Subdeacon Joe 13,428 Posted November 16 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqXA5UMy1yc Won't embed due to error on YouTube. Edited November 16 by Subdeacon Joe 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 233 Posted November 16 If that doesn't wake you up it's 'cause yer dead! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 2,511 Posted November 16 MOST Excellent~!! Impossible to listen to without your feet moving! And by the way... I'm much more likely to open a thread entitled "Can-Can" started by Subdeacon Joe than Alpo. With all due respect to both! 1 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpo 3,035 Posted November 16 Should I take offense? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L 494 Posted November 16 19 minutes ago, Alpo said: Should I take offense? Why? Do you need a fence? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 13,428 Posted November 16 22 minutes ago, Alpo said: Should I take offense? It is better to receive than to kick off. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 13,428 Posted November 16 I have to say, it always tweeks my mind some when I remember that the Can-Can is part of an Offenbach classical comic opera. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 8,437 Posted November 17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsHS-Rpnh1E 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 11,264 Posted November 17 And now for something completely different...and better https://youtu.be/QvccyANdjnk 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Harley, #14153 1,144 Posted November 17 How many of us got introduced to classical music through Bugs Bunny or Fantasia? 4 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 8,437 Posted November 17 1 hour ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: How many of us got introduced to classical music through Bugs Bunny or Fantasia? The Lone Ranger! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 13,428 Posted November 17 2 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: How many of us got introduced to classical music through Bugs Bunny or Fantasia? Yep. That darned cross-dressing rabbit. 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 1,049 Posted November 17 A confession: Watching a multitude of videos like unto these, is the exact reason a certain (harrumph) saloon of mention (harrumph) paid good money to its piano players, why said saloon had a stage, and why a certain lovely lass and the other dancers flanking her, wore feathered masks ... so a certain (harrumph) town of mention (harrumph) would not know the daughter of a respected businesswoman was disporting herself most shamelessly on stage, to the approbation of the men assembled! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 3,858 Posted November 17 Okay! That was fun. But, I have a serious (maybe Alpoesque ) question. Do conductors really serve a purpose? Or, are they merely for comic relief? 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 3,858 Posted November 17 PS 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpo 3,035 Posted November 17 1 hour ago, Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 said: Okay! That was fun. But, I have a serious (maybe Alpoesque ) question. Do conductors really serve a purpose? Or, are they merely for comic relief? Conductors are supposed to. I played in the band for 6 years, and I would have hated to have tried to play for that guy - Zubin whoever. Half the time he did not appear to be in rhythm with the music. And since he is supposed to be giving you the rhythm, the orchestra was apparently ignoring him. He looked, to me, more like he was trying to entertain the audience, than he was trying to lead the orchestra. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calamity Kris 1,103 Posted November 18 9 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: How many of us got introduced to classical music through Bugs Bunny or Fantasia? Fantasia #1 !!!! I was inspired to take classical violin training! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sedalia Dave 5,504 Posted November 18 2 hours ago, Alpo said: Conductors are supposed to. I played in the band for 6 years, and I would have hated to have tried to play for that guy - Zubin whoever. Half the time he did not appear to be in rhythm with the music. And since he is supposed to be giving you the rhythm, the orchestra was apparently ignoring him. He looked, to me, more like he was trying to entertain the audience, than he was trying to lead the orchestra. Makes me feel better that was not the only one that thought the conductor was out of time with the music. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 2,511 Posted November 18 6 hours ago, Calamity Kris said: Fantasia #1 !!!! I was inspired to take classical violin training! Fantasia! What kid didn't have wake-up-screaming nightmares after "Night on Bald Mountain...?" 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Harley, #14153 1,144 Posted November 18 6 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Fantasia! What kid didn't have wake-up-screaming nightmares after "Night on Bald Mountain...?" Maybe I’m weird, but I loved that sequence, and still do. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bgavin 436 Posted November 18 (edited) The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra 100th Anniversary Special Concert This is one of the most inspired renditions I have heard for the William Tell Overture (Lone Ranger theme) Edited November 18 by bgavin 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 347 Posted November 18 WoW!!!!!!!!! I was out of breath just listening to that. That was possibly the fastest tempo I've ever heard for that piece. The brass were probably double or triple tonguing at the beginning 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 2,511 Posted November 18 8 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: Maybe I’m weird, but I loved that sequence, and still do. Ha! Not weird at all! It's excellent, 'specially considering it was created almost eighty years ago! But when I first saw it at age four or five, it was terrifying... made more so by a mean ol' aunt (my dear Aunt Bea, who was all of 12 years old at the time) whose primary delight in life was to scare the dickens out of her little nephew by any means possible. As I recall, she assured me that the demons were quite real, and their sole purpose was to find and eat little boys - and I was on their list. Fortunately, she mellowed considerably with age... and is now a sweet li'l ol' lady living in the foothills. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calamity Kris 1,103 Posted November 18 10 hours ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: Maybe I’m weird, but I loved that sequence, and still do. My favorite movement. Not for the animation or the story it's telling but for the violin parts. https://youtu.be/gyPFibRadto 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Harley, #14153 1,144 Posted November 19 12 hours ago, bgavin said: The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra 100th Anniversary Special Concert This is one of the most inspired renditions I have heard for the William Tell Overture (Lone Ranger theme) Holy Cow! Over The Top! Fan-Stinking-Tastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites