Air and Simple Gifts (from Barack Obama's Inauguration)
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It sucks that they couldn't stay in tune because of the weather so they had to play pre-recording. Great musicians all around though.
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it was indeed prerecorded in the studio, which is common knowledge.
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@AslolAtlol505 did your band do the key poulan or Aaron copland arrangement?
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@amrascarpathia Not to mention the cracking that would have ensued on the clarinetist's instrument.
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i played this song in my band but it sounde different
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It's spelled Aaron Copland.
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Turns out that Obama's entire Presidency is a fake one; just like this performance!
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@CromwellClassical a real musician plays for two things:themselves and the audience. I personally get a little sick when I hear out of tune instruments, especially strings. You're making it sound like they are just as bad as Major League Baseball for canceling games for a little drizzle. plus, a money smart string player would be playing on the crappiest instrument possible so as to not ruin their investment (a Stradivarius violin costs about as much as the tumbler from batman begins)
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Wow! This is truly amazing. It's tough enough to play this piece live, but to try to recreate it on a terrible cold day, is simply breathtaking. As a professional cellist, I can't imagine trying to play this under the circumstances. And to play to a track? Wow. Stop hating, support the arts and get over yourselves. You try it. With a kazoo!
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It's pathetic, they could have just played inside a room through a video stream, problem solved!
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Desigovia 1 year ago 9
Everyone needs to calm down about the pre-recording. It is a beautiful piece, played by people who are simply amazing at the instruments they play, enjoy it, and know that they were still ACTUALLY playing that day so it really doesn't matter and was done for the greater good of the million plus people standing out in the crowd!
dandaman247 7 months ago 3