I know .... i was laughing whilst watching it the first part sounds like someone has got bad wind . Its possily the worst performance i have ever seen !!
It sounds to me like these videos have a major, MAJOR phasing problem with the sound recording, which, of course, is not the fault of the orchestra at all.
It sounds to me like these videos have a major, MAJOR phasing problem with the sound recording, which, of course, is not the fault of the orchestra at all.
That, and an obviously 'acousticly challenged' room, no strings, lot's of nuanced counterpoint in the Horner-piece and probably less then acceptable rehearsal time.
You all are quite the characters laughing at them. Cheep.
Even with the bad acoustics and recording those performances are cringeworthy; having played in a small orchestra, if you can't make it through a piece in rehearsals, you don't perform it on stage. It is 'brave' to take on music above your level, but when we played what for us amateurs was considered challenging music (Nostradamus by Schwarz for instance), we would rehearse it for the great part of the year aside from our regular program until we got it down to sounding acceptable. Some pieces we never ended up playing because it just didn't work.
I would never criticise or laugh at something like this. Amateurs who clearly have a passion for what they do is something I always respect ... at least since I grew up.
There is not enough appreciation in modern society for the arts, classical and film music. These guys need all the encouragement they can get. Maybe this is the best they can play, but they don't need some jackass on a forum laughing at them.
If there was no laughter in this world , it would be a sad place .
This is the board where certain people deride composers ( zimmer et al ) then on the other hand says you should not deride people when it was clear that the post was not deriding the musicians but the performance .
Horner uses loads of counterpoints, which doesn't sound as effective with a small ensemble. I don't think it's the skill of the performers, as much as fault of the orchestration.
