All Entries Tagged With: "Video"

A Few Words On The Ondes Martenot

Created in 1928 by Maurice Martenot, the ondes Martenot was the first practical electric instrument. On principle it works the same as the theremin but in practice, they are quite different, mostly because the ondes Martenot requires physical contact in order to be played. Except for the [...]

Friday Links

There seems to be a bit of a brouhaha surrounding Canada’s new proposed copyright legislation. C-61 doesn’t get its second reading until after the Parliament returns from its summer break. Perhaps that will be enough time for MPs to see the bill as the Very Bad Idea it really is. Miss Mussel continues to [...]

Oops…

In her hurry to get the quiz winner announced, Miss Mussel forgot to mention who the performers were. The recording, selected by Quiz #19 winner Michael Monroe, was a Naxos recording, which is available here should it not already be a part of your library.

Notice anything interesting about the personnel?
Here’s a hint: [...]

Hypothetically Speaking

On scale of one to ten, how high would you rate someone’s maturity level if they snorted milk through their nose the first three times they watched this?

The Saddest Music In The World

The Walrus has a list going of the saddest music in the world as companion to Moira Farr’s article on music and depression. The usual suspects are there (Tears In Heaven, Joni Mitchell, Patsy Cline) as well a few that are off the beaten track.
Pointing out that there isn’t any classical [...]

Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges Video

Here’s the whole opera done as a ballet by Jiri Kylian, the Nederlands Dans Theater, Orchestra National de Paris and Lorin Maazel. Thanks to Gymnopedist on YouTube for uploading the performance.

Maybe It’s Not So Bad After All

After giving it some careful thought, Miss Mussel is willing to admit that perhaps she has been a tad overdramatic about the whole “destruction of classical music by the country’s public broadcaster” thing.
To be honest, Canada has many other national treasures and doesn’t need a hold over from 19th century Europe to define [...]