I can’t decide whether to be entertained…or mortified. Peer Gynt is one of my favourite classical music suites, and I’d have to say that In the Hall of the Mountain King is perhaps one of the most universally recognisable pieces of music ever composed. I’d imagine that some Beethoven and Mozart beat Grieg out, but there probably aren’t many people who wouldn’t at least experience a vague, “Yeah, I’ve heard that somewhere,” especially if they’d ever watched cartoons. However, when you think, “cellists trained at the Sibelius Academy in Finland”, this probably isn’t what immediately springs to mind. On one hand, Grieg is probably rolling in his grave, but on the other, it’s strangely compelling and I watched the entire thing without even opening a new tab (as I often do when I’m playing a music video on YouTube). I’m not sure whether that’s because it was appealing, or whether it’s for the same reason people stop to look at accident scenes…. 🙂