So this is amazing. A symphony of rank noobs and professionals on unfamiliar instruments did an album in one take. This must be what parents to a 9year old school band feel like. "Oh look, Timmy is so talented" while secretly realizing they've failed as parents.
I’d say it rather shits all over every gatekeeping cunt “musician” who guards the secret that music is actually for everyone. This has more soul than anything in the top 40.
"The Portsmouth Sinfonia was an orchestra founded by a group of students at the Portsmouth School of Art in England, in 1970. The Sinfonia had an unusual entrance requirement, in that players had to either be non-musicians, or if a musician, play an instrument that was entirely new to them." - Wikipedia
Not only that, it was a college instructor's way to teach music to non-musicians. What better way to appreciate music than to see how difficult it is to make it!
As a graphic design student at the time, I played violin at the Albert Hall with this orchestra when they were first created by the Portsmouth Art College. It was amazing how good natured the audience were at our attempt to play Beethoven. Being one of the few that could actually play an instrument, I had mixed feelings about fronting up. In retrospect, the guys initiating the gig and those who participated in it can have no regrets. It was a real hoot!
@@breadmoneyarchival So many years ago and now fame comes along too late! I am pleased you (I presume) stole this album from a record store. It must give you many minutes of solace when the burdens of existence bear down upon your fevered brow. For my part, l heard it played on the radio once and nearly fell off my chair, (well I was as is my want, totally inebriated at the time) and gratified that we lovers of fine music were finally getting the accolades we so richly deserved!
And to be honest, I would say that you and the rest of the Sinfonia members did a pretty good job! I’m in fact, a primary violinist myself. Because violin is what I am good at. Nowadays, I started learning flute after five or six months, and still to this day, I am an intermediate at it, alongside 12th String Celtic harp. Maybe someday, I might have the opportunity to make an online virtual group project as a tribute to the Sinfonia.
The quickening tempo symbolizes the spiritual energy of this hallowed ensemble, bringing the listener to the Grand Apotheosis, signaled by the Final Call of the trumpet!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@jtb8700 I believe they aren't all musicians (some had no musical training whatsover), but some were and did what you said - however they all DID attend or teach at the Porstmouth School of Art so they were all artists of SOME kind (and the pieces were all chosen to be recognisable so they'd have some idea what the piece was supposed to sound like)
Having been a listener of Eno's work for decades I believe it's time to revive the Portsmouth Sinfonia. In it's new incarnation celebraties could be invited to play as members and charity concerts and recordings could be generated. Imagine George Clooney on clarinet, Kid Rock on trombone, Lang Lang on viola etc. etc. all for charity.
Wow, that was really a beautiful rendition. Its not that often I come across such a well done recording, but this was truly amazing. Props to the entire orchestra for a job well done!
Eduard Grieg is spinning in his grave 😂. Shout out to the one note played by the lone trumpet at the end when everybody else has sort of finished. We hear you mate !
The crescendo sounds like a seven-car pile up during rush hour - coupled with the explosion of a semi filled with gasoline! Even MORE an "Epic FAIL" than the first clip!
"The people next door oppress me all night long. I tell them, I work all day, a man's got to have some time to learn to play the tuba. That's oppression, that is. If I'm not under the heel of the oppressor I don't know who is". -
The Portsmouth Sinfonia was a real orchestra founded by a group of students at Portsmouth School of Art in Portsmouth, England, in 1970-however, the Sinfonia had an unusual entrance requirement. Players had to be either non-musicians, or if a musician, play an instrument that was entirely new to them. Among the founding members was one of their teachers, English composer Gavin Bryars.
Don't try and drink a cup of tea when you listen to this. Because I did and when the last blast of the horn sounded at the end I laughed so hard tea came out my nose. And it hurt!
I had no idea that the hall of the mountain king was full of clowns. Also, I think this is the first time that this piece actually doesn't sound terrifying.
That's my old mate Brian on the flute. You could only join the Sinfonia if you couldn't read music! They actually had a concert at the Royal Albert Hall!
