Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for March 20, 2016
Transcript:
rj: and a one, and a two, and a... rj: What are you playing? verne: "flight of valkyries"...what were you playing? rj: "blue rondo a la turk"...hammy, what are you playing? hammy: the triangle. rj: percussionists. verne: always pulling focus. hammy: tee hee.
I am impressed by the choice of musical example in panel 5 (Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 2, cadenza from first movement). The author of this strip must be a hard-core music lover. Kudos!
(For those that don’t know, the Prok 2 is one of the most kick-ass piano concertos in the repertoire, although it is not often played due to its frankly insane difficulty)