About 15 years ago, when I was practising the Nr2 Piano Trio by Brahms with friends at the violinist home, it was the violinist's birthday. While the violinist was out of the room for a while, the pianist proposed me a trick. At the moment we started practising the trio again, as the pianist said, piano and cello would not go on with Brahms but with the famous melody of "Happy Birthday to You". The violinist has given us the Einsatz with breathing as usual. But the other two instruments started singing the melody as promised. At first, the violinist was wondering what had happened with eyes wide open. In a second, she realized that and laughed a lot. One of the happiest moments we shared.
Shown in the reel clip below, it is such a moment for conductor Eliahu Inbal having his 90the birthday with the members of Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra at a concert. When Inbal came to the podium from the wings, the orchestra started an arranged version of Happy Birthday to You. Solemn and impressive adagio like Mahler's slow movement. When it sounded as if to end, the music started with the whole orchestra and chorus in unison of forte! The maestro stood still close to the podium. Of course, when the performance was over, he has grinned being given a bouquette and even a big cake there. It is not a moving moment of music but is surely a pleasant time for the performers as well as the audience. Without account in Meta, it might not be able to be watched;
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