Beethoven's 5 Secrets - OneRepublic - The Piano Guys

Story behind the song:
The American Heritage Lyceum Philharmonic (Youth Orchestra) and its
director, Kayson Brown, approached us with this idea. We loved it. It
combined two of the things we are working to accomplish -- inviting
people to classical music and inspiring young musicians. Steven Sharp
Nelson had soloed with the orchestra the previous year and loved the
spirit and the talent that the orchestra showed at such young ages (ages
13-18!) Together we developed the concept of "Beethoven's 5 Secrets,"
combining OneRepublic's tune "Secrets" with melodies and moments from
all four movements of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

We used 5 different melodies from the 4 movements of Beethoven's 5th
Symphony (not including the "bridge" the orchestra plays in the middle).
Try to guess where they are and where they come from!

What are Beethoven's secrets? He had many. His most prominent secret
that he desperately tried to keep from the public and that caused him to
be considered extremely eccentric, irritable, and hermit-like was his
"weakness." He was deaf during most of his life. Imagine that...one of
the greatest composers that ever lived could hardly hear. And yet, he
wrote his life's greatest works after becoming deaf. He believed that
art itself had "secrets" that had to be "forced into" in order to obtain
art's highest level. There is no doubt Beethoven discovered many of the
"secrets" of art -- people all over the world enjoy them every day. He
was a true master of music, blessed by God. This piece and video are
dedicated to him.


Filming locations:
The Mountains of St. George Utah
American Heritage School
TPG Studios
MetCom Studio (Behind the Scenes footage)

Credits

Arrangement written and produced by Al van der Beek & Steven Sharp
Nelson
Orchestrated by Kayson Brown & Steven Sharp Nelson
Performed by
American Heritage Lyceum Philharmonic, under the direction of Kayson
Brown
Additional violin work by Julie Ann Nelson (Steven's wife!) &
Matthew John Nelson (Steven's brother!)
Steven Sharp Nelson: Acoustic cello, electric cellos, percussion, vocal
textures
Al van der Beek: Vocal textures, percussion
Secrets originally written by Ryan Tedder, published by SONY/ATV TUNES
LLC
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67 written by Ludwig van Beethoven in
1804-1808 and debuted in Vienna's Theater an der Wien in 1808
Orchestra recorded at MetCom Studios 
All other instruments recorded by Al van der Beek at TPG Studios
Mixed and Mastered by Al van der Beek at TPG Studio
Video produced by Paul Anderson & Tel Stewart

Dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)