Jamais Vu
Maestro James Levine leaps onto the “mono-play” bandwagon. [Photo: Hiroyuki Ito for The New York Times]
Cher public, you are invited to contribute your ideas for captions for this unusual photo.
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Ein Abend in Nibelheim.
Caption:”I’m gonna show her my ‘OH’ face”
Thought Bubbles:
Pierre-Laurent Aimard: “OH SH*T! Did he hurt his back again? It is a piano concerto for the left hand, I guess I could conduct with my right”
Levine: “MY LEG FELL ASLEEP!!! I hate when then happens!”
Caption: “Muori mosquito!”
Unraveling.
I got my Christams goose early!
Sorry, Christmas. Nothing worse than a failed attempt at bad humor.
See your Doctor now.
(…you deserve a refund)
New super strength Right Guard Crescendo…..
A white blast of protection for moments like these…….
“Bruciato a mezzo, fumante ancor!”
“Sono lume di ascella”…
“Gee, Francine! You’re the most drinkin’est gal I know!”
Today, Rahm Emanuel apologized for his use of the word ‘retarded’ in regards to James Levine.
This a pic of Crumb’s rarely performed “Flatulencia”.
You took the words right out of my mouth. He looks like like he just ripped out a huge fart.
lets bake the cookie (and eat the children)
This is bad news folks! They’ve increased his painkiller meds.
Oh shit! They waxed the lid!
premiering works for prepared piano and preparation h.
Now starring in The Fabulous Baker Boys!
Sanford, you beat me to it! My line was going to be something like “Well, Michelle Pfeiffer looked fabulous when she did this in the FBB …”
Hehe! Hehe!
Hieher! Hieher!
Tückischer Zwerg!
Tapfer gezwickt…
James Levine leads the first piano read-thru of Rufus Wainwright’s newest Met commission: “Dr. Strangelove–the Opera.”
How about — “Well, this is one tricky position that the Met’s lawyers aren’t going to be able to get me out of …”
“Lovely to look at, delightful to know. And heaven to kiss”
Pianist tackles concerto; maestro crushes steinway.
Rare songbirds on display
The Competition (2010)
For the original, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq35DIt9Y_4
Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Fire!!!
They beat off like this at the piano bar at Rounds.
“Tip me over, pour me out!”
“Helen Traubel? I thought you said Helen Morgan!”
du siehst mich doch: seh ich wie eine kranke?
It strongly suggests that Levine has just cut the cheese in a major way and that the pianist is (appropriately) shocked and disgusted.
Hey jam2063…I accept your thoughts. Jimmy L. is what you would call ‘being RIPE!’ What I want to know is what TYPE of cheese, is it ? Perhaps a rancid Gorganzola? …….Nah! Has to be one of those abombinable aquirmy ‘bombs’ – like Dutch ‘Fynbo’. I am much too respectful…’you know me’ to actually state what they taste like…..but, I think , you can guess.. Absolute f#*kin’ s#*t!
Perhaps if we hear now , that patrons didn’t like a perfomance at the MET and had close seats to the orchestra / and James L. was conducting… the photo might give ‘the clue’ – why not!
Just teething troubles from Gelb’s innovation of ‘Live HD Smell-o-Rama’!
“and THAT’S the way it is”
Pianist to Levine: “Excuse me, did I miss a cue …or did you ‘open your lunch’ by mistake? “
“Damn – that diaper is itchy tonight!”
I think I prefer the former, more moribund Levine.
Tom… I’m falling!
My name is Diego Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
I admit to a mighty curiousity to know what the real circumstance was that led to this “unusual photo”. Cara La Cieca, could you please enlighten us at some point?
Don´t shoot the piano player, he´s doing his best. But by all means, laser beam the maestro.
“No… wire… hangers. What’s wire hangers doing in this closet when I told you: no wire hangers EVER? I work and work ’till I’m half-dead, and I hear people saying, “She’s getting old.” And what do I get?”
There once was a maestro named Jimmy
Whose stick technique caused him to shimmy
His plus-sized derriere
Landed splat on Pierre
Who said “Zut! Quelle downbeat he gimme”
“Pierre, get your f**king poodle off my leg !”
Let’s try and pull these pants right up to my boobs
Humpty-Levine sat on a Steinway…
James Levine and Pierre-Laurent Aimard team up for a rare production of Ravel’s “Bomblero”.
[Inset: Maestro Levine (l) adjusts the bomb in his underwear ahead of the stirring finale]
On short notice, Maestro Levine will step in to perform the role of the tyrannical diva, replacing Tyne Daly who is “disenchanted”.