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Discussion in 'Bass Humor [DB]' started by Don Kasper, Jun 2, 2020.

  1. Jun 2, 2020 #1
    Don Kasper

    Don Kasper Gold Supporting Member

    Dec 30, 2012
    Los Angeles/Burbank, CA
    I have to be somewhere...(else).
    (I've actually heard this piece, or a few repetitions of it - thanks Local NPR Station! - decades ago, when I was an inquisitive, open-minded youngster. It is to be repeated 840 times...in a row.)
    Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy! En........
    Pianist Igor Levit has performed a 20-hour long Erik Satie piece virtually, in a bid to raise awareness of musicians who have been silenced by the coronavirus pandemic.

    Since mid-March, iconic concert halls, theatres and classical music festivals have been forced to come to a halt, leaving the future and finances of many artists uncertain.

    To highlight their plight, the German-Russian virtuoso live-streamed his rendition of Satie’s 1893 composition, titled Vexations (French for ‘agony’), from the B-sharp studio in Berlin via Twitter last Saturday (watch below).

     
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  2. Jun 9, 2020 #2
    turf3

    turf3

    Sep 26, 2011
    Well, I haven't watched the video yet but it appears that German-Russian virtuoso pianist Igor Levit has metamorphosed into the young attractive pianist Joana Gama. Neat trick, that.
     
  3. Jun 9, 2020 #3
    Don Kasper

    Don Kasper Gold Supporting Member

    Dec 30, 2012
    Los Angeles/Burbank, CA
    It was the first YT version that I saw...mea culpea, etc.
    Enjoy.
     
  4. Jun 9, 2020 #4
    yodedude2

    yodedude2 Supporting Member

    Nov 19, 2005
    san antonio, texas
    'According to the 1971 edition of the Guinness Book of Records: The New York Times critic fell asleep at 4 a.m. and the audience dwindled to six. At the conclusion, one of them shouted "Encore!"' :cool:
     
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