Just thinking…
I wonder if our orchestras became more, shall we say visual, when executing their fine art, would that aid our appreciation of their performance? If they somehow “seemed” more committed, instead of at times appearing to be simply going through the motions, so to speak, would that be more convincing? As here for example:-
Ladies and gentlemen, lads and lasses, guys and gals, boys and girls, I give you Mr Steve Moore, aka The Mad Drummer, whose clip had gone viral. Here he is with The Allrighters, playing Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top:
http://www.themaddrummer.com/mdhome.htm
I hope that clip hasn’t been posted before. Now, how about say the Berlin Philharmonic’s timpanist giving us such a performance say, in the March to the Scaffold from Berlioz’s SF? Sorry I don’t know many timpani solos, although I believe in one of Neilsen’s symphonies (don’t know which one, sorry, as I know nothing about this composer), isn’t there a part for solo timpanis there?
Sorry if I’m wrong, but any other suggestions please?
Mario
I wonder if our orchestras became more, shall we say visual, when executing their fine art, would that aid our appreciation of their performance? If they somehow “seemed” more committed, instead of at times appearing to be simply going through the motions, so to speak, would that be more convincing? As here for example:-
Ladies and gentlemen, lads and lasses, guys and gals, boys and girls, I give you Mr Steve Moore, aka The Mad Drummer, whose clip had gone viral. Here he is with The Allrighters, playing Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top:
http://www.themaddrummer.com/mdhome.htm
I hope that clip hasn’t been posted before. Now, how about say the Berlin Philharmonic’s timpanist giving us such a performance say, in the March to the Scaffold from Berlioz’s SF? Sorry I don’t know many timpani solos, although I believe in one of Neilsen’s symphonies (don’t know which one, sorry, as I know nothing about this composer), isn’t there a part for solo timpanis there?
Sorry if I’m wrong, but any other suggestions please?
Mario
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