What else have I forgotten?
OrchestrasThis week’s caption competition.
Image courtesy of BRSO / Astrid Ackermann / social media
UPDATE: On tour in Vienna, Rattle has just said: ‘In Bavaria, I notice that everything takes a bit longer.’
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Why on Earth did I leave London!?
For the Barbican I don’t think that there’s place for regret.
Les offrandes oubliées….
It seems that he’s in Hercules Hall a place to go to see a concert before to die.
What do find so special about Herkulessaal? I’ve heard several memorable concerts there. The acoustics never got in the way. Neither did the public (some venues feel like a hospital ward for upper respiratory illnesses). But it wouldn’t make it into my shortlist of favorite venues.
Oh bloody hell, I STILL can’t find time for a haircut!
“Simon, have you seen the latest post on Slipped Disc?”
Can’t you people see sharp?
“My God, why did I program Xenakis on this concert?”
Oh, the war wound!
20 years in Germany and I still don’t know how to say “good morning” to the orchestra in German.
Bayrische Kulturpolitik…
viola … Viola … VIOLA!!!
Oh no! It’s Tuesday? And I’m supposed to be in London?
Die Denkpause
“Zero? Zero??? Tory austerity and the City of Birmingham cut the CBSO’s subsidy to ZERO!!????”
You said we’re getting the new hall WHEN??
Oh, crud. I thought we were doing Mahler’s 5th, not Tchaikovsky’s.
After five decades promoting modernist music, I’m still having to conduct Brahms!
“OW! — My eye! … Violas! I told you: no more spitballs!”
“My God all these years of working with the top orchestras of the world and nothing to really show for it…..!”
I shouldn’t have bought that season ticket for Everton!!!
Wow, German food is worse than English.
No, it’s not.
That’s not the point, is it?
Oh no! I’d forgotten how strong they make beer in Bavaria!
What is a tired mountain climber?
A Busched Bavarian.
( Compliments of Busch Beer and Mayor Art Finlay!
‘Oh dear… why did I agree to do Pli selon Pli while I was drunk??!’
Oh why must it always be Mahler 6?
Sch**sse! I forgot to read Why Beethoven!
Thanks for the laughs.
I can now reveal the provenance of this photograph. It was taken just as he had started conducting Bruckner’s 8th in a packed auditorium. Minutes earlier, he’d had a generous slice of a delicious Black Forest gateau that was sent to him as a peace offering from NL. The photo was taken about 20 bars into the first movement, when it suddenly dawned on him that it had been made with Ex Lax.
Jerry! The Guardian called me Jerry! The Guardian!
Oh, es tut mir leid!
Bruckner IS a dense grandiloquent crawl!!!
“It’s the tubas. Always the bl—y tubas”.
I wish I was good at this conducting lark. But no matter how hard I try, I just don’t get any better…
Oy, gevalt! I forgot to charge my Tesla.
Oh heck, I’ve forgotten how the music goes!
Oh, those double bassess (channeling Toscanini).
Not sure what Rattle is thinking, but at a similar moment in the career of Thomas Beecham, he escalimed to a female cellist in his orchestra, “Madam: you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving immense pleasure, but you’re just sitting there scratching at it.”
Look, I can conduct with my eyes shut…like Karajan.
“I left the newest baby on the bus!”
“Why did I agree while I was drunk to perform” or “why did agree to perform it while I was drunk?” Big difference.
God! I should have stayed in Birmingham!!!!
Mr. Lebrecht left a message. Can you call him back?
For the love of Krenek, I said DON’T take the repeat!
Oh Noooo! I’ve left my lederhosen on the plane.
Darn it! Is beat 2 to the right or to the left? Somehow, I just know this will be on Slippedisc.
All right, then, who put out the Nowak edition instead of the Cohrs?