Mvt. 3

Dedicated to classical music news, rehearsal reactions, and general violin problems.

[thecuriouspianist]

Treble clefs by (L to R) Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Debussy, and Ravel.

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[transhumanisticpanspermia]

all musicians across all time periods: “fck how does that thing go”

[thebirdroads]

Beethoven didn’t even try

[allegrogiocoso]

the members of an orchestra

violins I: we're the superstars fuck everyone else its all about us

violins II: why do we always get the boring parts

flutes: we're so lonely

piccolo: lol fk your ears

french horns: and im not even french hONHONHON BAGUETTE

oboes: IM SORRY I TUNED BEFORE I SWEar

violas: evERYONE ALWAYS FKUCING FRORGETS ABOUT US

trumpets: wats 'p'

trombones: wats quiet

cellos: im either boring af or exciting af and there is no in between

bassoons: im so posh but i really just honk like a truck

clarinet: *squeaks*

timpani: EVERYONE LOVES ME BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM

bass clarinet: lol where am i

tuba: *waits for a wagner piece to do something exciting*

harp: im just a more sophisticated piano

piano: FUCK YOU HARP I GET CONCERTOS WRITTEN FOR ME SCREW EVERYTHING WHO NEEDS AN ORCHESTRA WHEN YOU CAN PLAY EVERYTHING ON ME IM THE STAR OF EVERYTIHNG

english horn: im literally only useful for dvorak's 9th like what am even i doing here

basses: semibreves, tied to a semibreve, tied to a minim, tied to a crotchet, oh wait a quaver wow exciting ok back to semibreves

cornets: trumpet wannabe

cymbals: BOOM CRASH CRASH CRASH CRASH IM SRO HAPYP CRASH CRAHS

xylophones: am i meant to be here?

triangles:

bass drum: MY TIME TO SHINE FUCK YOU ALL

[the-ravelian]

When you need four clarinets for one concert.

[singitlikeitis-deactivated20180]

Bach’s Signature: Read the one note from four directions, starting from the left, clockwise.  Using three distinct clefs and two key signatures, the single not

e alternately reads “B”, “A”, “C”, “H”. In German notation, “B” is the designation for B-flat, and “H” the designation for B-natural.

[leadingtone]

Tumblr: you must stop me from getting this tattoo. You have approximately 24 hours. :P  - lt

[bachyou]

Fuck you, I want it first.

[w-for-wumbo]

I’m not stopping either of you cuz I need this as a tattoo as well.

like, now.  

[baroquebassist-deactivated20131]

Shostakovitch is edgier than Bach right, this works right

[w-for-wumbo]

YOOOOOOOO

[allegrogiocoso]

If the music of great composers could talk, this is what they would sound like:

Bach: Try to touch my terrifyingly terrific tongue twisting counterpoint that takes too much time!

Beethoven: BANG. BANG. Oh my I'm sorry I shot you but BANG.

Bruckner: I only have I only have I only have I only have one idea.

Tchaikovsky: (monumental weeping) OH MY GOD YOU GUYYYYYYYYYYYYYS.

Mahler: Oh my oh dear oh my! SING ANGELS SING!

Schoenberg: li;erhjgoeirujfcoiaw

[blogthoven]

Sketches of Maria Piltz performing the sacrificial dance

[shutupandspin]

[keatonpickles-deactivated201501]

someone please tell me what this rhythm is, im sorry for being so ignorant 

[miichala]

1 & 2 e & 3 e & a 4 & a

1 & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 & a

1 &

u r welcome.

[keatonpickles-deactivated201501]

YES I CAN FUCKKING READ RHYTHMS 

WHAT IS THIS RHYTHM TO

[christmaswoman]

YO IT’S THE END TO RODEO BY COPLAND

[w-for-wumbo]

was this a huge joke allusion to Hoedown’s use for the “Beef- It’s What’s for Dinner” commercial?…

[schwinns-second-law-deactivated]

OHHH

[the-fifth-symphony]

I think we cracked the code….

[allegrogiocoso]

OH RODEO COPLAND LOVE

[bachmaninovsky-deactivated20160]

Mahler’s many conducting styles.

[parmandil]

Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Berstein.

[classicalmusichumor]

Grand Pause

You know how it goes in rehearsals…everyone tenses up waiting to see who will be “that guy” and play right through the G.P.

[gut-grinder-deactivated20130707]

[stillnotfullyet]

and you wonder why i love my hometown so much.

[themusicpoint]

OMG! You read my mind :)

[allegrogiocoso]

[nyphil]

Ann and Phil

We’re gearing up for two concerts at the University Musical Society in Ann Arbor this weekend, marking our first time in Michigan with Alan Gilbert (our last concerts at UMS were part of former Music Director Lorin Maazel’s final tour with the Orchestra in 2009). The Phil has been a steady presence in Michigan since 1916. Under Leonard Bernstein, the Orchestra gave the world premiere of Aaron Copland’s Inscape at UMS in 1967 (on a program that also included Lenny’s own Overture to Candide, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2). Lenny previously brought the Orchestra there in 1963 with William Schuman’s Symphony No. 3 and two works by Brahms - a composer also featured in tomorrow’s concert when Alan conducts his first symphony. Above are some shots, courtesy of our Digital Archives, of the Orchestra’s 1955 visit to Ann Arbor under then-Music Director Dimitri Mitropoulos. The program was an inventive one, featuring the overture to Kabalevsky’s Colas Breugnon, Gould’s Show Piece for Orchestra, Skalkottas’s Greek Dances, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10.

[allegrogiocoso]

[theangryviolinist-deactivated20]

pet peeve: when people use the term song in lieu of the term piece

[musicalmelody22]