Obama ceremony playback?

[Petter]

Seemed awfully cold. Was it playback?

[minor9th]

Yes, it was. Here's the NY Times article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/arts/music/23band.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=obama%20music%20playback&st=cse

[quantum]

I would have like to see more camera on Gabriela Montero and Anthony McGill.  Most of the time they were shooting Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma or doing artsy shots on their instruments.  I watched it live on CNN.

Considering the temperatures, playback was a good idea.  Would you really want to bring those expensive instruments out there?  Speaking of which, any story on that Steinway?  Did it hold up physically?  Who would let their instrument out into the cold like that? 

[Petter]

South American woman, Israelian, Asian and Black man, playing a piece written by a white male American? I guess that was the statement...

[go12_3]

Seemed awfully cold. Was it playback?

don't know......I thought their fingers were going to freeze and fall off!  =)))

[richard black]

Yeah, Perlman made the point that you just don't screw up at an event like a Prez inaug, and in those temperatures they would almost certainly have screwed up!

[quantum]

Check out this panoramic pic.  You can see Yo-Yo Ma taking a picture of the moment.

https://www.davidbergman.net/blog/2009/01/22/how-i-made-a-1474-megapixel-photo-during-president-obamas-inaugural-address/#comments

[Petter]

Found this hilarious Video

[quantum]

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[rc]

Thanks for that video!!  hilarious!

[giannalinda]

Found this hilarious Video

Did you know they aren't even playing? they are pretending to play and the music is playing in the background    at least thats what someone told me.   

[minor9th]

Did you know they aren't even playing? they are pretending to play and the music is playing in the background    at least thats what someone told me.   

Umm...that's the point of this thread!!