Like a wildhog choir strenghtened with a goose herd!!!:))))))))))) Faved! The end is magnificaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant!!!!!!! This is the best foreband all over the world! To play after them is very greatful task. Many thanks for laughing! I,m already crying...:))))) (It is even worse and falser than my arrengement solely on drums, so I,ve got calm:) I say not in vain to me always (to make me happy): everything can be even worse!!!
I beileive this is being played correctly. It's a different version. It's "in the hall of the mountain king on a bad shrooming trip" ..if you listen carefully you can hear Bobo the pink flying elephant in there, and the struggle of the mountain king to find his keys when the floor starts eating his pants.
There's a reason for the last trumpet note at the end; many of the performers were non-musicians, therefore they weren't accustomed to following time. The performer played the last note late because he was wrongfully following the sheets.
in the wine cellar of the mountain king
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Garvey Peterson Genius.
Garvey Peterson Hahahahahahahahagahahahahahahahagahagahaggahaagaga
in the moonshine shed
in the hall of the extremely intoxicated mountain burger king
I love your comment! I can just imagine lots of drunken reeling mountain dwelling inhabitants!
This is the sound of an entire symphony orchestra falling down the stairs. True story.
the little TOOT in the end
Literally me when.playing this
toot :D
Oh God yes! That toot!!!
oh yes, that's fundamentally inexplicable funny. LOVE IT :)
So this is amazing. A symphony of rank noobs and professionals on unfamiliar instruments did an album in one take.
This must be what parents to a 9year old school band feel like.
"Oh look, Timmy is so talented" while secretly realizing they've failed as parents.
The joke's completely flown over your head.
Oh no, I got the joke and it's awesome :D
I’d say it rather shits all over every gatekeeping cunt “musician” who guards the secret that music is actually for everyone. This has more soul than anything in the top 40.
Jajaja Jajaja
In the hell of the mountain king
Can we just applaud the one bari sax player that held the whole thing together during the fast part😂
sticks out like a sore thumb
this is it. this is the aural embodiment of my sense of humor
My god!! That trumpet bleat at the end was...just...too beautiful.
Massive! Concrete! Authoritative!
I agree - the best finale you could have!
In the Restaurant of the Burger King
LOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You win.
What they make up for in enthusiasm they definitely lack in technique.
drtee51 they are an orchestra where they play it on a instrument they have never learnt..
Best comment ever! :)
The random trumpet blat at 1:20 never gets old.
Hahaha
1:20
"The Portsmouth Sinfonia was an orchestra founded by a group of students at the Portsmouth School of Art in England, in 1970. The Sinfonia had an unusual entrance requirement, in that players had to either be non-musicians, or if a musician, play an instrument that was entirely new to them." - Wikipedia
Legend has it that at 0:32 the conductor abandoned all hope and devoured his own hands, baton and all.
This is SATIRE folks! I know this from the early 80s and all my fellow musicians loved it…we were cracking up and thought it was brilliantly made
Not only that, it was a college instructor's way to teach music to non-musicians. What better way to appreciate music than to see how difficult it is to make it!
Fascinating thing is that the tune was still very recognizable.
Barely....
They had professional musicians like a violinist who was given a trombone for instance. Those were the people who made this recognisable.
It's always good to get the explanation.
As a graphic design student at the time, I played violin at the Albert Hall with this orchestra when they were first created by the Portsmouth Art College. It was amazing how good natured the audience were at our attempt to play Beethoven. Being one of the few that could actually play an instrument, I had mixed feelings about fronting up. In retrospect, the guys initiating the gig and those who participated in it can have no regrets. It was a real hoot!
No way! Dude you guys also play Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” at Albert Hall? If so that would mean I have an album with you in it lol
@@breadmoneyarchival So many years ago and now fame comes along too late! I am pleased you (I presume) stole this album from a record store. It must give you many minutes of solace when the burdens of existence bear down upon your fevered brow. For my part, l heard it played on the radio once and nearly fell off my chair, (well I was as is my want, totally inebriated at the time) and gratified that we lovers of fine music were finally getting the accolades we so richly deserved!
