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This pleasing performance of Rossini’s exhilarating piece is apparently the work of one of Japan’s biggest pop acts. The William Tell Overture is one of the most exhilarating pieces in music. So we ...

I’d try this at home, but I’m afraid I might bottle it. Someone has managed to perform the overture to William Tell entirely on glass bottles, in a video that probably took about a week to edit. We ...

Trust me, you know the overture. If you’ve thrilled to thundering hooves, clouds of dust and the ringing “Hi-Yo, Silver!” of “The Lone Ranger,” watched Bugs Bunny’s “Overtures to Disaster” with Daffy ...

The Proms concerts in London are essentially the biggest music festival in the world. Every year the world's great orchestras — including London's own — congregate in England for this festival. We ...

Everyone will at some point have come across the finale of Rossini’s iconic William Tell Overture. Having premiered in 1829, the full overture is split into four parts (albeit played without a break) ...

I've always had a soft spot for Gioacchino Rossini's overtures. Their slow introductions and sprightly melodies invariably lead to a big crescendo passage, in which Rossini repeats a motif several ...