Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Fierce Cello
I'm not spending a lot of time these days watching "Glee," but for some reason yesterday I found myself thinking about this version they did of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal.
There is something about the orchestration that I really love. It's a collaboration with a group called 2Cellos, which is, uh, two guys playing the cello. For whatever reason, I have a strong reaction to string instruments played this way, with aggression and purpose.
My favorite in this genre has long been Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3:
Do you like it?
