Classical Music Fails

A compilation of (mostly) classical music fails. Conductors losing batons, cell phone disruptions, and much more!
I don't claim any of these clips as my own. All of them were previously published on KZbin and all credit is due their original uploaders.
Please enjoy!
NOTE: There is now a part 2! I never thought I would find enough clips for a second edition of this, but KZbin never fails to surprise me. Here's the link: • Classical Music Fails ...

[@jaceyking5015]

First rule of attending a concert: if your phone goes off, the orchestra is allowed to make fun of you.

[@lunarangellic994]

why would one even bring a phone to a orchestra

[@Mike-lx9qn]

@Penny for my thot Yeah at the exact same time, if that was gonna happen why go?

[@rabies__]

The orchestra is obligated by law to make fun of you

[@cassssiiopeiia]

as an orchestra student, i can confirm

[@Mike-lx9qn]

@Isabella Romero That's not sarcasm 😑

[@goatcheese4me]

"No don't hire anyone. I can play the organ at your wedding as a gift to you"

[@makeupnotesbyangie]

lol! totally! that or not wanting to spend any money

[@MsFlamingFlamer]

😂😂😂😂

[@cottoncandy2023]

(me replying)"hell to fucking no!!!!!😂

[@MegaHungryNinja]

They got what they paid for.

[@derechte6086]

+Mooing damn:D

[@DarthBrandybuck]

that opening sounded like a heard of elephants burning to death

[@jorgesegura4514]

nooooooooooo😂😭😭😭😭

[@Elias-ry7ri]

How do you know how that sounds????

[@ZhaoxTFT]

What's the name of it?

[@forbesjeff]

@@ZhaoxTFT Also Sprach Zarathustra

[@lantoid9850]

i almost clicked off at the sound of the opening

[@hongli9803]

3:28 "Its fine, I can play the piano, they're basically the same thing"

[@kleo5696]

@Human Peeing its aight, but most pianos also have paddles, well, 2-5 atleast..

[@rupertwalker2753]

@@kleo5696 but with the organ, there’s a whole keyboard of pedal notes played with the feet, as well as around 4 manual keyboards on a big organ (choir, swell, great and solo), which have to be set to the right stops with the swell box open the correct amount. And then there’s the general difference in technique between the organ and piano in the way the keys are actually played - if played like a piano most organ music would just sound bizarre and vice versa

[@Triggas]

Well... the organist doesn’t seem to use pedals nor the levers or whatever they’re called. So what is left is basically a double keyboard which is like playing a keyboard...

[@rupertwalker2753]

@@Triggas not really… even when playing just the organ manuals, the technique with which you use the keys is different to other keyboard instruments such as piano. You’re right that the organist isn’t using the full range of techniques available but there is still a distinct difference

[@Triggas]

@@rupertwalker2753 oh ok. I have only played the organ a few times, to me it felt like I was playing a keyboard, but that was probably because the pedals become so challenging for me that the other parts seemed easier . Idk

[@ericw.1620]

who the fuck brought the elephant in the beginning

[@beanyume]

😂😂😂

[@sirklumpatsch9591]

I already found it hilarious in the beginning, but due to your comment I nearly suffocated from laughter

[@thesouleatercat]

+Eric W. It's actually the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra and they switched instruments to one that they had never played before just because they could.

[@ericw.1620]

animaSonus its actually a joke 😛

[@josipskledar2878]

+Eric W. still, good to know

[@zephy8002]

The intro is physically painful to listen to

[@aliyahpowe5804]

I ended up skipping it haha

[@WoMo091]

Its intended to

[@florianmaschke269]

It causes serious ear cancer... We should sue someone for that.

[@lesfaul4924]

I love it. The anticipation still builds, but you get no satisfaction. It's horrible!

[@Hello-gq2qv]

If you are woodwind or brass than you would understand But mainly brass

[@mogwaisonmarz64]

2:25 - conductor falls off stage (A moment later) "I'm alright!!" Everyone continues cheering like nothing happened

[@pashauzan]

they though it was a comedy

[@matthewdouglas8368]

*Thump*

[@mergat2970]

It's literally something from a sitcom

[@CPorter]

As they shoukd. Nothing that matters happened.

[@therealsourc3]

6:00 - So you have chosen... death

[@DanielBiggins17]

The violist who mocked the phone ringing turned that fail into quite the badass moment.

[@Lulijolly]

+Daniel Biggins I want to listen to more of that violist!

[@giovannimilano8162]

yeah that's more of a win then a fail.

[@carldawgh]

+Daniel Biggins that was fucking aswesome

[@Merlin1940]

+Daniel Biggins 12 nov, yes! it was at 3:10 Thu 19 Nov 2015 17:25 GMT

[@purpleAiPEy]

+Merlin1940 are you a wizard?

[@fleabaguette9699]

I was in an opera once and during a rehearsal the conductor yeeted the baton so hard it got stuck in the ceiling lmao

[@Morgan_Black]

I'm in a choir and our conductor once yeeted it right through the cello. Yes, it was in a concert.

