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Dance

Pigs in a Polka is a 1943 cartoon using Brahms' Hungarian Dances No. 5, 6, 7, 17
Cartoon / Dance

Brahms – Pigs in a Polka – Hungarian Dances 5, 7, 6, 17

Pigs in a Polka is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Merrie Melodies series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on February 2, 1943 by Warner Bros.  …

The Great Dictator, from Charlie Chaplin. Barber shop scene with Brahms music.
Movie / Dance / Orchestra / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5 – The Great Dictator, Chaplin

The Hungarian Dances (German: Ungarische Tänze) by Johannes Brahms (WoO 1), are a set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, completed in 1869. Brahms originally wrote the version for piano four hands.

Gluck / Sgambati - Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Grimaud, Piano
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Dance / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC / Transcription

Gluck/Sgambati – Dance of the Blessed Spirits – Grimaud, Piano

Dance of the Blessed Spirits is a melody from Orpheus and Eurydice, an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi.

Gluck/Sgambatti - Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Wang, Piano
ROMANTIC MUSIC / CLASSICAL MUSIC / Dance / Piano / Transcription

Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Gluck/Sgambati) – Wang, Piano

Dance of the Blessed Spirits is a melody from Orpheus and Eurydice, an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi.

The pianist Yuja Wang and Khatia Buniatishvilli are performing Brahms' first Hungarian Dance.
ROMANTIC MUSIC / Dance / Duet / Piano

Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 1 – Wang & Buniatishvili, Piano

The Hungarian Dance No. 1 is the first of the 21 Hungarian Dances (German: Ungarische Tänze) composed by Johannes Brahms, based mostly on Hungarian themes and completed in 1869.

The guitarist Julian Bream and John Williams play The Spanish Dance from Manuel de Falla's opera, La Vida Breve
ROMANTIC MUSIC / Dance / Duet / Guitar / Opera

Falla – La Vida Breve, Spanish Dance – Bream & Williams, Guitar

La vida breve (Life is Short or The Brief Life) is an opera in two acts and four scenes by Manuel de Falla. It was written between August 1904 and March 1905, but not produced until 1913.

Leonidas Kavakos and Yuja Wang perform the Russian Dance from Stravinsky's Trois mouvements de Petrouchka
Dance / Piano / Violin

Stravinsky – Petrouchka, Russian Dance – Kavakos; Wang

The Russian Dance for violin and piano, was one of a number of transcriptions for violin and piano that Stravinsky made of his music with the help of violinist Samuel Dushkin in the early 1930s.

Bach, Busoni - Chaconne in D Minor BWV 1004 - Grimaud, Piano
BAROQUE MUSIC / Dance / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Bach-Busoni – Chaconne in D Minor – Grimaud, Piano

The Chaconne in D Minor from Johann Sebastian Bach is the fifth and last movement of its Partita No 2 in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004), written between 1717 and 1720.

The Chinese pianist Yuja Wang plays Gluck"s Dance of the Blessed Spirits from his opera Orpheus and Eurydice, in Sgambati's transcription
ROMANTIC MUSIC / CLASSICAL MUSIC / Dance / Piano / Transcription

Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Gluck/Sgambati) – Wang, Piano

Dance of the Blessed Spirits is a melody from Orpheus and Eurydice, an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de’ Calzabigi.

Nicolas Rivenq and Patricia Petibon sing the rondo from Les Sauvages, the fouth and last entrée from the french opera-ballet, Les Indes Galantes, composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
BAROQUE MUSIC / Dance / Opera

Rameau – Les Sauvages (Les Indes galantes) – Rivenq, Baryton ; Petibon, Soprano

Les Sauvages (The Savages) is the fourth and last entrée from Les Indes galantes (The Amorous Indies), an Opéra-ballet with a prologue and initially two entrées written by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau.

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Happy Birthday to You! (Piano)

8 mice wish you a Happy Birthday!
But one needs more practice!

A Youtube video where 8 mice play Happy Birthday to you on the white keys of a piano!

The Great Dictator

The very famous scene with
Brahms's Hungarian Dance No. 5.

A YouTube video where a jewish barber - Chaplin - shaves a client to the rhythm of Brahms's Hungarian Dance No. 5 (The Great Dictator)

The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther is determined to replace Beethoven's 5th Symphony with his theme!

The Pink Panther disrupts an orchestra rehearsal by playing his Mancini's theme instead of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

Borg & Hambro play Chopin

2 grand pianos and 1 bench to play
Chopin's famous Minute Waltz

Thumbnail for a YouTube video where pianists Borge and Hambro play Chopin's Minute Waltz

The Carnival of the Animals

Yo-Yo and flamingos: the music
of Saint-Saëns illustrated by Walt Disney

From Walt Disney Fantasia 2000, a YouTube video where a flamingo plays Yo-Yo to Saint-Saens music

Tom in the Hollywood Bowl

Jerry wants to conduct
Johann Strauss II too!

A Tom & Jerry video on YouTube: Tom conducts a cats orchestra but Jerry wants to conduct it too!

Pigs in a Polka

The Three Little Pigs story
set to Brahms’ Hungarian Dances

YouTube thumbnail for the 1943 animated cartoon 'Pigs in a Polka,' set to Brahms’ Hungarian Dances.

Tom Concert Pianist

Tom is playing Liszt's 2nd Rhapsody and wakes up Jerry sleeping in the piano!"

A YouTube video where Tom plays Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in concert and wakes up Jerry who is sleeping in the piano!

Happy Birthday to You (Flute)

10 mice wish you a Happy Birthday!

Ten mice and one flute to sing and wish an Happy Birthday To You!

Most Famous Piano Song Ever!

Für Elise: 5 Best performances on grand piano by the greatest pianists

Für Elise youtube thumbnail with Beethoven piano sheet music
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