Spoons at the Halle

Subject: Spoons at the Halle
From: s&r
Date: 06 Oct 04 - 08:25 PM

My wife is playing spoons before the Halle Cconcert at the Bridgewater Hall See Here

Stu

Subject: RE: Spoons at the Halle
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 03:33 AM

Will there be complaints from the spoons players that an orchestra is noodling while they're trying to play???!!!

RtS
(running away and hiding behind the tympani)

Subject: RE: Spoons at the Halle
From: fat B****rd
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 03:40 AM

Roger, me old thimbler !! It's you and the Vienna Phil on New Years Day for me.

Subject: RE: Spoons at the Halle
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 04:19 AM

Husband (to a guest who has just perpetrated embarrassing rhythmic histrionics):
    "How dare you play the spoons before my wife!"

Guest:
    "I'm terribly sorry, I didn't realise it was her turn!"

Subject: RE: Spoons at the Halle
From: GUEST,Jon at School
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 04:43 AM

"Intriguing musical illustrations will be provided by Rusty Wright of FOLKUS (The Folk Arts Network of the North West)"

Sounds like the same problem Raggytash had.

I liked it when they had someone playing a sink, and the Vac was great.

Anyone get the feeling the Halle are taking the piss or just being patronising

Jon

Subject: RE: Spoons at the Halle
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 07 Oct 04 - 05:43 AM

You should have heard some of Gerald Hoffnung's Royal Festival Hall concerts in the 60's - there was a concerto for hose-pipe (OK it was really Mozart senior's Alpenhorn one), there was a piece which included vacuum cleaners and people playing stone hotwater bottles. Many of the jokes in his cartoons were brought to life, such as the percussionist with a pair of large cymbals and a bandage on the end of his nose. There is one piece of music which uses a typewriter - word processors have made it rather out of date !

Subject: RE: Spoons at the Halle
From: s&r
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 02:59 AM

It happened - it was part of a pre concert talk/lecture on Rhythm: Mark Elder (Conductor) sang the William Tell Overture (Lone Ranger theme) while Rusty accompanied on spoons.

I don't think there was a piss take at all - it was wonderful fun. Thanks to Mark Elder for being such a good sport.

Stu

Subject: RE: Spoons at the Halle
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 09:35 AM

"I don't think there was a piss take at all - it was wonderful fun. Thanks to Mark Elder for being such a good sport"

so if it was serious why was he being such a "good sport"? and worse still why was he singing the William Tell Overture (and which words did he sing?)

;-)

Subject: RE: Spoons at the Halle
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 04:25 PM

At the Halle there is (on Thursdays) a pre concert discussion with a panel of experts including Mark Elder. Rusty had been invited to play spoons as an illustration of rhythm played with non-orchestral instruments.
She has used the rhythmic structure of the William Tell Overture as a basis for people who want spoons tuition (started as a joke, but there is a demand). Most are familiar with da da DUM da da DUM da da DUM DUM DUM.
Mark Elder said that the tempo was a bit slower than Rossini: Rusty invited him to sing and she would accompany - and that's what happened. Words were nonsense syllables; all conductors do this when needed.
All good fun, and a nice link between formal and informal music. Light hearted good humoured but not a piss take - it was good, ads was the concert which followed.

Stu

Subject: RE: Spoons at the Halle
From: s&r
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 04:29 PM

The last guest was me with an errant cookie
Stu