[@kilimi7710]

I played in a school orchestra and a violin-player managed to yeet their violin bow to almost the other side of the orchestra and bumped a flute player whose flute got yeeted out of the player's hand while we were playing Carmen. It was a decrease of the intensity and volume of the violins, followed by a weird ripped flute sound in the middle of marching music. Sorry for my English

[@fleabaguette9699]

@@kilimi7710 your English is fine! And that's hilarious, I would impressed by that!

[@pingpongpung]

Stop using "yeet". It is not an official word.

[@fleabaguette9699]

@@pingpongpung you must be a blast at parties

[@yohmarquez]

6:47 RIP on this button, the melody is such an eargasm to me wth

[@kaiapparent2653]

the most satisfying beautiful thing i have ever listened to istg

[@benitocamelas2791]

Its the gran vals of tarrega a clasical composer

[@BassanovaMusic]

09:20 Hilarious how the piano player is tryna find a way to save the day, by trying to somehow rectify this players insanely bad timing.

[@margheritabettinzana9739]

I think the piano it's a pre recorded base, it does not slow down even if the violin miss his entrance and is totally out of time. After a bit they low the volume of the piano base (you can still hear it until the end). Just my opinion the important thing is that I can't stop laughing.

[@BassanovaMusic]

@@margheritabettinzana9739 I think you're right! but yes, that's the most important hahaha

[@ciri151]

also, not sure if it's just a bad recording but that the worst sounding violin I've ever heard.

[@thesteaksaignant]

@@ciri151 this is just bad playing

[@ieuanphillips4963]

I could even play in time (I'm not a musician btw)

[@sophiay.8643]

5:50- that wasn't a fail, that was the greatest save I've ever seen

[@fishsauce617]

I think it was all part of the performance, but if not, that was amazing. 👍👍👏

[@andrewb6309]

Firefly 07.26 so tired of those idiots who are told to turn of their phones but they don't. By not turning off your phones you're disrespecting the musicians. So in the future, either turn you phones all the way off and enjoy the music or get the **** out and don't ruin it for other people.

[@wachimingoxd]

whats the song omg

[@animefan1204]

I admire how he played it off with an elegant move.

[@emmajd6229]

+Firefly 07.26 probably my favorite part of this whole video lol.

[@valeryl06]

When you only had a day to learn how to play the organ

[@antou1480]

Jajajajajaja

[@fabianbrekeller3886]

Hahahaha

[@susannagroppello751]

Or when you couldn't say no to your dear nephew...

[@thumpi]

Or none

[@asoru5573]

XD so fuckin true

[@ofan552]

6:48 I loooove what the orchest did! sounds great :D

[@heleddfflur6063]

It is a real piece called Grand Vals and they're merely playing it.

[@sarahndundu378]

Where can I find the same version ? Or like this ?

[@SamHodkin23]

Better still that it's being played *intentionally*. The ensemble did it as part of their reminder for folks to switch their phones off.

[@vargasmartin7143]

@@heleddfflur6063 Yes but they're not playing Gran Vals, they're improvising

[@Ice.muffin]

Interesting half face.

[@sunken_lilies]

“Don’t answer.” “Take the blame.”

[@uzefulvideos3440]

I always understand "Let it ring."

[@misterkingdom3620]

The moral of this video is to make sure that at your wedding you have someone who actually knows how to play the organ

[@centuriomacro9787]

I have so much fun with this part ;)

[@erica2912]

Or just play the piece from a CD.

[@silm6613]

+Erica Eng Or just pay the organist,...

[@silm6613]

Why? The most people don't want to pay a professional Organist. It is not a fail in this Video. That happens every week. You hear, that he is just a Hobbyplayer. And I don't know, what should ne funny on that? A musical fail is, when a really good hornplayer plays the wrong Mozart concert, because boths have the same beginning. Like our hornist did. That's funny. But a hobby musician is allways as bad, as this Organist. They can play just there own mini Repertoire, but a Mendelssoh is a little bit more difficult. Just so, that U have to study the Instrument. Who don't wanna pay the musicians, have to live with bad ones!

[@erica2912]

+Sil M I don't understand what you're saying... D:

[@luckymagicbelle]

"911, what's your emergency?" "I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT AN ASSAULT ON MY EARS."

[@Cool_Jack]

Ok we have your adress police is on the way with S.W.A.T

[@jovetj]

That would be a battery. Not an assault.

[@AndyRoidEU]

What kind of assault sir? Ear-rape!

[@SteeleTheThird]

Wait, 911 is the terrorist attack, dont you mean 999?

[@luckymagicbelle]

@@SteeleTheThird Where I live, the emergency call number is 911 :D

[@fivearcher76571]

4:51 I had a seizure listening to this. They were doing so well...

