I listen with great appreciation to the greatest talents from around the world and one performing artist that has built a brand around himself is André Rieu. In the following video he and his large orchestra plays a waltz written by Sir. Anthony Hopkins about 50 years ago, in the presence of Sir. Anthony Hopkins. Look at his wife next to him and feel the emotion, pretty fantastic.
Another performance I keep returning to is this one that he did on stage with "Bond" more than ten years ago, please enjoy:
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Hi @fyrstikken , I would never have imagined you as someone who enjoys classical music, I also was not aware that Sir. Anthony Hopkins is a composer. From watching the video , Sir. Anthony Hopkins was taken by surprise when he heard his composition. André Rieu violin skills is true mastery of an art that is slowly disappearing in a world of high tech music. Both of the compositions were an absolutely pleasure to listen to. Thank you for sharing!
You are welcome :)
Thank you so much for the upvote of my comment @fyrstikken and also for replying. Cheers
Believe it or not, Billy Joel has done some classical pieces too:
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I had never heard of André Rieu nor Sir Anthony Hopkins. There are so many amazing composers & conductors in the world (I studied piano in college) that we never got to in my program.
I really enjoyed the elegant simplicity of Hopkins' writing. It's refreshing at a time in the world where so many things are needlessly complicated, including our art. I loved seeing the expressions on different audience members as well as the Hopkins and his wife. It underscores the intense "livingness" of music.
Thanks for sharing @fyrstikken!
Here is a piece I really enjoy by the revolutionary composer Dolores Catherino. She invented a system of pitch division called polychromatism. Warning: this music is quite unusual to the ears at first because it uses intervals not in our "typical" scale of 12 notes. Over time the ears will expand after listening to microtonal music and grow to like it. :) I hope you enjoy her composition called "Recurrence."
All credit goes to Dolores Catherino as composer of this interesting style of music. How did you feel as you listened/ watched this?
Wow - This is astounding - I'm going to check into more of her music. Thanks @d-pend ! Fascinating .....
Great, please do! Glad you enjoyed it :)
The style of music felt a little like Vangelis.
This is some superb music @fyrstikken
Just watching Anthony Hopkins happily dance in his seat makes me happy! haha
Perfect! Just perfect! The music is perfect, the hall is perfect even the dresses of the violinist are perfect!!!!!
Thanks for this great share! :)
It was a wonderful tribute to (Sir?) Anthony Hopkins. playing his own waltz! Keep posting this kind of stuff and you'll get upvotes from me.
Absolutely fantastic music, so beautiful. I have never heard of it before but it's really emotional and it touches my heart. Thanks for sharing. I personally don't listen to much music, I love to enjoy the silence! But this is something extra:)
Here's another moving piece:
I love this guy!
Absolutely amazing, thanks!
Hey Dude,
This is nearly 2 hours but worth it. A classic performance by Ludovico Einaudi at the Royal Albert Hall in 2010.
Enjoy.
Libertango by Alison Balsom!
There is nothing more exciting to watch than some very talented women that are beautiful and have such infectious smiles when they are having fun at what they do.
Great video no matter how many times it has been around.