George Gershwin: An American in Paris (3)

New York Philharmonic Orchestra in North Korea

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[wsdonovan]

@stewartnbrown it is one of the oldest surviving orchestras in the world, much older than the vienna symphony orchestra, the royal concertgebouw orchestra, or the london symphony orchestra. and as far as american longevity, you'd be surprised. we actually make stable institutions (e.g. government) that are much older than most anything in modern Europe

[shadowmyst27]

This was the reason I played the bass clarinet.

[Beth823]

@sportsperson7 Obviously a comment from someone who is not a musician. Brass playing is an incredibly physical challenge. Even the best players in the world are allowed to miss notes sometimes. Shit happens. What's REALLY sad is that in an incredible performance you can only focus on the cracks.

[gcpropertymanagement]

Thx for posting.

[sportsperson7]

does anyone else notice the HUGE trumpet crack at 3:01? it's really sd that a professional trumpet would miss that note....

[EnragedSephiroth]

@wireless849 It was a retarded-ly overblown claim. You want an example of how stupid American institutions can be? At Will employment was taken in the olden days of early U.S. law from British court rulings in regards to being a blacksmith's apprentice. So thanks to that stupid little motion, your employer can fire you for almost any reason or no reason at all and replace you with whomever they please. :)

[MySpring75]

My God are there something stronger then the music is? What a nice fillings in my heart.....and yours ?????

[soccrgrl25]

I can't imagine how amazing it sounded live...considering how great it sounded in the recording, at least.

[poozone2]

The brass and the culmination from 2:25 make me thrill and put me tears into my eyes. Beautiful.

[wireless849]

@wsdonovan thats a bit of an overblown claim. most British institutions are older than the US and there are several European institutions that survived the two world wars (which is the only reason that they are not around today, not because they were badly conceived). i always find it strange how many Americans seem to think that their government appeared out of thin air and don't know that the founding fathers drew heavily from existing European constitutions and current political philosophy.

[tjblues01]

@NemoProkofiev551 I think we are on the same page. My perspective might be different because half of my life I lived in communist country and I attended for such events not because I wanted but because I had to. At that time I was a kid and "a propaganda tool"... So I see the same mechanism here...