[@kaiapparent2653]

i mean the organist may have gotten most of their shit wrong but at least they got that last chord after a bit of fumbling 💀

[@autumnphillips151]

No, they were singing the wrong lyrics. This is how that song is supposed to be: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIukoH-ko5l_fJI

[@trianglearchives5776]

1:21 when the charger wouldn’t fit inside the outlet easily

[@mackan2277]

lol this made my day

[@kaiapparent2653]

SHUTUP MY LUNGS HAHAHAHA

[@reactornumber4463]

People have one job when turning a page for a pianist

[@BlutigeTranen]

I actually think that failing to turn the pages is part of a comedy bit. Like two people playing the piano and two turning pages... the chaos of it is supposed to be funny.

[@thebrainnugget]

You'd think it would be easy. I tell you those pages are out to sabotage you.

[@panikdattheprom4812]

Try having it be someone who doesn't know how to read music turn your pages

[@user-nx8yu4lw1i]

the number of times i've seen people mess up turning piano pages XD

[@hm09235nd]

check out the sketch by victor borge if you havent

[@skiplin1888]

The trumpet player who played the intro invented notes that didn't exist before

[@sitsia3808]

😂

[@Kumquat_Lord]

Well, he wasn't normally a trumpet player, this was played in an instrument swap

[@toninrm7555]

Xdddd

[@lucindawinter472]

I play trumpet and that's what I sound like when there's too much water in the trumpet xd

[@josephrouleau9259]

I giggled like an idiot at the intro. Putting over the 2001 credits was the masterstroke.

[@serenalizinnqui8474]

3:14 that face you make when you're up at midnight to eat that slice of cake and you hear a door squeak open

[@MicroBuddy5]

8:51 DID SOMEONE SNEEZE INTO THEIR INSTRUMENT?? That is freaking golden

[@andyfrost78]

XDDD

[@mydadknewilikebeans3977]

Yeah a trombonist on the right ;3;

[@piyushgupta1606]

I laughed so hard 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mimi3570]

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[@HoldenMICproductions174]

@@piyushgupta1606 Same LOL oh my goodness!!!!!

[@SauceFring]

“If anyone has a reason that these two should not wed, speak now or forever hold your peace.” Organist: *breaths heavily*

[@eriklindhurst5793]

Breathes, not breaths

[@papasquash919]

yo i'd pay more if they played like that.

[@trombonenate9779]

@@papasquash919 same bro

[@cloudyloudly2404]

*Laughs* Yeah, I’ve got something to say, YOU SHOULD ESCAPE, SKIP TOWN! NO MORE EXCUSES! [N.M.E. By Set It Off]

[@DerDiskutator]

6:34 So heartwarming I lost some tears at the end. How they improvise, so dynamical... Wow!

[@SomeOSCMember]

Exactly it's almost unrealistic how they just know what to play lol

[@renerpho]

I remember I once went to the theatre to see Shakespeare's Richard III. The moment Richard came on stage, his (the actor's) mobile phone began ringing, and he started his monologue with "Hello, I am Richard, and that is MY phone." Both heartwarming and funny.

[@DotDot-lg6wh]

I replay 6:46 again and agian. Although It sounds like that this fragment has been rehearsed, not an improvisation. But I must say I LOVE 6:46 so much in my mind sincerely because it sounds great 👍

[@UhmActually.]

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[@DatCupcake]

7:41 Sounds like the organist cracked into some of the communion wine before the service lol

[@sitsia3808]

😂

[@fratervinny]

Wine?

[@ABAlphaBeta]

It's a Jewish wedding isn't it?

[@user-uo1kp3uh1u]

I'd rather guess that it's a semi-talented organ player that usually only plays basic stuff and didn't bother to practice the wedding march. It's a little bit more challenging than the average worship stuff.

[@theusher2893]

The guy who played along with the ringtone was a class act. If only everyone had his sense of humor! 10/10

[@alanmalan2644]

Begining is beautiful!)))

[@Cassxowary]

The Usher To be fair, it’s from an actual song... a Chopin song and one by a Spanish man in 1902. Grande Valse (/Gran Vals)

[@sputnikofsadness]

@@Cassxowary This is Francisco Tarrega - Gran Valse

[@aaronhoran4585]

Yea the next guy did

[@tejasnair3399]

Herta Schneider to be fair to who? Don’t just shit phrases out of your brain

[@pdqbachfan]

Since the original comment got deleted, here are all of the pieces 0:00 Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra 1:21 Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (1st Mov) 1:35 Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1 (1st Mov) 1:55 Unknown 2:24 Unknown 2:38 Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rocco Theme (Finale) 2:54 Puccini - “Un bel di vedremo” from Madame Butterfly 3:04 Haydn - Piano Concerto No. 11 (1st Mov) 3:38 7:18 Mendelssohn - Wedding March from Midsummer Nights Dream 4:13 Wagner Tristan and Isolde? 4:34 Handel - Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah 5:07 Mahler - Symphony No. 7 (1st Mov) 5:26 Bizet - Les Toreadors from Carmen 5:51 Bach - Allemande from Cello Suite No. 5 (played on viola) 5:51 6:33 “Variations on a theme by Nokia” 8:13 Bach - Violin Sonata No. 3 (Adagio) 8:19 Martttinen - Symphony No. 4 8:41 O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go 8:57 Unknown 9:13 Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca 9:56 Unknown 10:11 Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 3 (1st Mov)

[@11eis81]

Thank you! 4:13 Wagner - Tristan und Isolde Act 3, I guess?

