Every oboist has seen the Superbowl Commercial with the oboe-playing football player. But have you seen Victor Newman talk about his passion for music?? (And am I the only one who watches daytime tv? Not so much these days, but I still watch Young & the Restless on DVR.)
Set-up: Victor has started dating (read: sleeping with) his daughter's friend Sabrina, who is an international (is she supposed to be French?) art expert; Victor has hired her as his art consultant... (The whole thing is pretty creepy, but this scene was HILARIOUS.)
Victor: Art inspires you the way music inspires me. [Blog author's note: Since when?] Do you know Bellini?
Sabrina: (Giggles.) It's so sexy to hear you talk about music. Yes, Bellini. He's a genius. Do you know his oboe concerto?
Victor: In E-flat Major? Yes, beautiful.
Sabrina: And his operas...Norma is my absolute favourite.
Me: (Laughing hysterically.)
4 comments:
Sorry - stupid bassoonist here - did Bellini actually write an oboe concerto? Of course I'm familiar with his operas, but an oboe concerto? The quote makes it sound like he wrote more than one - Victor: "In E-flat Major?" Sabrina: "No, the one in g minor . . ."
Ahh - the Young & Restless - I'd hate to be the one to break it to them, but they're not that young anymore!
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yes, and it is indeed in E-flat major. (and there's only one) It just made me laugh that they chose that piece to sound smart about music. I mean, I like the concerto, but it wouldn't be my choice to represent elitist classical music!
doesn't every kid go through the bellini in like middle school or something?
I like Bellinis - Cactus Club makes good ones, and so does Moxies. Oh wait, you're talking about a composer, ooops - my bad...
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