Top of the pops: Israeli sets high-note record
mainSharp ears at the BBC Symphony Orchestra heard a 25-year record fall at Saturday’s Eurovision contest:
Something very musically special is happening at #eurovision tonight. Eden Alene of Israel sings a B6 whistle tone – the highest note ever recorded in the competition
Let us put that into context for you… pic.twitter.com/8hDYvfunZi
— BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (@BBCSO) May 22, 2021
Her B6 is an augmented 4th (or exactly half an octave) higher than the top note in Mozart’s Queen of the Night aria, which is the F above high C
https://t.co/ADEJK3FPWy
Performed here by @dianadamrau at the @royaloperahouse
— BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (@BBCSO) May 22, 2021
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