{"id":3305,"date":"2026-07-29T16:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:14:16","slug":"lebron-likes-beethoven-now-theres-a-playlist-for-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3305","title":{"rendered":"LeBron likes Beethoven. Now there\u2019s a playlist for that."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He likes his cookies chocolate chip, and his wine Oregon pinot noir.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And when it comes to music, LeBron James has a thing for Beethoven.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In fact, the Sixers\u2019 new No. 23 has had bit of a first-hand experience with classical music. He once took some quick instruction from Curtis Institute of Music alum Lang Lang before the two broke into a four-hand duet \u2014 brief, random, and (intentionally) atonal.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3303\">Four Cheltenham High School football coaches, six players charged in assaults on teammate<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Lang Lang called the light-hearted 2014 collaboration a \u201cpiano dunk.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xe0jhAVgwvI?feature=oembed\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0;\" title=\"4-Hand Piano - Lang Lang and LeBron James!\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Beethoven has a particular role in Jame\u2019s routine, he explained in an interview with <i>The Shop<\/i>. He gets to games hours early and goes to the weight room, where he listens to hip-hop.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnd then when I leave the weight room, I gotta calm down and that\u2019s why I\u2019m listening to, like, more like old school jazz or I listen to a lot of, like, Beethoven\u2026\u201d he said on the talk show in 2022. \u201cI like classical music, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Taking its cue from James\u2019s classical leanings, WRTI-FM (90.1) has quickly assembled some music especially for him.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe thought we would create something Philadelphia-specific that we could put out as his new pre-game playlist as the jazz and classical station here,\u201d said WRTI classical program director Zev Kane.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Jazz cuts to make the list include \u201cSmilin\u2019 Billy Suite: Part II\u201d by South Philadelphia\u2019s Heath Brothers and Philadelphia organist Shirley Scott in \u201cSoul Shoutin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3301\">How LeBron James could impact Philadelphia\u2019s economy, according to local experts<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>On the classical side: Rachmaninoff\u2019s <i>Symphonic Dances<\/i>, because of its place as \u201ca dazzling showcase of energy, elegance, and the unmistakable Philadelphia Sound,\u201d the playlist text says. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"340\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NIFTDHZJeZQ?feature=oembed\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; left: 0;\" title=\"He's Got The Whole World In His Hands\" width=\"453\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Marian Anderson in \u201cHe\u2019s Got the Whole World in His Hands\u201d is included because, well, she\u2019s Marian Anderson and this is Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Barber <i>Violin Concerto<\/i> is on the list, since the third movement\u2019s \u201cbreathless finale takes off with the speed of a full-court chase-down block.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Kane says he believes there are characteristics shared by music and sports that could act as an onramp into music for classical newbies.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think playing music at an extremely high level and playing sports at that level \u2014 I think there are parallels: the need to train mind and body, the practice, the repetition, the heat of the moment, the debate over greatness, and the thrill of convening to see that spectacle together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3299\">Eagles place linebacker Jonathan Greenard on Physically Unable to Perform list with pectoral injury<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sixers star is no classical newbie. 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