Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Portsmouth Sinfonia : "Also sprach Zarathustra"


Portsmouth Sinfonia is comprised of a few professional musicians, mixed with a bunch of complete amateurs. The results are STUNNING.

Enjoy.




30 comments:

angryparsnip said...

I want to play the booming drum.

cheers, parsnip

Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybe said...

Not sure stunning is the right word. My ears will never be the same.

Anonymous said...

Seems to be different...

Cro Magnon said...

That's the only bit that was 'in tune'.

Cro Magnon said...

Well I was 'stunned'.

Cro Magnon said...

Different to anything you've heard before?

Maria said...

Elephants trumpeting in tune :)
Greetings Maria x

New World said...

This had something to do with Brian Eno.

Cro Magnon said...

I think that's him in white on extreme right.

Cro Magnon said...

You're being a bit hard on Elephants.

Gwil W said...

Play it to an audience of elephants and see what happens ;-).

The film version 2001 Space Odyssey (Kubrik) is my favourite.

Cro Magnon said...

I wonder why they didn't use this version. It would have had the audience in fits!

Jacqueline @ HOME said...

A couple more practice sessions and, by George, I think they’ll have got it !!! ...... maybe ! XXXX

Cro Magnon said...

I'm sure I heard someone playing a correct note; but maybe not.

Andi's English Attic said...

OK my breakfast juice almost didn't stay in my mouth. SO funny.

Cro Magnon said...

Even the opening notes get me going. It's real laugh-out-loud stuff.

Jo in Auckland said...

I am tone deaf... and even this sounded complete crap to me Cro... hahaha..finally I get an A plus.

Jo in Auckland, NZ

Cro Magnon said...

It's obviously your day!

sillygirl said...

Could monkeys play this as well????

sillygirl said...

Mot to disparage monkeys!

The Weaver of Grass said...

It used to be one of my favourite pieces. I shall never listen to it with the same attitude again!

Camille said...

First big belly laugh of the day. Love it! Thanks Cro. And I think someone playing the flute at the very end actually stayed in tune...but hard to tell as my ears were bleeding at that point. X

Graham Edwards said...

There might have been one or two correct notes but if there were they were certainly in the wrong order.

Cro Magnon said...

There may well have been a few Monkeys in there. Who knows!

Cro Magnon said...

We aim to please.

Cro Magnon said...

The end is certainly hard to stomach. Someone sounds desperate!

Cro Magnon said...

I think you're being kind.

sillygirl said...

maybe they were the ones playing the correct notes?

sillygirl said...

And my fingers must have been tuned to them since I wrote mot instead of not. Monkey business!

Anonymous said...

I think the drummer was the only professional.

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