted by yuku-flan 

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Tagged • Vivaldi • chamber • orchestra • stringed instruments • strings • audience • classical music • music • confessions

NJIT Designer Creates Ergonomic Chairs for Musicians

Tagged • Ergonomic • orchestra • classical music • music
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A (Very) Young Composer Gets His Chance At The New York Philharmonic
^ Interview & excerpts of ’The Globetrotter’ By Milo Poniewozik

(Source: nyphil)

Tagged • composer • orchestra • new york philharmonic • nyphil • audio • classical music • music
I want &#8220;Dies Irae&#8221; (from Verdi&#8217;s Requiem) to play when I enter a room. Submitted by milanstevanov (x) 

I want “Dies Irae” (from Verdi’s Requiem) to play when I enter a room. 
Submitted by milanstevanov

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Tagged • Verdi • choir • vocal • orchestra • etiquette • audience • listen • classical music • music • confessions

Conduct, play and step inside a virtual Philharmonia Orchestra, joining 132 musicians and Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Orchestra’s Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, performing one of the most spectacular pieces of music ever written. Universe of Sound is an extraordinary free interactive digital installation, allowing you to explore an orchestra from the inside out as they perform Holst’s The Planets. Using giant visual displays, touch screens, unconventional projecting surfaces, movement-based interaction and planetarium-style projections, you can take part as musicians, conductors, arrangers and composers.

Universe of Sound 
Science Museum in London; May 23 - July 8, 2012; FREE ADMISSION

Tagged • Esa-Pekka Salonen • Holst • Philharmonia Orchestra • classical music • conductor • museum • music • orchestra • video • vimeo • conducting