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Archae

(46,311 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 02:25 PM Jun 2014

Little break from all the snarling...the Portsmouth Sinfonia does the "Blue Danube."

For those who don't know, the Portsmouth Sinfonia was an actual orchestra, with a couple actual musicians.
The rest didn't know which end of the violin to blow in.

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Little break from all the snarling...the Portsmouth Sinfonia does the "Blue Danube." (Original Post) Archae Jun 2014 OP

Well, they certainly put the enlightenment Jun 2014 #1

NOTHING gets me sick. immoderate Jun 2014 #2

I have an old cassette recording of this group. swimboy Jun 2014 #3

Help! ReRe Jun 2014 #4

enlightenment

(8,830 posts)

1. Well, they certainly put the

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 02:28 PM

Jun 2014

"sin" in symphony.

immoderate

(20,885 posts)

2. NOTHING gets me sick.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 02:55 PM

Jun 2014

--imm

swimboy

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3. I have an old cassette recording of this group.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 09:28 PM

Jun 2014

My favorite is their "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy." Because it is not possible to play the bell chimes out of tune, it gets off to a promising start with a beautiful tone and few wrong notes, then the rest of the orchestra joins in magnificent aural collapse.

Their fame is noted in a wonderful volume titled, "The Book of Heroic Failures".

Edited because I have gone and found it:

ReRe

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4. Help!

Reply to swimboy (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 07:48 AM

Jun 2014

My side hurts! I have not had a good laugh like that in a long time. Thank God I have never heard of this group. You're right, Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy takes the prize.

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