One Shot Classical Quiz

Posted by: herm on 23 December 2002

Two not too bright guys

First guy says: "It's funny Tchaikovsky wrote only three symphonies, and called them the Fourth, the Fifth and the Sixth."

Second guy replies: "Well, he also wrote the First Piano Concerto."

First guy: "Yeah, and Rachminov wrote the Second Piano Concerto, and Beethoven the Fifth. But I wonder who wrote the Third and Fourth Piano ctos?"

Posted on: 23 December 2002 by Phil Barry

Um...are these (quasi-)quotes overheard at a concert or a record store?

If so, here's my all-time greatest overheard concert conmversation (shouted from 3rd floor to 4th at Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA in May, 1970 or '71, after a performance by Ormandy and the Philadelphians of Mahler's First symphony:

'Baeethoven would have said it in 15 minutes!'

Phil

Posted on: 23 December 2002 by Wolf

Last year I was at the Ojai Music festival with a friend (all 20th C stuff). After the Messian "From the Canyons to the Stars" one little old lady got up with her friend and said "Well that wasn't too bad was it?"

Posted on: 23 December 2002 by Cheese

At the end of the 80's, Harnoncourt did a concert in our town. He conducted some Bach concertos and played (himself) two suites for solo cello. The performance was soporiphic to say the least (especially for me because I had seen Rostropovich playing the solo suites a few months earlier).

Just behind me, between two movements, a distinguished spectator of respectable age said to his wife: "Uh. I'm glad HE travelled the 800 kilometers and not WE."

Cheese

Posted on: 24 December 2002 by Former member

quote:
Originally posted by Wolf:
Last year I was at the Ojai Music festival with a friend (all 20th C stuff). After the Messian "From the Canyons to the Stars" one little old lady got up with her friend and said "Well that wasn't too bad was it?"

Lol.....I love that piece.