[@belooko]

I wish I would finally guess this piece here More than 7 years passed from I've watched the vid and still have no idea and couldn't find the video in archives even

[@Johann_Sebastian_Bach985]

5:47 Bach

[@baileyreidrickman]

@@Johann_Sebastian_Bach985Suite 5 - Allemande, to be specific

[@alexreeves2686]

Thank u so much

[@alexandergrandsard3579]

2:26 I love how everyone goes silent then starts applauding

[@djkaeh5673]

The one at 5:57 made me smile. That's the best way to overcome a performance interruption by a phone's ringtone such as that. ^_^

[@guerrero4982]

Noeru Parisu Do you know what piece he was playing?

[@djkaeh5673]

@@guerrero4982 No. I don't know much about classical music. Unless you're talking about the ringtone he mimicked.

[@Keurlock]

Lol why do musicians keep stopping at ringtones lol

[@Visual_Music]

@@Keurlock Because that is just disrespectful. All musicians strive for perfection, and all of a sudden a stupid ringtone ruins the momentum, emotions, atmosphere, basically everything! This is equivalent to the case when a glass maker almost finishes his piece, when it is shattered by a rock coming from no where. I admit it is funny to watch these moments when you are not the performer, but please don't be the one shattering the piece.

[@Leo-jt3tc]

I am more surprised that he can find notes by ear. Most classical players only know how to read music. I dated a violin player who could only read and I play by ear, we were hardly able to jam because of her limitation but I could play anything she read by just listening to her lol

[@NadirCajic]

Nokia trolling classical musicians since 1994

[@aleksandarstojceski3139]

It's actually very old guitar piece by Tarrega.

[@iainmawhinney8867]

Nadir Cajic more like classical musicians trolling nokia

[@claraw972]

The violinist and the chamber music ensemble who just made a variation on the nokia ringtone are absolute geniuses! 😂

[@vvlams55]

This comment is simply a viola joke

[@amara_the_god2145]

Everyone in 2020: 4:27

[@kaiapparent2653]

still here in 2021 💔

[@katrinablackwell5174]

That's true...

[@kantorpos258]

More like India 2021.

[@jordanthecat8126]

When someone is coughing, never tell them to shut up. It’s not nice.

[@neojisoa]

9:58 that rosin went e v e r y w h e r e

[@merc065]

No wonder the Dust Bowl happened.

[@22I22]

What instrument do you play? *the phone*

[@legomagnum9662]

Idiophones, membranophones, chordophones, aerophones, and phones

[@Nick-lx4fo]

Don't forget vibraphones

[@ViolaGMidi]

le iphone

[@its_4life]

I play the laptop

[@sy9dd]

22 22 ok boomer

[@devourer1389]

I've always asked god what hell is like, but that intro showed me every single part of hell.

[@lindali8703]

Devourer 13 ikr

[@claricechandler8594]

I don’t know why but I laughed at this 😂

[@andrewanderson3016]

You have absolutely no idea how horrible hell really is

[@devourer1389]

@@andrewanderson3016 It's called a joke, thank you

[@bluebear4722]

Me: *Looks at my crush* Me to my friends: Guys that's my crush, don't make it too obvious. My friends: 5:30

[@uranium235umm4]

Good friends

[@WhimsicalMay]

Amazing friends

[@sebastianskaer8461]

Spectacular friends

[@kulot-ki1tu]

Legendary friends

[@afoolsbabybear2266]

Godly friends

[@PianoNBS]

6:55 Best Classical Save Ever Nokia for Chamber Group Nokia : 2001

[@nadie823]

Some phone from hell *rings* Musicians: *proceed to make an epic cover in the moment*

[@Cassxowary]

Sigh, it’s from an actual song... a Chopin song and one by a Spanish man in 1902. Grande Valse (/Gran Vals)

[@Cassxowary]

Nadie To be fair, it’s from an actual song... a Chopin song and one by a Spanish man in 1902. Grande Valse (/Gran Vals)

[@nadie823]

Herta Schneider I had heard that it was called Grand Vals but didn't think it was an actual song.

[@wjones28]

Who uses that ringtone lol

[@Angel-zv1uj]

I feel so bad for the couples that walk down the aisle to shitty music being played by those people

[@dahalofreeek]

I'm the kind of person who would like this for my wedding.

[@branflakes2600]

Xela Pierce it'd made nice memories.

[@DHM91]

It very well could have been played by a relative to save on the wedding's budget. At the end of the day, life is short. To have music be a part of it is enough of an abundance.

[@ironsquadron6110]

Xela Pierce who knows could have been a joke XD

[@ThatZommy]

They probably had their friends play for them, which would explain the playing being bad and also suggest that the couple actually found the bad music funny, and probably remember it fondly. Whilst making fun of the friend.

