This story was tweeted a short while ago. It seems the LSO will be miming the music at star of Olympics.
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And a 'big name' conductor being imported to wave his arms about?
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Shame Solti's not around still, he could've done that.Originally posted by french frank View PostAnd a 'big name' conductor being imported to wave his arms about?Comment
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If they could manage an open air choir of 1200 in the 1948 Olympics, I'm sure they could devise some cover for a live orchestra if it rains.
What a travesty for the LSO to have to do that. Must watch it.
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If they're using a recording I can't see that the presence of the orchestra is required - except to show that we do things with a bit of class here in the UK.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Solti and battery thenOriginally posted by amateur51 View PostSolti always looked like he was shadow-boxing
The *real* question about all this, however, is: do the composers of the music to be... mimed at these games, deserve to be called classical composers?
Does the answer depend which "door" the orchestral "players" will be exiting from? Or what sound the music makes?
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Does anyone else remember the scene in the Munich Olympic Stadium on September 6 1972 at the commemorative service for the murdered Israeli athletes? The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Kempe played the Funeral March from Beethoven's Eroica.
Didn't Richard Strauss conduct at the opening ceremony of the 1936 Berlin Olympics? I seem to recall some film somewhere, possibly Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia. Elgar conducted at the 1924 Wembley Exhibition.
None of these were mimed.
The LSO and Rattle (if he it is) hold all tha aces: they should withdraw."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Scamp, S_A!Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostSolti and battery then
The *real* question about all this, however, is: do the composers of the music to be... mimed at these games, deserve to be called classical composers?
Does the answer depend which "door" the orchestral "players" will be exiting from? Or what sound the music makes?
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Nor the Concertgebouw/Mengelberg in Amsterdam's Olympics 1928.Originally posted by Petrushka View PostComment
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Originally posted by Roehre View Post
"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Can anyone suggest how the cymbal player might mime?"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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