{"id":16416,"date":"2023-06-22T14:43:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T18:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=16416"},"modified":"2023-06-22T14:43:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T18:43:16","slug":"unique-versions-of-songs-part-3-classical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/unique-versions-of-songs-part-3-classical\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique versions of songs, part 3: classical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the final list of superb videos, this time showing unique presentations of classical songs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Johann Sebastian Bach&#8217;s &#8220;Air on the G String&#8221; played by 2 cellos\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Oj-HZCe3MKI\">2CELLOS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Samuel Barber&#8217;s &#8220;Adagio for Strings&#8221; played by one person playing all the parts on cello\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hfcZheDtUXc\">That Cello Guy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ludwig van Beethoven&#8217;s 4th movement from Symphony No. 5 played by instrumentalists at home\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fmHQFNvYAlA\">New Jersey Symphony<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ludwig van Beethoven&#8217;s 2nd movement from Symphony No. 7 played by a flash mob\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J-2DXY-awb4\"><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Greenwich Village Orchestra<\/span> in New York<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ludwig van Beethoven&#8217;s &#8220;Ode to Joy&#8221; (from Symphony No. 9) sung by Beeker of The Muppets\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VnT7pT6zCcA\">The Muppets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ludwig van Beethoven&#8217;s &#8220;Ode to Joy&#8221; (from Symphony No. 9) played by a flash mob\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cxLbmnvMWM0\">Orchestra in Sabadell, Spain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span data-ved=\"2ahUKEwj3htrIu8n1AhVYlWoFHd-FBJAQ2kooAnoECAwQDA\">Georges Bizet<\/span>&#8216;s &#8220;Habanera&#8221; (from Carmen) sung by the Swedish Chef and Beaker of The Muppets\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jXKUb5A1auM&amp;t=15s\">Habanera | Muppet Music Video | The Muppets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"snippet-text\" class=\"style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander\"><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\">Antonin Dvora<\/span><\/span><\/span>k&#8217;s Symphony Number 9 (From the New World) excerpts played by instrumentalists at home\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=enwC-WyVQdY\">Qatar Philharmonic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Edvard Grieg&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Mood&#8221; (from Peer Gynt) played by a flash mob\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X1g6Y9cp88E\">Orchestra in Copenhagen, Denmark<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Edvard Grieg&#8217;s &#8220;In the Hall of the Mountain King&#8221; (from Peer Gynt) played on organ\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dBoGdJ54oWI\"><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Jonathan Scott<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Gustav Holst&#8217;s &#8220;Jupiter&#8221; (from The Planets) played by a flash mob\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q3cpOrB1GW8\">Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra in Boston<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Carl Orff&#8217;s &#8220;Carmina Burana&#8221; sung &amp; played by a flash mob\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PJNp5UKRtbQ\">Orchestra in Vienna, Austria<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Maurice Ravel&#8217;s &#8220;Bolero&#8221; played by instrumentalists at home\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D3UW218_zPo\">New York Philharmonic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov&#8217;s &#8220;Flight of the Bumblebee&#8221; played by a brass quartet\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xZO5KTJTwhE\">Canadian Brass<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky&#8217;s &#8220;Sleeping Beauty&#8221; played by a flash mob\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2ncPSxdiHVo\">Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky&#8217;s &#8220;Sugar Plum Fairy&#8221; (from <span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">The Nutcracker) <\/span>played on musical glasses\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QdoTdG_VNV4\">GlassDuo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And one medley<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tchaikovsky&#8217;s &#8220;Waltz of the Flowers&#8221; (from <span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">The Nutcracker),<\/span>&#8221; Mozart&#8217;s 1st movement from &#8220;<span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Eine Kleine Nachtmusik<\/span>&#8221; &amp; more\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NmVRKwScVKM\">National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra at Taoyuan international Airport, Taiwan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the final list of superb videos, this time showing unique presentations of classical songs. 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