Hoffnung Music Festival
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1961 in British music1961 in LondonClassical music festivals in EnglandClassical music in LondonComedy festivals in EnglandHumor in classical musicMusic festivals established in 1956Music festivals in LondonRoyal Festival HallUse British English from April 2012
The Hoffnung Music Festivals were a series of three humorous classical music festivals held in Royal Festival Hall, London in 1956, 1958 and 1961 (and a reprise in 1988). They were created by cartoonist and amateur tuba player Gerard Hoffnung. They included works such as Haydn's Surprise Symphony 'with extra surprises' added by Donald Swann, an 'excerpt from Belshazzar's Feast', with full orchestra and chorus conducted by William Walton himself (with a fly swat), which turned out to consist of just a single chord with the word "Slain!", and humorous works specially commissioned from well-known composers of the day.
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