"I'm suddenly reminded of that film, or is it proper piece of music (?) where all the orchestra creep away one by one until there is only the soloist left."
It's a long way back up the thread, but Cliff, were you thinking of Haydn's Farewell Symphony? He wrote it as a protest at the musicians not being paid enough by their patron, who I think was Prince Esterhazy. They also thought they were due for a holiday.
I think Haydn's light-hearted protest had the desired result.
Last edited by: Avant on Fri 3 Jun 11 at 00:46
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