As seen on Rachael tonight, the theme for the NBC Watergate coverage: March to the Scaffolds

[Sancho]

[MuseRider]

1. Great piece.

Just played it on a Halloween concert.

[stopbush]

2. Scaffold. Singular.

[Sancho]

3. It has been decades since I took French...maybe someone knows...

I always thought it was a march (or walk) to torture (the scaffold). Of course it was written in the 1800s.

At any rate, it was an interesting choice by NBC in the 1970s. I happened to be playing in a college orchestra at the time, and we watched the hearings on TV. I remember that we recognized and talked about the music. I had forgotten until Rachael mentioned it tonight.

[stopbush]

4. I bought a 27-CD set of the complete works of Berlioz last month.

Pretty cool.

[BlueSpot]

5. One of my favorite symphonies n/t

[MFGsunny]

6. Wondering what music will play at tomorrow's opening of public testimony in impeachment inquiry. n/t

[Sancho]

7. ...maybe not Berlioz...

When the Democrats come in:

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. and when the Republicans come in ...

[DeminPennswoods]

8. Rachel lauded "the best viewers" for the information,

but she also seemed genuinely surprised by how quickly the music was identified down to the specifically named movement. You have to think the choice of that music in 1973 for the Watergate hearings was deliberate.