This week, learn the full story behind Gioachino Rossini's "William Tell" Overture. Plus, we'll hear two towering musical expressions of nature with Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1 and Richard ...
I’d try this at home, but I’m afraid I might bottle it. Someone has managed to perform the overture to William Tell entirely on glass bottles, in a video that probably took about a week to edit. We ...
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You can call it a cello mash-up, as the pair start their performance with a stirring rendition of the 'William Tell Overture' before segueing into the Maiden classic. As you can see above, the duo of ...
This pleasing performance of Rossini’s exhilarating piece is apparently the work of one of Japan’s biggest pop acts. The William Tell Overture is one of the most exhilarating pieces in music. So we ...
I've always had a soft spot for Gioacchino Rossini's overtures. Their slow introductions and sprightly melodies invariably lead to a big crescendo passage, in which Rossini repeats a motif several ...
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