...and of course the standards: Turning Tschaik. 5 solo into John Denver's "Annie's Song" and the opening of "Till" into "La Cucaracha".
O. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 9:38 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Ear training for musical disasters Brahms Serenade turns into a chewing gum jingle so seamlessly a lot of listeners don't even realize what's strange. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Horn List <horn@music.memphis.edu> Sent: Tue, 23 May 2006 00:39:31 +0100 Subject: RE: [Hornlist] Ear training for musical disasters > So, we > had "Blue Tango" and "With a Song In My Heart" being > played simultaneously. It sounded surprisingly good. > It took a while for the conductor to get everyone to > stop, About a year ago I was on an orchestral course which happened to run over April 1st that year. A few of us had worked out some possible April Fool jokes to play on the conductor depending on what piece was to be played that morning. If it was Sibelius 1, the principal clarinet was going to play the opening solo on the wrong clarinet and see whether anyone noticed. But as it happened, the first piece that morning was the Scherzo from Mahler 5, and I was playing the obligato horn part. For this, we had decided that my opening entry should turn into "Oh I do like to be beside the seaside" after the initial F#. So I played it out in full Mahlerian style. It fitted surprisingly well, and it took the orchestra and conductor several seconds before they finally realised what was going on and everyone collaped with laughter. Regards Jonathan West _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/billbamberg%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/pandolfi%40deerfield.edu _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
