Sublime

Tengo and his classmates were rehearsing several passages excerpted from Janáček’s Sinfonietta, as arranged for wind instruments. They were to perform it as their “free-choice

It’s not at all unheard of for the flutes to imitate the sound of a kettle when they decide it’s time for tea, or to whistle out the tune of laughter when a hapless outsider walks across the hall. It’s all part of the humour of the pit, and it’s a chance to liven things up a bit too.

Thelonious Monk playing “Honeysuckle Rose”.