oscaralbert Review of The Band Concert

The Band Concert (1935)

Anyone who has played in a high school concert band . . .

[8/10 · 14 January 2022]

. . . will deem THE BAND CONCERT to be a gross understatement of what it's like to be in a co-ed band. For instance, "The William Tell Overture" is pretty tame stuff compared to "The Overture of 1812," which inevitably sees the percussionists on vocational studies tracks building homemade cannons, bazookas and pipe bombs for the big finale. Mickey may be directing his pep band from a few feet off the ground during the tornado, but our local band director often waves his baton within the Asteroid Belt during "The Planets" by Holst. And though Donald Duck's flute counter melody is mildly distracting in this cartoon, it cannot hold a cantata to the cacophonous racket raised by a pair of French horn gals ragging behind.