Daniel Jones wrote a Sonata for Three Non-Chromatic Kettledrums, but I don't think it's been recorded (perhaps not even performed). Something to be remedied in his centenary year?
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That's what we want !Originally posted by aeolium View Post
rather than wall to wall Schubert (not that there's anything fundamentally wrong with Schubert !)Comment
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For people who want visual stuff what about Schnittke Symphony no.1!
The stage is empty.
A geezer walks on and rings the bells and the entire orchestra walk down and onto the stage in 2 lines, playing their instruments at the same time.
As they walk onto the stage it gets more noisy and cacophonous (is that a word?) and the conductor finally walks onto the stage and gets them all to stop.
Everyone claps. The symphony proper begins.
At the end of mvt 2 scherzo the instruments not needed for mvt 3 slow mvt (brass, woodwind etc) walk off stage out to the back whilst playing.
Mvt 4 finale those instruments march back onto the stage playing a funeral march. Then all hell breaks loose with the whole orchestra. Then the timpani goes mad.
At the end the whole orchestra walk off stage in 2 lines playing their instruments and it gets quieter. The violin goes behind the stage and plays Haydn's Farewell Symphony.
The stage is empty.
A geezer walks on and rings the bells (the audience are heard saying " Oh no, here we go again!" ) and the entire orchestra walk down and onto the stage in 2 lines, playing their instruments at the same time.
As they walk onto the stage it gets more noisy and cacophonous (is that a word?) and the conductor finally walks onto the stage and gets them all to finish in C major. Everyone claps. The symphony has ended.
Be even better if people actuallty performed it!
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Yes, it has, aeoli - by Tristan Fry on Classics for Pleasure back in about 1974. N (AFAIK)* LA.Originally posted by aeolium View Post
EDIT * = Not so:
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There's also Elliott Carter's Eight Pieces for 4 Timpani (one player), Mario.Originally posted by Auferstehen2 View Post[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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3VS:
My favourite bit of mad drumming occurs at the climax of the third movement of the Shostakovich 8th when the entire orchestra seems to have a collective nervous breakdown."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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No thread whose title involves the words "mad" and "drummer" should fail to mention Keith Moon.
Who will be the first to ask "Who is Keith Moon"?Comment
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The maddest is Haydn's symphony 103, cheese roll.Originally posted by MrGongGong View Postcome on Simon we know you are looking
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Why does it say: This drummer is at the wrong gig! What's so different or special about him? Am I missing something?Originally posted by Auferstehen2 View Post
My life, each morning when I dress, is four and twenty hours less. (J Richardson)Comment
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The mad, mad Jamie Muir (assisted by the incomparable Bill Brufford). Check Muir out at 1 minute 27 into this vid!
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Well, I don't think there's any question that he is a character, and rather different to your normal drummer. I think he's terrific, and brings in the sort of entertainment levels sometimes we distinctly lack in our (let's be honest) rather high brow, serious, and deadpan concerts. Heck, I'll bet we're still scared to guffaw loudly at the raucous interplay between F Major and F minor in the final movement of Beethoven's 8th!Originally posted by Pianorak View PostWhy does it say: This drummer is at the wrong gig! What's so different or special about him? Am I missing something?
I don't understand "the wrong gig" comment either. I can only assume the writer thinks he should be playing at an all-out rock concert, rather than, so it seems, a field barbeque, or garden fête. Listening to the applause at the end, it sounds like a small audience.
His technique is terrific really. My favourite rock band, Led Zeppelin, probably had arguably the greatest rock drummer of all time, in John Bonham, but Steve Moore really is different.
Watch particularly at 01.45, as he hits the cymbal (hi-hat) with both ends of the drumstick.
Pure entertainment value!
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My favourite rock band, Led Zeppelin, probably had arguably the greatest rock drummer of all time, in John Bonham.
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A bit like Carlsberg is probably the best lager in the world, eh Mario!
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If we're talking mad drummers, Keith Moon has to be in there somewhere. RIP.Comment
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