Friday, 25 July 2025

Swedish Child Orchestra - Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Z...


For all you music lovers out there, here is a Swedish school 'orchestra' playing Strauss's 'Also Sprach Zarathrustra'. I know you'll recognise the tune. I think they do a fine job.



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19 comments:

  1. Deejohn25 July 2025 at 05:35

    Well I'm not usually prone to laughing in the morning, but that was spectacularly awful while being hilarious at the same time.

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    1. Deejohn25 July 2025 at 05:46

      To add in...As Peter Ustinov once said, "They set themselves exeedingly low standards which they failed to live up to."
      But bless them anyway for trying.

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    2. Cro Magnon25 July 2025 at 08:13

      It's a remarkable recording; thank goodness someone was there to save it (for our pleasure).

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  2. JayCee25 July 2025 at 08:20

    I shall have to get my hearing aids for this one.

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  3. Frances25 July 2025 at 08:28

    I did manage about a minute and half of that!
    I went to a " music assembly" at my 8 yr old grandson's school a few weeks ago, and if I say that he was one of the best.....he picked out Mary Had a little Lamb with one finger.....you can guess what the rest were like! It was lovely though....they were all so brave to come individually to play the piano in front of a room of parents.

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    1. Cro Magnon25 July 2025 at 09:05

      Children should always be encouraged, however rudimentary their knowledge. You never know what it could lead to.

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  4. Yorkshire Pudding25 July 2025 at 09:12

    "I think they do a fine job..." I think you need a hearing test!

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    1. Cro Magnon25 July 2025 at 09:37

      Well; I enjoyed it!

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    2. Ursula25 July 2025 at 09:50

      Interesting, Cro, that the children playing are deaf. Of course, Beethoven composed masterpieces when already deaf. I suppose that's genius.

      Yes, the senses. My mother and I occasionally ponder on which sense either of us would hate to lose. That she is beginning to lose her sense of hearing is lost on her. She doesn't hear me. :) :(

      For me, I suppose, sight is the most important sense. Since you clearly like cooking, how does one chop an onion without sight? It's not as funny as it sounds - you tube material not withstanding. In March this year retina in my right eye detached. Completely. From diagnosis to op table? One hour. What that surgeon achieved is amazing. A success story if ever there was one. So I was told. My gratitude knows no bounds.

      Where am I going with this? I don't know. Senses. We need all of them - if to varying degrees - for survival.

      That the deaf will play instruments shows that indefinable human spirit - in the face of adversity.

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    3. Cro Magnon25 July 2025 at 10:19

      They're not deaf; that was just me being flippant. They are simply VERY BAD 'musicians'. However, I agree with your sentiments.

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  5. local alien25 July 2025 at 11:37

    Yikes! I'm glad that was a, short video.

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  6. Camille25 July 2025 at 12:57

    I thoroughly enjoyed that clip Cro...it was my first big smile and laugh of the day. If anyone can stand to play it again, there's one lone horn that's actually hitting the mark (weakly, to be sure) but leading the charge to the end.

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    1. Cro Magnon25 July 2025 at 13:12

      There's one person at the end who's desperately trying to find the right note. He/she tries everything, but with no luck!

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  7. Travel25 July 2025 at 13:44

    The clip made me laugh out loud for the first time today, thank you, I needed that.

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    1. Cro Magnon25 July 2025 at 15:18

      It's difficult not to laugh; especially near the end.

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  8. Susan25 July 2025 at 14:12

    The lack in skill is surprising. Putting them onstage at this skill level is just wrong.

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    1. Cro Magnon25 July 2025 at 15:18

      I don't know where it was recorded, but I'm pleased it was.

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