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Introducing the Bar chimes |
The sound you heard in the portal is from bar chimes or mark tree, a percussion instrument used primarily for musical colour, created in the last 1960's by percussionist Mark Stevens |
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Ode to Joy |
It was composed by Beethoven when he was already deaf. He couldn't hear the frenetic applause when it premiered. |
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Brahms' Lullaby |
Brahms, as a gift to his friend Bertha Faber, who gave birth to a son, took a German folk text and to its rhythm composed one of the most known melodies in the world |
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Spring |
A piece from Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons". He was ordained a priest, but begged off his duties due to chest ailment. Some biographers believe he faked this to dedicate more to music. |
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Tchaikovsky's Overture 1812 |
This overture was meant for a spectacular open air performance featuring booming cannons and ringing churchbells and even final fireworks |
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Toccata and Fugue in D Minor |
It's a sinister organ piece attributed to Bach, associated with the Halloween holiday and other tales of horror. |
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New World Symphony |
It is the most popular of Dvorak's symphonies; Neil Armstrong took a recording of it with him on the Apollo mission to the moon |
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Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
Composed by Bach, it is often performed at wedding ceremonies, as well as during Christian festive seasons like Christmas and Easter |
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