Danny Kaye Conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 8
"He is hilarious. And while he didn’t read music, his conducting instincts were quite stunning."
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"He is hilarious. And while he didn’t read music, his conducting instincts were quite stunning."
"This group is just great! A great performance of a great piece!"
"This is just hilarious…And you have to wait for the the surprise at the end!"
Ed: The first part can be found here: https://youtu.be/WQkRs3Ek7Iw Both links won't fit into our template.
"This is the encore (the following year) of their Debussy 'Afternoon of a Faun' performance. Equally Brilliant!
I had no idea how they memorize all that music. I was SO curious that I looked up one of the players on Facebook (a cellist). She told me that they worked on it all year. They learned the music as an orchestra first in a traditional way. Then while they were choreographing, they had the score on a screen above the stage so that players could look when necessary. And eventually, they took away the screen. This is an amazing feat!"