Unusual interpretation of the 5th!

[Peter]

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEhF-7suDsM

[Joy]

Peter, That's Sid Ceasar and Nannette Fabray from the old Sid Ceasar Show of Shows. I remember seeing this in reruns and on 'The Best of' shows. It's very clever and a classic!

[Cocchini]

I wonder whose performing in the background?

[Peter]

Following along this theme of unusuai interpretations:

"The latest human activity to be mastered by robots was demonstrated recently when Sony's QRIO bot successfully conducted an entire orchestra.
The 58-centimetre-tall humanoid robot led the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in a unique rendition of Beethoven's 5th symphony during a concert held at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo on 15 March."

There is a video of this but the link doesn't work. Instead you can view 4 of these humanoids in a dance routine!

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2...18/sony_06.wmv

[Sorrano]

Following along this theme of unusuai interpretations:

"The latest human activity to be mastered by robots was demonstrated recently when Sony's QRIO bot successfully conducted an entire orchestra.
The 58-centimetre-tall humanoid robot led the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in a unique rendition of Beethoven's 5th symphony during a concert held at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo on 15 March."

There is a video of this but the link doesn't work. Instead you can view 4 of these humanoids in a dance routine!

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2...18/sony_06.wmv

That makes me think of something Stockhausen might have done in his earlier years. That is, removing the human element from the interpretation of the music as much as possible.