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The audience, silent, took a breath in unison Included in the orchestra was every instrument imaginable Banhus and Gadulkas played folk and polkas The brutish brass, bodyguards and protectors of stringed melodies Included in the orchestra was every instrument imaginable A concert harp, plucked by fingers long, smooth and sharp The brutish brass, bodyguards and protectors of the woodwind class Saxophones provided a melancholy lilt, the timp was traditionally built A concert harp, stroked by running fingers, smooth and sharp Every sharp and flat note was passed through the throaty reeds of oboes Saxophones reminiscent of ‘jive’, the timp in its size had nowhere to hide This exhibition of musical traditions played late into evening with no intermissions Every sharp and flat note accounted for, motifs carried whispers of folklore Banhus and Gadulkas, swapped stories with bassoons and bagpipes The exhibition had finished, piano keys rested, every note has its operatic death The audience, silent, took a breath in unison
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Jun 14, 2016
Jun 14, 2016 at 8:56 PM UTC
In Unison
The audience, silent, took a breath in unison Included in the orchestra was every instrument imaginable Banhus and Gadulkas played folk and polkas The brutish brass, bodyguards and protectors of stringed melodies Included in the orchestra was every instrument imaginable A concert harp, plucked by fingers long, smooth and sharp The brutish brass, bodyguards and protectors of the woodwind class Saxophones provided a melancholy lilt, the timp was traditionally built A concert harp, stroked by running fingers, smooth and sharp Every sharp and flat note was passed through the throaty reeds of oboes Saxophones reminiscent of ‘jive’, the timp in its size had nowhere to hide This exhibition of musical traditions played late into evening with no intermissions Every sharp and flat note accounted for, motifs carried whispers of folklore Banhus and Gadulkas, swapped stories with bassoons and bagpipes The exhibition had finished, piano keys rested, every note has its operatic death The audience, silent, took a breath in unison
james-gable
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Jun 14, 2016
Jun 14, 2016 at 8:56 PM UTC
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