And to be honest, I would say that you and the rest of the Sinfonia members did a pretty good job! I’m in fact, a primary violinist myself. Because violin is what I am good at. Nowadays, I started learning flute after five or six months, and still to this day, I am an intermediate at it, alongside 12th String Celtic harp. Maybe someday, I might have the opportunity to make an online virtual group project as a tribute to the Sinfonia.
"Then I realised: I was in Hell."
I love how quick it gets.
The quickening tempo symbolizes the spiritual energy of this hallowed ensemble, bringing the listener to the Grand Apotheosis, signaled by the Final Call of the trumpet!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For non-musicians they do better than middle school bands.
I think we did very well at Holy Cross...
Hearing this made me feel like I was ON the Cross!!!!!!
@@jtb8700 I believe they aren't all musicians (some had no musical training whatsover), but some were and did what you said - however they all DID attend or teach at the Porstmouth School of Art so they were all artists of SOME kind (and the pieces were all chosen to be recognisable so they'd have some idea what the piece was supposed to sound like)
In the (Beer) Hall of the Mountain King.
1:09 - I love how the tenuous theme of squawking geese completely devolves into what an orchestra sounds like when it's warming up.
Finally,an orchestra I can play at!
Play at...or under....
THIS IS WHAT ANXIETY SOUNDS LIKE
THIS IS THE EMBODIMENT OF ANXIETY
LISTENING TO THIS GAVE ME ANXIETY
Having been a listener of Eno's work for decades I believe it's time to revive the Portsmouth Sinfonia. In it's new incarnation celebraties could be invited to play as members and charity concerts and recordings could be generated. Imagine George Clooney on clarinet, Kid Rock on trombone, Lang Lang on viola etc. etc. all for charity.
The drummer is perfectly in time.
A band so talented, they could simply listen to a song once and perform it without sheet music
Hahahahahaha!! Love the very last note that trumpet had at 1:20. LOL!!. :D
It's like the horror version of the song
Wow, that was really a beautiful rendition. Its not that often I come across such a well done recording, but this was truly amazing.
Props to the entire orchestra for a job well done!
Swordsonian The conductor really helps bring out the musicality of the musicians, I'd say! Music at its peak mate.
Eduard Grieg is spinning in his grave 😂. Shout out to the one note played by the lone trumpet at the end when everybody else has sort of finished. We hear you mate !
The crescendo sounds like a seven-car pile up during rush hour - coupled with the explosion of a semi filled with gasoline! Even MORE an "Epic FAIL" than the first clip!
I'm playing this during my next "date night" with my wife.
You might receive a notice from her lawyer the next day!
Grieg would cry if he heard this
Probably. It would make Charles Ives smile, though.
Of laughter
Trumpets at the end make the whole video!
I want this as my ringtone.
Depress Your Friends! Win Enemies!
I have been in school orchestras that have made a coherent sound than this.
BUT that final parp from the trumpet just made me collapse in tears.....
Actually the purpose of this orchestra is that every musicians swap their instruments, (that's not irony)
Ah, but the ENTHUSIASM!
AUTISM*
CMDR EmperorVak ROFLL
This sounds like when you get angry and, instead of getting out of it, gradually work yourself up more
In the Balls of the Molehill King
~ Sounds like it should be apart of the 'Don't Hug Me I'm Scared' soundtrack.
"The people next door oppress me all night long. I tell them, I work all day, a man's got to have some time to learn to play the tuba. That's oppression, that is. If I'm not under the heel of the oppressor I don't know who is". -
It's so terrifying that's even terrific.
THE ENDING THO
THIS IS HILARIOUS
I'm actually high as a kite right now and this made my night.
Remember in Futurama when Fry tried to play the Holophoner without the Robot Devil's hands? This stir up any memories?
