Music is like a language which everyone understands. It is an art form capable of generating great emotional response. Meet some of the world's famous composers and musical performers in this collection of music-based stories.
Leonard Slatkin conducts the BBC Orchestra on the 15th of September, 2001 in honor of all who died four days before.
Beethovens Piano Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Opus 27, No.
One of Beethoven's most-loved works for the piano is his "Moonlight Sonata." In this clip, we see it performed by Daniel Barenboim.
Using his Duport Stradivarius cello, Rostropovich interprets the Prelude, of Bach's Cello Suite No.
Michael Levy, a musician who plays ancient Greek melodies on his lyre, has recently released a CD of "mystical, ancient lyre music.
In this 60 Minutes segment, entitled Mr.
At the start of his musical career, Nathaniel Ayers played the largest stringed instrument in an orchestra - the double bass.
In this video clip, Nathaniel Anthony Ayers plays the trumpet, then the cello, in a duet with Joanne Pearce-Martin, principal keyboardist with the Los...
Move the clip forward, to approximately 1:34, to see Robert Gupta - at the time the youngest member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - work w...
Queen Elizabeth II gave her grandson a new title - honoring the people of Northern Ireland - on the day William married Catherine Middleton (the Duche...
One of the greatest musicians in Greece, Orpheus plays so beautifully that Eurydice (a wood nymph) is released from her tree-trunk domain.
Part two of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice.
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