Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Goes Barbershop

What happens when Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik meets a traditional American barbershop quartet? Four voices. One unmistakable Mozart melody. And absolutely no orchestra. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is reimagined as a vintage four-part barbershop performance, with lead, tenor, baritone and bass combining in tight close harmony. The original melody remains unmistakably Mozart, but everything around it has been transformed: ringing barbershop chords, intricate vocal movement, soaring tenor harmonies, a deep bass foundation, dramatic swipes and a huge sustained quartet finale. And because Mozart apparently wasn't quite theatrical enough, the quartet performs the whole thing with completely straight-faced professional seriousness — in German. This is classical music viewed through the world of traditional American barbershop singing. If you enjoyed the barbershop version of Beethoven's Ode to Joy, here's another classical masterpiece getting the four-part treatment. Put on your headphones, listen for the individual voices, and wait for the final tag. #EineKleineNachtmusik #Mozart #Barbershop #ACappella #VocalHarmony