Wow.I just got the opening trombone solo . Stravinsky !!! wonderful .Where does it come from . He could do so much with so LITTLE ! Boulez too - but Stravinsky didn't mind playing in the lowbrow! I think Boulez may have become kinder as he got older - didn't know him personally so ...
The story Stravinsky tells is that he was rehearsing a Tchaikovsky symphony -- I forget which one, but it starts with a "melancholy horn solo", as Stravinsky said -- but instead of the solo the horn player played Happy Birthday. Stravinsky got quite mad -- Happy Birthday was not widely know outside the US, at least at that time, so the Russian Stravinsky had never heard it before. But it was explained to him that the horn player was announcing that his wife had just given birth. So Stravinsky congratulated him and went on with the rehearsal. Years later Stravinsky wanted to write a musical gift for the eightieth birthday of his good friend Pierre Monteux, who had conducted the premiere of Rite of Spring, so he wrote this funny serialized version (including the hilarious harmonized Spanish-sounding bit at 0:35.)
And yes, Stravinsky enjoyed all levels of culture ... as did many great composers. I think Stravinsky was one of those who just loved "the joy of making music".
From another post of this video: In 2000, the BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrated its 70th anniversary with a special concert at the Barbican Hall in London. Leonard Slatkin had just been appointed its new Chief Conductor and he marked the occasion by conducting Stravinsky's version of "Happy Birthday."
The CREATIVITY.
LOVE IT!
Wow.I just got the opening trombone solo . Stravinsky !!! wonderful .Where does it come from . He could do so much with so LITTLE ! Boulez too - but Stravinsky didn't mind playing in the lowbrow! I think Boulez may have become kinder as he got older - didn't know him personally so ...
The story Stravinsky tells is that he was rehearsing a Tchaikovsky symphony -- I forget which one, but it starts with a "melancholy horn solo", as Stravinsky said -- but instead of the solo the horn player played Happy Birthday. Stravinsky got quite mad -- Happy Birthday was not widely know outside the US, at least at that time, so the Russian Stravinsky had never heard it before. But it was explained to him that the horn player was announcing that his wife had just given birth. So Stravinsky congratulated him and went on with the rehearsal.
Years later Stravinsky wanted to write a musical gift for the eightieth birthday of his good friend Pierre Monteux, who had conducted the premiere of Rite of Spring, so he wrote this funny serialized version (including the hilarious harmonized Spanish-sounding bit at 0:35.)
And yes, Stravinsky enjoyed all levels of culture ... as did many great composers. I think Stravinsky was one of those who just loved "the joy of making music".
WOW! That is WAY better than having a bunch of semi-tone-deaf friends taking a stab at it! THANK YOU, David!
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Bravo !😊
Thank you so much, Seejanne, for the wonderful birthday memento! I loved it!
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From another post of this video: In 2000, the BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrated its 70th anniversary with a special concert at the Barbican Hall in London. Leonard Slatkin had just been appointed its new Chief Conductor and he marked the occasion by conducting Stravinsky's version of "Happy Birthday."
HO!!!!Merci, c'est chouette!
Today's my birthday! Perfect! Thanks for this - never heard it before!
Happy birthday, Colleen!
Everything Stravinsky did, sounds like... Stravinsky. :-)
Yes, it does.
Thank you for me.😉👍
The best birthday of all.
Thank you.
Happy birthday
Cool 😎
AWESOME
The bassoonist's eyebrows at 0:38 to 0:39 tho
sooooo cute
fantastico ..!!!
Danke vielmals.Auvh Frau Oehrschlaegel Rotes Kreuz Stadt Wiesbaden 🇧🇪✝️🙂🎉
Largo y feliz resto de vida!!!
Anne Sophie de tout coeur !
Très surpris par ce geste inattendu pour mon anniversaire, je vous remercie Chris pour votre pensée. Gaston.
De rien, Gaston.
Wow
Billy sent me here gachiGASM
Happy birthday to me!
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