(Rare!) Eight Pianos Render Famous Prelude of Rachmaninov (1932 Movietone Newsreel)

An interesting Newsreel footage from 1932, showing a concert in Sydney, Australia, with eight female pianists playing Rachmaninov's Prelude on eight pianos at the same time. I never heard or seen anything like this...anyone knows What this was?

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[blacryu]

0:50 Do the robot!

[merrihew]

Bizarre

[JoeTownley]

I've seen some pretty ridiculous things in my life---but THIS! This takes the cake!

Oh well, it was 1932 so they can be forgiven. Nobody would be dumb enough to do this today, thank God.

[themfromspace]

0_0

is the conductor acting out some weird fetish or something?

[gaemp]

@MrRicksStudio no difference

[MrRicksStudio]

@gaemp It's a British newsreel.

[gaemp]

this is how Americans make a Circus of everything.... simply stupid.

[thewritingwriterof89]

...why...if there was a better recording I might be able to appreciate this better, but I just don't see the point here.

[mikejr41387]

hahah, this reminds me of a sizuki school video of a bunch of asian girls playing Jeux d;eau simultaneously on stage. look it up, its the same idea. im not sure what for tho, what ever happened to individuality? lol

[tommy9882]

lmao fun