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There's a wicked tale of Britten at the piano rehearsing with Peter Pears stopping and saying-- " Come here Peter. Of course, it's too soon to be certain, but I think I'm going to have another opera! "
Not a live concert, but it probably doesn't get much more unlikely than this...
That's not real, is it? You photoshopped it... Please say you did..
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
Or perhaps they're just too polite to mention the repetition, eh salymap?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
Are you questioning my integrity? It's no more Photoshopped than the one below
You're evil!!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
Not a live concert, but it probably doesn't get much more unlikely than this...
Brilliant
I was giving a lecture at a university music department this week
and just before the tutor went round the students asking them what their chosen dissertation question was
this would have been perfect for those without an idea
as would (my question really)
"If Boulez was so good why isn't he on X Factor ? "
I think that what's on my telly at the moment counts: Valeri Gergiev and the World Orchestra for Peace playing 'Stars and Stripes Forever'....
Brass all on their feet for the final section!
Fun! And touching to see some of Solti's (now somewhat senior...) recruits to the Chicago Symphony joining in with solos.
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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