EXACTLY.
this version gives me chills
The trumpet at the end just kills me!
Whenever I hear this song, someone on a TV show is sneaking around. If only this was the version played in the background.
Trumpet at the end is tearin' it up!
There's like one guy who sounds like he knows what he's doing. I love it.
This reminds me of when I was in seventh grade and I had a class next door to the room where they taught beginning band class.
0:40 Oh, my fucking god... I can't stop laughing!!!!!
I always risk an aneurysm for laughing so desperately.
Please come to Brazil.
The Portsmouth Sinfonia was a real orchestra founded by a group of students at Portsmouth School of Art in Portsmouth, England, in 1970-however, the Sinfonia had an unusual entrance requirement. Players had to be either non-musicians, or if a musician, play an instrument that was entirely new to them. Among the founding members was one of their teachers, English composer Gavin Bryars.
Fascinating! Never have I listened to something that both causes and cures cancer in my ears.
Way to go, Portsmouth Sinfonia!
Don't try and drink a cup of tea when you listen to this. Because I did and when the last blast of the horn sounded at the end I laughed so hard tea came out my nose. And it hurt!
OH, I needed a good laugh, and this was just the ticket! CRYING...
The Angel Gabriel was a little late for the concert. That last note...
I’m in tears.
reminds me of a school I worked at once; could never tell if the band was warming up or actually playing..
When I get buried lay me down to rest with this so I can remember my home planet on my way to alwaysland.
Qué talento estos jóvenes. Me han emocionado. Sois increíbles, seguid así!
The last little trumpet at the end kills me
Love it. It takes me back to my teens and tickles me as much forty years later.
This is perfection in every aspect
Absolutely brilliant. This is comedy of the highest order!
The best noise my ears have heard
Thanks for posting this! I had their album (vinyl) in the 80s and thought it was hysterical. Glad to see it resurrected for the digital age.
The horn at the end XD
With Brian Eno on clarinet.
"The massacre of the Mountain King and all his minions"
I had no idea that the hall of the mountain king was full of clowns.
Also, I think this is the first time that this piece actually doesn't sound terrifying.
everything is so perfect
the way that they express the emotions of the price is so beautiful.
That's my old mate Brian on the flute. You could only join the Sinfonia if you couldn't read music! They actually had a concert at the Royal Albert Hall!
Brian eno ? Heard he was in it
@@TheVioletBunny I don't know a Brian Eno. Maybe there is a list of names on the back of the album cover.
This is the absolute best one that they do...
the progression of the chaos is reminiscent of how 2020 is going
Like a wildhog choir strenghtened with a goose herd!!!:)))))))))))
Faved! The end is magnificaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant!!!!!!!
This is the best foreband all over the world! To play after them is very greatful task.
Many thanks for laughing! I,m already crying...:)))))
(It is even worse and falser than my arrengement solely on drums, so I,ve got calm:) I say not in vain to me always (to make me happy): everything can be even worse!!!
This is perfection!
Music to my ears
Best version ever.
I know I am late to the party...But this song by them always makes me smile.
this always cheers me up
I don't care what anyone says. It's the percussion that makes it all happen!!!!
i wish they'd done longer pieces like the rite of spring or Romeo and Juliet overture... that would have been marvelous!!!
It hurts so good!
I beileive this is being played correctly. It's a different version. It's "in the hall of the mountain king on a bad shrooming trip" ..if you listen carefully you can hear Bobo the pink flying elephant in there, and the struggle of the mountain king to find his keys when the floor starts eating his pants.
Better than some of the music in the charts at the moment!
brought tears to my eyes
Brian eno played clarinet in this ensemble.
Yes, THE Brian eno.
The most extraordinary version I have ever heard..................
1:20 Beautiful!
Love the random trumpet parp at the end.
1:20 is the cherry on top
There's a reason for the last trumpet note at the end; many of the performers were non-musicians, therefore they weren't accustomed to following time. The performer played the last note late because he was wrongfully following the sheets.
It's Amazing