[@blakfloyd]

3:29 When you lied on the application but still got the job.

[@flutesgalaxy]

5:51 Everyone is here for that!

[@nuppu7764]

Yeah I am actually

[@flutesgalaxy]

@@nuppu7764 Lol

[@mommozz123]

"Your friend George plays the organ right?" "No he plays the piano" "It's ok, they're the same thing! Get him to play for wedding will ya?"

[@arkady0177]

mommozz123 it’s about impossible to fuck it up like this, if you are not awful at playing the piano

[@nonserviam.1574]

mommozz123 I played at 2 weddings with a piano board set on "organ". It's better, because sometime ago I played organ in another church and I used just the first board, I didn't even know what the buttons under my feet were used for. How the hell does the organ work?!

[@nonserviam.1574]

As1052 You're right, I was just a beginner when I played Wedding March and it didn't sound so awful

[@jefflindeman]

Being a musician, when I got married (in 1991 and two full grown daughters ago) my wife-to-be said, and I quote, "My hands are full. You're the fucking musician here, you handle the music." First thing I did was call the church office to let them know the organist would not be needed. Then I put together two friends that had not known each other previously - a male pianist and a female violinist. We brainstormed and once we had the plan, the only clue I gave my wife-to-be was that, it might be something a little different. When the ceremony concluded, we turned to start the walk, and it was the descending chords DAA DAAA D DAA DAA DAA DAA to a rousting rendition of Zippidy Doo Dah. My surprised bride let out a laugh, lifted her dress to one side, kicked up her heels and off we strolled to the limo. Nailed it! PS Almost forgot the kicker. My two musician friends started dating and a couple years later got married themselves. Nailed it twice! Cheers

[@DressedForDrowning]

3:28

[@Amesstopit]

The fact that all of the ringtones come from a nokia made me think that it was the same person, who's phone just kept going off, which made the whole thing 10 times funnier lol

[@zxkmm6]

Nokia is very popular in that age. I mean, most of these pieces is 10 years old

[@retrogamer7543]

Maybe it’s a trend

[@VYT738]

Its 3310

[@veri0001]

Failing at someone’s wedding must be the worst possible thing to do

[@hessu3]

It is quite possible that this marriage couple wanted to save money and did not book a proper organist, but instead asked the helpful neighbour who play piano as a hobby. Cheap fee, cheap performance...

[@markymark443]

9:20 what playing online games with lag feels like.

[@beastboy6799]

6:44 I’m glad the phone rang! That was beautiful!

[@paulweber6376]

To be honest, I think that was the best one in the video

[@sethencompton]

holy shit its simba

[@riproar11]

It was staged, but was nice.

[@yohmarquez]

one of the best fails indeed

[@EdiDrums]

See also _Marc-André Hamelin - Nokia Ringtone Waltz_ kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHTCpoOLgK2torM

[@matrixtetiene9577]

0:51 _2001: An Elephant's Odyssey_

[@janbellemann9147]

Hahahahahaha

[@Dah_S.S]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@heatherbondie4312]

Matrix te tiene More like a Shitty Odyssey

[@hdbsnhdh8209]

XD

[@T-mert]

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[@plaguedoctor2882]

I love how they go and imitate the ringtones, it has a little sarcasm to it, but it is in good fun too

[@exodiawolfe6008]

And it sounds pretty good too.

[@HisMajesty99]

The Nokia phone ringtone incidents weren’t fails, they were EPIC comebacks 😂

[@MCDreng]

5:26 holy shit the cellos kept playing while stood up carrying them over

[@epapuelvalve3250]

Those chellos around the man looks hilarious.

[@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden]

They were trying to get him off the phone

[@mah38900]

Celli not cellos

[@kaiapparent2653]

i screamed when i saw the cellists walking into the frame lmfao i didn’t even think that was possible

[@bloubear2557]

Carried their cellos out of spite

[@DioDiablo702]

the space odyssey was too funny

[@arthur.gc1]

Sharpy RokOut it sounded like an elephant

[@ellieval206]

Sharpy RokOut I was begging for it to end

[@ILoveTakeThat5]

How was it even allowed to be played like that lol 😂

[@jonasrnning107]

Sharpy RokOut sounds like tortured elefants

[@MattWeisherComposer]

That was actually a joke! The orchestra members switched instruments! Haha

[@warjikin]

Trombone sneeze is one of my favorite things ever.

[@fletzyproductions1190]

8:53

[@its_4life]

The first one literally sounds like the opening to a meme video

[@vladiinsky]

after first two notes I clicked LIKE hahahaah

[@RutgerGrotius]

+vladiinsky That's the Portsmouth Sinfonia. An orchestra from the 70's with musicians who could NOT play their instruments. Quite hilarious. The recorded a whole album with classics, all played rubbish.

[@Kernel15]

Was that the point? Was it like a "satirical" band, or were they just that tone-deaf?

