All I Want for Christmas: The Stockholm Syndrome

All I Want for Christmas: The Stockholm Syndrome

Daily Comfort Zone

norman lebrecht

December 02, 2024

Cellist Josep Castanyer Alonso of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra has issued a video of himself playing the Maria Carey hit in the style of six composers.

Josep samples Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Bartók.

Boulez might have been good.

But his captions are brilliant.

Comments

  • Edo says:

    Really good!!

  • ethant says:

    Brilliant. What’s he doing wasting his time as an orchestral cellist?

    I myself can do a pretty mean John Cage imitation, of ANY tune you can throw at me, which I will improv for 4 minutes nonstop à la 4’33” ; )

  • Wimsey says:

    The Rachmaninoff is spot on!
    He has a previous video with variations on I’m a Barbie Girl.

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