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Music Appreciation

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,181 posts) Wed Jun 3, 2026, 04:50 PM 13 hrs ago

Keyboardist sick, conductor requests a sightreader from the audience

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Keyboardist sick, conductor requests a sightreader from the audience (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 13 hrs ago OP

Reminds me of "The Who" --- Townsend, "Can anyone play the drums?" 3Hotdogs 12 hrs ago #1

That's my recurring nightmare! PJMcK 12 hrs ago #2

3Hotdogs

(15,618 posts)

1. Reminds me of "The Who" --- Townsend, "Can anyone play the drums?"

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 05:13 PM

12 hrs ago

While funny on it's face, that one was really sad after thinking about it.

PJMcK

(25,158 posts)

2. That's my recurring nightmare!

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 05:42 PM

12 hrs ago

In my night-terror, I suddenly have to perform a piano concerto but I haven’t learned the music. In a variation, my left-hand is in a cast and the Ravel Concerto for the Left Hand!

I always wake up sweating!

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