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A visit to Alex Ross led me to the Trumpet Bloopers page - which will bring smiles and tears to anyone who ever played in a school or amateur orchestra. (Especially 'Messiah Organist On Crack') but he also reminded me of the Portsmouth Sinfonia's version of Also Sprach Zarathustra. Genius.
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This is the Trumpet Bloopers page, containing audio snippets of hilarious moments when the trumpet wouldnt play what the trumpeter intended to.
This is bad, especially since it is a Symphony orchestra. You can find the long version on the page,... [Read More]
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Wow. I'd never heard the Portsmouth Sinfonia before. Triffic. 70s hipster amateur orchestras is a genre I'm yet to explore.
Isn't it interesting that the mistakes made by professional trumpeters in formal recitals sound toe-curlingly dreadful, but the Sinfonia's constant mistakes sound wonderful (imao). It's the trumpeter playing the right notes that stands out.
There's a lesson there for someone about something.
Posted by: Dylan Trees | December 09, 2006 at 02:05 AM