Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American recording artist, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most-awarded female act of all-time. Houston was also one of the world’s best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums, singles and videos worldwide. She [...]
Artist: Johnny Neon soundcloud.com/johnny-neon ; facebook.com/johnnyneon.music ;
Director: Dave Meinert davemeinert.com
Camera: Lemon
Editor: Josh Borill, vimeo.com/channels/postofficepostproduction
Track mixed by Rob Brinkworth at Resonate-Audio
A music video by Dave Meinert made for Johnny Neon after his friend, Will asked him to look after his dog for the weekend.
Shot on GoPro with a custom built rig from soccer shin guard and [...]
Friday, February 24th, 2012
The Nutcracker, Op. 71 is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King”. It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on Sunday, December 18, 1892, on [...]
Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Ruslan and Lyudmila is an opera in five acts (eight tableaux) composed by Mikhail Glinka between 1837 and 1842. The opera is based on the 1820 poem of the same name by Aleksandr Pushkin. The multi-authored Russian libretto was written by Valerian Shirkov, Nestor Kukolnik, and N. A. Markevich, among others. Pushkin’s untimely death in [...]
Friday, February 10th, 2012
Story behind the song:
The Lyceum Philharmonic (Youth Orchestra) and its director, Kayson Brown, approached us with this idea. We loved it. It combined two of the things we are working to accomplish — inviting people to classical music and inspiring young musicians. Steven Sharp Nelson had soloed with the orchestra the previous year and loved [...]
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Symphony No. 2 by Ferdinand Ries.
Conducted by Howard Griffiths with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra.
I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo – 00:00
II. Andantino – 8:32
III. Menuetto – Allegretto – 14:45
IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo – 20:10
From that piece you can also enjoy a visualization of the 1st violin of the 2nd symphony, 4th movement by Ferdinand [...]
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Piece: New World Symphony by Antonin Dvorak.
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker.
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.