[@vladiinsky]

Maybe some really bad amateur orchestra...if they were trying to sound bad, they did it brilliantly :)

[@kynanclymore3352]

I heard somewhere that it was a pro orchestra that switched to instruments they never played before. idk how true that is tho haha if so it's bloody awesome

[@christiagamalian7263]

vladiinsky same here lol 😂

[@axleylefennec]

1:47 I like how the horn awkwardly ends

[@uny8138]

Really

[@janbellemann9147]

Yeah me too

[@beckster778]

Yeah hahahah

[@heatherbondie4312]

Sounds like me trying to finish a piece of a music sheet assignment xD

[@Bankable2790]

bwun bwun bwun b--

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

3:18 the phone’s going off and the conductor has said don’t answer

[@qqcu]

*Those musicians who played the ringtone after the phone went off were amazing*

[@EE-yh8ms]

7:17 This is what a stroke sounds like

[@lichyyyyy]

Being able to copy the Nokia ringtone is so impressive

[@cediebig]

In our school band they teach nokia tone :)

[@marcosking8]

what is so impressive about it?

[@floriantennapel6908]

+Chuck Norros The way he impsovises and makes it beautiful.

[@majsiete]

Francisco Tárrega would be amazed, wouldn't he

[@TATO10892]

+Lisandro Guevara It's a waltz, it "exists"

[@mohamad6533]

the intro is so fuckinng funny, i cant stop laughing

[@Dah_S.S]

Me too

[@emilijabogoevska876]

6:20 is no a fail its a genius

[@Gorgun2010]

5:40 When you answer a call and your friends are there.

[@roughsharkangular2034]

Hans Adriel Gabriel ahahahah i dont ha e any friends

[@Isa1ahL33]

That guy had it coming.

[@nadie823]

It's literally that way

[@AdorkableMarina]

The first one sounds like a startled hoard of Elephants

[@microsoftofficeword6680]

Hahah lol .. You made my day :D

[@samgeisler7033]

You mean it wasn't?

[@scizorfx3436]

This is what happens when you try to make the circus master the conductor.

[@luanaraujo1123]

AdorkableMarina .

[@nonserviam.1574]

AdorkableMarina True

[@Tempestuous_Might]

The intro is actually amazing, definitely more unsettling in the context of the movie. And yes I know which piece it is supposed to be. This is like the dark avant-garde version.

[@kngbigkahuna9381]

3:28 That was for sure a pianist that had never touched an organ before but thought, "hey, it'll be easy, it's just like a piano."

[@djaaggron5041]

Explanation of each: 0:00 It is way out of tune 1:18 They held that second section for too long 1:35 The tailpiece broke off 1:56 Failure to page turn 2:26 Conductor falls off stage 2:37 Conductor yeets baton 2:51 Conductor loses baton 3:03 The phone rang ;0 3:28 Out of tune! 4:13 *cough cough* 4:34 Whatever th(at)(ose) instrument(s) in the background is doing sucks 5:06 Fail at entry 5:25 Harassment 5:47 Oh no the Nokia *plays the ring on his viola* 6:32 Nokia strikes again 7:17 Beginner organist 8:11 *coughs midplaying* 8:19 R.I.P. Timpani page turn 8:40 *sneezes into trombone* 8:57 Bridge and tailpiece death 9:12 That entrance was late 9:55 *death of bow* 10:12 Entrance fail/tone fail

[@mysterygirl30011]

Thanks, didn't have my classical music fail dictionary handy, lol. Sincerely, thanks.

[@djaaggron5041]

@@vaz123 It's actually a viola

[@icyyzeuss8823]

What's the name of the piece at 1.43?

[@chickenpickle6909]

Aristole Mendoza shostakovich cello concerto or something like that

[@djaaggron5041]

@@icyyzeuss8823 As Chicken Pickle said, it's Shostakovich's Cello Concerto in E-flat Major at around 4:57 (kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2fVhmx3jt92rdU)

[@stelladavis1798]

THE ONE AT 9:20 IS SO HILARIOUS I LOVE IT HOW CAN YOU COME IN THAT LATE AND JUST PLAY ON LIKE ITS NOTHING SKSKSKSKSKSKS

[@simonkotsch614]

But it‘s not difficult for the pianist to get in although it’s the violin player who was wrong

[@allysasugondese354]

EXACTLY THIS DUDE LOOKING LIKE HES DIDNT DO ANYTHING BOI WHAT

[@Sea_bear_42]

You can just here the pianist give up in the background

[@FrictionFive]

I think the piano is a backing track. The violin guy was just doing his thing, had no idea how to adjust to the track once he missed his entrance. Thankfully someone brought down the volume of the backing track so that it wouldn’t be so painful.

[@violet6101]

Gosh, what's the name of the piece so familiar

[@Jay-ev6jw]

9:56 is the definition of my life when entering math class on a great Friday 😂

[@andreascrust8606]

Note to self: If someone does an error, show no mercy.

[@twan1349]

7:00 was actually beautiful.

[@BenDover-fz7es]

Twan ikr

[@acuriousspoon843]

Twan the Nokia ring tone is actually a classical piece.

