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Music has inspired many artists to create some of their best work. The musicians of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra were equally inspired by art in the Indianapolis Museum of Art's American galleries. They played the orchestral pieces that embody these works and enhance both the listening and viewing experience. Have fun listening!
The fox took a chicken out on the floor.
Poor silly chick didn't know the score.
And as they whirled in their joyous dance, oh she admired how the fox could prance.
She never noticed when the lights went out...
She skipped to the beat with head held high, she bowed to the fox as he circled by.
He winked at her with a high-dee-hoe, and they then engaged in a doe-si-doe.
She never noticed when the lights went out.
He swung her to the left, he swung her to the right, he swung her around with all his might.
The air grew heavy, the lights grew dim, but she felt no fear as she smiled at him;
he turned her again as she held him tight as she smiled and whirled in the fading light.
She felt no fear, she knew no doubt and she never noticed when the lights went out!
That's all, folks!
The reason that you'll be hearing these pieces performed in the gallery of the Indianapolis Museum, rather than a Symphony Hall or a Chamber Music Hall, is that
we wanted to give the viewer and listener the opportunity to experience these wonderful works together; the works of visual art and the pieces of music
that we have chosen to accompany and represent the works of art.
[Music]
I HONESTLY DON'T AGREE WITH THE SAYING THAT THE SECOND VIOLIN PART IS EASIER THAN THE FIRST FOR MOST PEOPLE THE HARMONY IS HARDER TO HEAR AND PLAY THE RHYTHMS CAN BE MORE DIFFICULT. THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTALS IN THE SECOND VIOLIN PART ALSO GREATLY OUTNUMBERS THOSE IN THE FIRST VIOLINS.
It's not much of a story - I guess it's just the way you're supposed to perform this piece.
What's with the guy talking over the music in the first piece? After a while, the video cut to him, and I realized he was in the gallery, but is there some story to the talking rather than singing?
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