The Philharmonia, lying low in Covid waters, has sold its name to a brand of gin.
I never had them down as a G&T orchestra.
More vodka and lime, with baton Finnish. Gin is more a Concertgebouw tipple (with advocaat?).
What does the Berlin Phil drink?
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“I never had them down as a G&T orchestra.”
Depends on which section you have in mind, surely? Brass sections tend to be more beer than G&T.
A certain other orchestra clearly missed a marketing opportunity in the 1970s.
“ A certain other orchestra clearly missed a marketing opportunity in the 1970s.”
Trying to figure out what that would be:
Bernstein Beer?
Mehta Martini?
Previn Pina Colada?
Tilson Thomas Tequila?
Well abstemious Sir Adrian Boult wouldn’t have been involved. As Beecham said: “Boult came in, reeking of Horlicks”.
Tilson Thomas Cocaine
As a brass player I would tend to agree. Cigars and scotch are also common.
The Berlin Phil drinks the tears of anti-Brexiters.
Sounds good. Where can I get some?
https://philharmonia.co.uk/philharmonia-and-wardingtons-original-ludlow-dry-gin-launch-new-partnership/
Covid waters would be an excellent brand name for gin.
Many years ago — early ’80s, I think — the San Francisco Symphony had its own “brand” of wine.
Perhaps the Milwaukee Symphony can have its own beer?
Setting up the”Philharmonia Hedge Fund” could be more profitable.
Musicians have the discipline to trade if they work as a group.
(I know at least one is a qualified doctor and I’m sure there are other skills in the orchestra.)
When they improve the product in a few months, it will no doubt be labeled “New Philharmonia”.
I seem to remember that back in the seventies, on more than one occasion the LSO brass section managed to get to a pub near Knightsbridge tube station before any members of the audience.
That’s a pretty universal orchestral skill, in my experience.
“The Run to the Paradise Garden”.
The OAE had its very own cocktail back in the day…
https://vimeo.com/37728760