What else have I forgotten?

What else have I forgotten?

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

March 19, 2024

This 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.’

Comments

  • Philipp Lord Chandos says:

    Why on Earth did I leave London!?

  • Graham Waite says:

    Les offrandes oubliées….

  • Concertgebouw79 says:

    It seems that he’s in Hercules Hall a place to go to see a concert before to die.

    • Petros Linardos says:

      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.

  • Dragonetti says:

    Oh bloody hell, I STILL can’t find time for a haircut!

  • Steve says:

    “Simon, have you seen the latest post on Slipped Disc?”

  • Arturo says:

    Can’t you people see sharp?

  • Peter says:

    “My God, why did I program Xenakis on this concert?”

  • Philipp Lord Chandos says:

    Oh, the war wound!

  • RW2013 says:

    20 years in Germany and I still don’t know how to say “good morning” to the orchestra in German.

  • Philipp Lord Chandos says:

    Bayrische Kulturpolitik…

  • Fridolf says:

    viola … Viola … VIOLA!!!

  • Brian from DC says:

    Oh no! It’s Tuesday? And I’m supposed to be in London?

  • Philipp Lord Chandos says:

    Die Denkpause

  • SlippedChat says:

    “Zero? Zero??? Tory austerity and the City of Birmingham cut the CBSO’s subsidy to ZERO!!????”

  • Marioara Trifan says:

    You said we’re getting the new hall WHEN??

  • PaulD says:

    Oh, crud. I thought we were doing Mahler’s 5th, not Tchaikovsky’s.

  • Sam's Hot Car Lot says:

    After five decades promoting modernist music, I’m still having to conduct Brahms!

  • Adam Stern says:

    “OW! — My eye! … Violas! I told you: no more spitballs!”

  • freddynyc says:

    “My God all these years of working with the top orchestras of the world and nothing to really show for it…..!”

  • Albert Dock says:

    I shouldn’t have bought that season ticket for Everton!!!

  • Don Ciccio says:

    Wow, German food is worse than English.

  • Cornishman says:

    Oh no! I’d forgotten how strong they make beer in Bavaria!

  • JIm Dukey says:

    What is a tired mountain climber?
    A Busched Bavarian.
    ( Compliments of Busch Beer and Mayor Art Finlay!

  • John Borstlap says:

    ‘Oh dear… why did I agree to do Pli selon Pli while I was drunk??!’

  • Philipp Lord Chandos says:

    Oh why must it always be Mahler 6?

  • Nicholas says:

    Sch**sse! I forgot to read Why Beethoven!

  • Nancy Lynne Morton says:

    Thanks for the laughs.

  • Herbie G says:

    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.

  • Don Ciccio says:

    Jerry! The Guardian called me Jerry! The Guardian!

  • Heini says:

    Oh, es tut mir leid!

  • Sue Sonata Form says:

    Bruckner IS a dense grandiloquent crawl!!!

  • Auckland Concertgoer says:

    “It’s the tubas. Always the bl—y tubas”.

  • Simone says:

    I wish I was good at this conducting lark. But no matter how hard I try, I just don’t get any better…

  • John G. says:

    Oy, gevalt! I forgot to charge my Tesla.

  • Michael Cattermole says:

    Oh heck, I’ve forgotten how the music goes!

  • Petros Linardos says:

    Oh, those double bassess (channeling Toscanini).

  • Save the MET says:

    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.”

  • Philipp Lord Chandos says:

    Look, I can conduct with my eyes shut…like Karajan.

  • Kenny says:

    “I left the newest baby on the bus!”

  • Kenny says:

    “Why did I agree while I was drunk to perform” or “why did agree to perform it while I was drunk?” Big difference.

  • Rob says:

    God! I should have stayed in Birmingham!!!!

  • del-boy says:

    Mr. Lebrecht left a message. Can you call him back?

  • Swinemaestro says:

    For the love of Krenek, I said DON’T take the repeat!

  • goldenlane says:

    Oh Noooo! I’ve left my lederhosen on the plane.

  • Alex says:

    Darn it! Is beat 2 to the right or to the left? Somehow, I just know this will be on Slippedisc.

  • Sol L Siegel says:

    All right, then, who put out the Nowak edition instead of the Cohrs?

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