![]() MetCom Studio (Behind the Scenes footage)Īrrangement written and produced by Al van der Beek & Steven Sharp Nelson This piece and video are dedicated to him. He was a true master of music, blessed by God. There is no doubt Beethoven discovered many of the "secrets" of art - people all over the world enjoy them every day. ![]() He believed that art itself had "secrets" that had to be "forced into" in order to obtain art's highest level. And yet, he wrote his life's greatest works after becoming deaf. Imagine that.one of the greatest composers that ever lived could hardly hear. His most prominent secret that he desperately tried to keep from the public and that caused him to be considered extremely eccentric, irritable, and hermit-like was his "weakness." He was deaf during most of his life. What are Beethoven's secrets? He had many. Try to guess where they are and where they come from! We used 5 different melodies from the 4 movements of Beethoven's 5th Symphony (not including the "bridge" the orchestra plays in the middle). Steven Sharp Nelson had soloed with the orchestra the previous year and loved the spirit and the talent that the orchestra showed at such young ages (ages 13-18!) Together we developed the concept of "Beethoven's 5 Secrets," combining OneRepublic's tune "Secrets" with melodies and moments from all four movements of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. It combined two of the things we are working to accomplish - inviting people to classical music and inspiring young musicians. The American Heritage Lyceum Philharmonic (Youth Orchestra) and its director, Kayson Brown, approached us with this idea. #thepianoguys #pianocello #beethovens5secrets You can get 1 month for free if you are new to Apple Music! Then Steven Sharp Nelson takes Bach’s Cello prelude from 1720-ish and Gounod’s melody from 1859, and combines them with his own ideas in June 2011-152 years after Gounod and at least 288 years after Bach.If you love classical music as much as we do, check out Apple Music Classical here. Gounod takes the C major Prelude from Well-Tempered Clavier and writes a melody over the top 137 years later in 1859. Bach, the one in C major from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.ĭid you follow that? Bach composes the Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello most likely between 1717–1723 he also composes Book I of the Well-Tempered Clavier in 1722. That Ave Maria was Gounod’s own version of old-meets-new because he composed it to be sung over a different “Prelude” by J. And here’s the kicker-Nelson combines the “Prelude” with bits of Charles Gounod‘s famous Ave Maria. 1-except the cellist, Steven Sharp Nelson, clones himself seven times. Incidentally, they’ve also put out a re-imagined version of that same “Prelude” from Bach’s Cello Suite No. They combined Somewhere Over the Rainbow with the Shaker tune Simple Gifts Adele’s Rollin in the Deep with Holst’s “Jupiter” from The Planets and used elements inspired by Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata in a new piece, played on electric cello. The Piano Guys have done other interesting mash-ups of old and new music. 1. (There’s also a vocal version of this mash-up.) 5. The YouTube blurb doesn’t mention this, but near the beginning I also hear distinctive connections to the “Prelude” from J. So here is one of their recent uploads, which combines elements from OneRepublic‘s song Secrets with references to Beethoven‘s Symphony No. (Why aren’t these the sorts of videos that go viral?) That, combined with nice visuals and professional videography, gives them a strong presence on YouTube. I think that what they are doing will entice a younger audience back to an interest in art music. In some ways, that idea is what inspired the naming of this blog. They have done some fine things with combining older and newer music into something unique and refreshing. Don’t let their name fool you-it’s actually a piano guy and a cello guy (and behind-the-scenes guys). I wasn’t the first to jump on The Piano Guys band wagon, but I’m so glad I did.
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