8 posts tagged “piano”
Victor Borge on Wikipedia
A true comic and musical genius. Even non-musicians will get the jokes.
Unlike Borge, I am not Egon Petri's student.
I am however Egon Petri's student's student....
I am however Egon Petri's student's student....
Quotes:
A smile is the shortest distance between two people.
I only know two pieces; one is "Clair de Lune" and the other one isn't.
Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
Oscar Levant's Biography
is a great read on a great "man about town."
Oscar Levant: Wikipedia
Quotes:
Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
I am no more humble than my talents require.
I can remember Doris Day before she was a virgin.
I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.
I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.
I think a lot of Bernstein - but not as much as he does.
I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.
Schizophrenia beats dining alone.
There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.
- For piano & 3 cell phones (configured with irritating ring tones, preferably bad pop tunes)
- 2 audience members are cohorts; first cohort near back row; second near first row
- Begin piece; soon after, first cohort phone rings; I get annoyed, flustered
- At climax of piece, other cohort phone rings. I stop, wait for silence, then start over from the beginning
- Seconds
later, my phone rings (next to me on bench away from audience); I
answer, making small talk, "...I'm not doing much...", and walk off
stage, still talking
- After a minute or so, I return with a sign "The End" and a jar of broken cell phone parts.
- Take bow if applause
