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Composer Lookalikes - Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra commercials can be very original and full of humor. Weezic has selected for you the best commercials, the funniest, and the most surprising ones. 1) Zurich Chamber Orchestra – This commercial has won several prizes. In this video, the sheet turns into a rollercoaster, we follow the part of the 1st violin of the 2nd symphony, 4th movement by Ferdinand Ries. 2) RTE National Symphony Orchestra – This commercial shows how a famous work as Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana has been used in ads and has been associated with these ads.
Top 3 most original orchestra commercials
Musicians are not the only ones to be able to animate the dots and lines on a music score. With a scalpel, a glue stick and her patience, American artist Erika Iris Simmons (known under the pseudonym iri5) gives life to paper sheet music by cutting, re-arranging and pasting them. A score of Johann Strauss becomes a beautiful dancing girl, a treble clef is turned into a bracelet on the “Goddess of Music”‘s wrist, and Martin Luther King emerges from the popular American song Amazing Grace. Discover pictures of her work! Goddess of Music (music taken from “ Ein Herz, ein Sinn!” Polka-mazurka, Op. 323″, Johann Strauss II )
The secret life of music scores
Have you ever wondered what your favorite instrument looks like from the inside? What kind of structure is able to produce such a beautiful sound when you play? The Berliner Philharmoniker has recently lauched a new promotion campain, with pictures of instruments taken from inside.
Musical instruments from inside
Harp Glass ( copyright "Glass Duo") Have you ever played with your wine glass to make a sound when you were kid? You parents probably told you to stop immediately, fearing that you would break it! You must not be afraid of breaking your glass if you want to play “Glass harp” (also called singing wine glasses, or angelic organ). This is not a joke, the glass harp is a real musical instrument make of several wine glasses of different size, each making a different sound when a musician rubs them.
Wine glass concerto