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Mozart’s ‘Rondo alla Turca’, but bluegrass-style and on a BANJO

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The ‘Up’ theme tune, but it’s played by a string quartet

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Watch this pianist turn John Williams’ Harry Potter music into an exquisite piece of Baroque counterpoint

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