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Bangor Symphony Orchestra
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Bangor Symphony Orchestra
The Bangor symphony orchestra was performing Beethoven's Ninth. In the
piece, there's a long passage -- about 20 minutes -- during which the
bass violinists have nothing to do. Rather than sit around that whole
time looking stupid, some of them decided to sneak offstage and go to
the tavern next door for a quick one.
After slamming several beers in quick succession (as bass violinists
are prone to do), one of them looked at his watch. "Hey! We need to
get back!"
"No need to panic," said a fellow bassist. "I thought we might need
some extra time, so I tied the last few pages of the conductor's score
together with string. It'll take him a few minutes to get it
untangled." A few moments later they staggered back to the concert
hall and took their places in the orchestra.
About this time, a member of the audience noticed the conductor seemed
a bit edgy, and said as much to her companion. "Well, of course," said
her companion. "Don't you see? It's the bottom of the Ninth, the score
is tied, and the bassists are loaded."
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Entered on: 09/24/1998
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