[@twan1349]

Grande Valse, lol I was in concert band in high school.

[@thegooglebell8159]

Twan fr it made me cry

[@pastelbird]

Omg I will love that orchestra for eternity. that was a downright beautiful improvisation! XD

[@taufiqanas2919]

6:57 aaahhh thats sound so beautiful i loved it!

[@emilianog4rcia]

Taufiq Anas sounds like the sims 1 😭😭😭😭

[@lionelbelaunzaran522]

@@emilianog4rcia que?

[@evantyler8647]

Did they rehearse it or something?

[@cuca_]

😍 same thought

[@SpongeTMM]

Couldn't hear any of the other fails. The first clip made me deaf.

[@biscuitbitch5608]

Patrick Sandoz you didn’t hear the organ tails?

[@broisyougobbling]

3:31 Imagine it’s you special day, everything is going great, the ceremony was amazing, and then you walk out to this

[@TroySleeman]

You know you're listening to a very talented musician when they can take a ring tone and make a little song with the exact same key and notes.

[@saruttaa2501]

+Sam Myers what's the piece called??

[@GothicKin]

It's a well known piece that classical guitarists know for sure. It's Tarrega's Gran Valse if I'm not mistaken. Since nokia used it as a ringtone it has been "forgotten" because playing it at a concert is ridiculous but I used to play it on the piano with a friend of mine who's a guitarist in duo. So to answer the other guy who replied it's a well know valse by probably the most famous guitar composer.

[@GothicKin]

+ArkadyVolkov For that matter Niki Minaj discography is better known than all calssical music altogether nowadays. If you don't listen to classical guitar that's your problem, but freaking buy a best of tarrega's or best guitar pieces book and you have the gran valse score in there. It's not known among people who casually listen to classical music. And if you look up recordings online I tell you, you will find very few. Classical guitar is not very popular in america so most of the recordings are european or russian. Also as I said, since nokia, that piece have fallen into oblivion. So internet's not the best place to check

[@GothicKin]

+Jacopo Barberis I meant"is better known" of course

[@GothicKin]

***** For that matter when people see the Champion's League opening theme neither say "Oh it's the first movement of Tchaikovsky's piano concerto" nor realize that the anthem is taken from Zadok the Priest but both Tchaikovsky and Handel are very well known. It might be because I live in Italy but from what I gathered they are all well known among people who listen to classical music.

[@kaizenkun6338]

So... No one is going to talk about how amazing this part is? 6:33

[@nem3732]

finally someone noticed all of them literally played together after that ringtone like it was part of that performance which is amazing

[@minjaesong6767]

@@nem3732 it's because it was part of the performance but that's alright c:

[@nem3732]

@@minjaesong6767 atleast it was dope

[@blazeflamestrike]

They made the ringtone sound beautiful

[@julkap4190]

Actually I know this guy. He used to live on the same street as I did when I was a small child. I don't have many memories on him but he was a nice friendly boy :-). That ring tone was an accident. He just has a sence of humour. That's why it looked like it was on purpose. :-)

[@muskratrepairservices7701]

Disemboweled by laughter during the intro? Madly curious as to its source? The Portsmouth Sinfonia was apparently this project where people came to play with two conditions: you had to have no experience with whatever instrument you chose, and you had to try to your damnedest to actually play well. Ironically the novelty wore off as years went by and the musicians naturally improved. However, songs like "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and Tchaikovsky's "Sugar Plum Fairy" from their early days are a straight up riot, and some of the comments are equally funny Fun fact that Brian Eno was a member of the ensemble. Hope this helps anyone else who suffers similarly from musical schadenfreude.

[@curlypencilhead7971]

4:50 Satan probably torturing the pianist or whatever that instrument is

[@outgoingblur]

D-did you just call it a piano? Us piano gang can not tolerate that.

[@curlypencilhead7971]

@Macaco Serial Killer Organ. I must've been drunk. Unless I am still drunk and wrong

[@haibigboy]

Whoever not muting their phone in a concert should have their head crushed by a grand piano.

[@yazar8]

I would feel sorry for the piano

[@raywang212]

the poor piano

[@Emma-ul3gz]

lol revenge from band nerds

[@rts4097]

This is the best comment I've ever read so far.

[@tamber5977]

H N Q *"WHAM"*

[@nosyrosyful]

Anyone notice how it's always the same ringtone omh

[@melaniehopes8858]

The ringtone guy works as an orchestra interrupter. Sadly his job is not very appreciated so he doesn't have money to buy a new phone and change his ringtone.

