Watch: Crash, bash, instrument smashes at climax of Mahler’s 8th
mainHere’s what happened this week when the Danish Radio Symphony played Mahler’s 8th symphony with Fabio Luisi. The DR techs have helpfully offered a slow-mo replay to show how the cymbal shatters towards the end of the first movement.
Watch here.
That’s still the first movement of course, not the finale.
To be fair, the headline only says “climax,” not “finale.” And knowing Mahler’s proclivities, it’s not likely he’s going to be have only one climax in an evening.
Adolescent humor aside, it’s fortunate that the shard of cymbal didn’t fly high enough to hit anyone in the choir. Yikes!
Hilarious!
Wow, good thing one of those shards didn’t put someone’s eye out.
I wonder which company made that cymbal? Some feedback on the instrument quality might be needed…
Maybe they had played too much Stockhausen with those cymbals.
You win the prize for today’s most idiotic comment.
Thank you! 🙂
… and there’s a special award for you, Mr Hall, for the day’s rudest, most gratuitous comment.
Alas I think you pipped me at the post to that honour.
Metal fatigue by any other name, I guess……