Miming

[rhythmaning]

I have just heard that the string quartet that played at Obama’s inauguration were miming!

Well, I am not shocked in the slightest. I was amazed they were playing outside at all – as the presenters kept telling us, it was very cold. Yo-yo Ma said “It was wicked cold!”

I was surprised they weren’t wearing hats and gloves – it must have been hard to play in that temperature at all.

Comments

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I was wondering how they could have managed!

I love Yo-yo Ma. He's a really nice guy. I saw him backstage at a concert, where he was talking with all the music students who were there, just shooting the breeze. The rest of the orchestra really respected him (a friend of my dad was in the orchestra).

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

I really liked the piece - although it leant heavily on Copland.