[@ross9263]

Уерез Годы cuz the nokia phone had like 2 rigntones and that was the default

[@nosyrosyful]

RocksDa RS yeah, but I figured people had other phones other thank Nokias

[@matthewrobinson8527]

Уерез Годы they did, this is the one that people played though so it made it on video, the other interruptions prob just didnt make it on vid cause it wasnt funny

[@ross9263]

Уерез Годы nokias were a very common phone, i think they were like apple phones today

[@BBGshop7]

6:02 his improv was soo very attractive. Confidence in his skill.. or he used to clown around in high school like this anyway. Either way.. this was Brilliantly done. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@x9360]

*4:13** he coughed so hard his lungs came out🤣🤣🤣*

[@dondatta2692]

8:53 when you're about to play and your friend tells you a joke

[@rudisauerlich8905]

Lmao that comment made me imagine this very situation and it makes it just 10 times funner

[@ebinecksdee9872]

This was like every other day in highschool band class

[@Bankable2790]

How did he do that ??? lmaoo

[@journeythroughtherails5294]

What really happened there, the trombone player SNEEZED into his trombone!!!

[@andreaespada7338]

3:05 My teacher explaining a subject 3:12 My phone ringing 3:15 My best friend looking at me 3:19 The teacher

[@trixiegamez8553]

Wut

[@sharkgrove9272]

You narrowed it down well

[@naiguerrero9467]

The Math Queen LMAOOOOOOOOO IM DYING

[@jetsongarcia2795]

Jajajajaja

[@hippopolove]

5:57 is a better "killer look" of a teacher ahah

[@kittycutecute]

It sounds like all the organ players in this video were sight reading LOL

[@markymark443]

6:07 are we seriously just gonna ignore this man’s raw talent to be able to improvise all the exact notes nearly perfectly? EDIT: 6:46 too, wow...amazing

[@odod992]

That’s pErFeCt pItCh, I think.

[@MrBoss-pq3vb]

First one probably just has perfect pitch

[@spookysocks5914]

4:50 the summoning of Satan

[@olisenpaii2090]

Spooky Socks 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁

[@karyn1091]

I’m currently in the hospital recuperating from complicated diverticulitis and it was a challenge not to laugh! I’m dead!

[@emryswalton1802]

lol truee

[@PaperParade]

The best comment in the thread

[@andrewbatres5918]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@atakepenek1845]

6:15 violinist with a good sense of humor

[@Chianks]

+Ata Kepenek Agree with you but i think he was playing a viola.

[@aidakarolinanemeth8991]

What was the piece he was playing before the phone rang?

[@Chianks]

+Kalona I I think its Bach's suites for unaccompanied cello. Some of the violists also use viola to play it.

[@rafaelmarra7930]

+Kalona It's Bach's French Suite no. 5, second movement, Allemande, BWV 1011.

[@ankavoskuilen1725]

4:34 Finally an interesting ending to the Hallelujah!

[@kaiapparent2653]

the organist was possessed 😂

[@richardjrtruesdell3617]

That intro is perfectly imperfect.

[@dede4004]

Wow, if you can't play the "Wedding March", don't play for weddings. Period. Yikes, those organists had my toes curling up.

[@jovetj]

On the other hand, if something (hopefully minor) doesn't go wrong during your wedding, your marriage is pretty-much doomed to fail.

[@RANDOMDRAGON.9423]

It sounded like the organ had a stuttering problem...😂😂

[@DEFIB7]

Jovetj Explain?

[@jovetj]

*@Devin Patel* A flawless, perfectly-executed wedding is a bad omen for the marriage. Because life is fair.

[@DEFIB7]

Jovetj Ah yes, sorry I forgot about Newton’s Fourth Law, which states that any marriage that can go wrong will go wrong unless it’s doomed to fail. Forgot that the universe somehow knows what a marriage is and the laws of physics will control how a wedding works based on the future.

[@chattumlou19360]

STOP THE WHOLE ORCHESTRA PLAYS THE RINGTONE I'M CRYING

[@what_should_i_call_myself4382]

7:35 a pianist(probs) thought how hard could it be. On the day: why are their so many pedals? Why are their so many keyboards? Where do i play this note? Erm... eeeeh.... oooh.... aaaah.... erm.... aha! Erm... etc...

[@LilLadyAy]

The trumpets in the beginning sounded like a deleted torture scene from Dumbo, I thought it couldn't get worst, until the organ playing for the weddings 🤣

[@Antifearn]

5:30-5:47 My classmates when they see me with a pack of gum

[@brockmatthew2810]

Sweetheart Cyanide 33 do you know what song that is?

[@lewisirwin5363]

Toreador

[@carlosvillagra6661]

@@brockmatthew2810 its bizet prelude to Carmen

[@carlosvillagra6661]

Act one

[@carlosvillagra6661]

@@lewisirwin5363 ???

[@prototypeinheritance515]

4:45 The messiah turned into the antichrist

[@lauriemclaren8268]

Prototype Inheritance - I couldn’t describe it any better than that. Perhaps the organ suddenly became possessed, or its player did

[@davidbusby2550]

yikes!

[@rebeccafernandes3723]

Missed a note mind went FUCK IM DONE

[@thekathal]

He meant to press the next combination button but hit the transposer instead

[@FuegodeInfierno]

Its was a homage to "the Omen"'s OST

[@lisaschuster9187]

Oh God! It just makes you love music afresh! It’s like hearing it for the first time.

[@glibbergloop]

4:35 that Hallelujah organist adventure made me laugh out loud so hard