BURN!
I was listening to the public radio this morning, and they have a show about current classical music & musicians and performances. They were interviewing a guy who built a chamber for a space vessel that is planned to host a concert on the moon in 2013 or something. Then they mentioned the guy who was going to play the concert wasn't the first pick, so they interviewed the first pick: a cellist. They said the space travel engineers couldn't accept the cello as cargo because it was too bulky/heavy, so they chose a violinist instead.
Interviewer asked how the cellist felt about being "scrubbed" from the concert. He said something like, "oh there's resentment!" and then he went on a rant about how poor unappreciated cellos don't have nearly the repertoire, that stinking violins get all the concertos, that Mozart wrote 5 concerti for violins, Beethoven wrote for violins, etc. Then he said, "Well, at least we're not violas." UGH! How rude!
Then I thought, what stringed instrument is more underappreciated than the viola? By his logic, it should be a violist on the moon! *scowl* violinists do get all the fun.
Interviewer asked how the cellist felt about being "scrubbed" from the concert. He said something like, "oh there's resentment!" and then he went on a rant about how poor unappreciated cellos don't have nearly the repertoire, that stinking violins get all the concertos, that Mozart wrote 5 concerti for violins, Beethoven wrote for violins, etc. Then he said, "Well, at least we're not violas." UGH! How rude!
Then I thought, what stringed instrument is more underappreciated than the viola? By his logic, it should be a violist on the moon! *scowl* violinists do get all the fun.