[Rumori] proto-mashup question

Colin Hinz asfi at eol.ca
Wed Feb 18 02:14:07 PST 2004


On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, David Dixon wrote:

> I'm not sure when PDQ Bach started doing his thing, but he's been doing
> "bastard classical" at least since the 70's.  His "Quodlibet" and "Unbegun
> Symphony" are particularly fine examples.

Oh, well, then there's the "Concerto Popolare (A Piano Concert to
End all Piano Concertos)" wherein the piano performance (of one
concerto by Grieg) gets mashed with the orchestra performance
(of an entirely different concerto by Tchaikowsky). It also features
Rachmaninoff's Second, Beethoven's Fourth, "Rhapsody in Blue," and
the "Warsaw Concerto," along with persistent interjections of
"Pop Goes the Weasel" and "Roll Out the Barrel." Phew! It was performed
at Royal Festival Hall on 13 November 1956, part of the Hoffnung
Music Festival Concert.

I think the LP (titled "Hoffnung Music Festival Concert") must have
been pretty popular as I periodically find used copies for sale.
Alternatively, you could hold your nose and buy the CD reissue
courtesy of those nice friendly chums at EMI:

http://www.musicweb.uk.net/hoffnung/Hoffsales/EMI.htm

One of these years I'll discover where I've stashed my LP copy
and mp3 the sucker, but until then, happy hunting.

Info on the Festival here (and following/preceding pages):

http://www.musicweb.uk.net/hoffnung/biog7.htm

- Colin






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