No Association Whatsoever Thread

[Nick Armstrong]

God I love Rachmaninoff's Suite No 2 for 2 pianos!!

(Sorry, didn't know where else to shout that...)

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Kikuchiyo

[burning dog]

A self-confessed chicken strangler

[amateur51]

Itchy teeth

[Tevot]

You are now entering free Delhi...

[amateur51]

Fair to middling

[Tevot]

Some girls are bigger than others.

[amateur51]

Flowers in the house & nobody's dead? There's posh!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

there are pins and then there are pins

[EdgeleyRob]

Call that an orchestra ?,pah !

This is an orchestra.

120 Violins divided in two, three, or four parts;
40 Violas divided optionally into first and seconds, at least ten of which would at times play the viola d’amore;
45 Cellos, divided into first and seconds;
18 Double-Basses with 3 strings tuned in fifths (G, D, A);
4 Octo-Basses;
15 Double-Basses with 4 strings tuned in fourths (E, A, D, G);
6 Flutes;
4 Flutes in E flat, incorrectly known as Flutes in F;
2 Piccolos;
2 Piccolos in D flat, incorrectly known as piccolos in E flat;
6 Oboes;
6 Cors Anglais;
5 Saxophones;
4 Tenoroons;
12 Bassoons;
4 Clarinets in E flat;
8 Clarinets (in C, B flat or A);
3 Bass Clarinets (in B flat);
16 Horns (6 of them with valves);
8 Trumpets;
6 Cornets;
4 Alto Trombones;
6 Tenor Trombones;
2 Bass Trombones;
1 Ophicleid in C;
2 Ophicleids in B flat;
2 Tubas.
30 Harps;
30 Pianos;
1 very deep Organ, with at least sixteen foot stops;
8 Pairs of Timpani (10 players);
6 Drums;
3 Bass Drums;
4 Pairs of Cymbals;
6 Triangles;
6 Sets of Bells;
12 Pairs of Antique Cymbals (tuned to different pitches);
2 Large and very deep Bells;
2 Gongs;
4 ‘Jingling Johnnies’;
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467 Instrumental players

40 Sopranos (children, first and second)
100 Sopranos (women, first and second)
100 Tenors (first and second)
120 Basses (first and second)
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360 Choristers

[burning dog]

Simone Signoret as Nicole Horner

[ahinton]

Mind the gap

[Beef Oven!]

Slippery

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

aesthetic experience as a model for all experience

[amateur51]

You can't beat a bacon breakfast now & then