The inaugural instrumental quartet, that included Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman, was faked. They were “hand-synching” to canned music.
This is unsurprising: I was shocked they were in such good tune at 27° F. In my marching band days, my euphonium went way sharp in cold weather.
Per Carole Florman, spokeswoman for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies:
I think this is a whole lot of nothin’. These are world-class performers who are playing in 19 degree weather [editor: NOAA said 27 degrees at that time] and the technical requirements of their instruments made it impossible for them to have their music amplified and know that it would be in tune. So they made, what I think, was probably a difficult decision to play to tape. (source)
Oh, come on. Nothing suggested it wasn’t real. You shouldn’t have waited several days to reveal this.
do you wake up each morning and look for shit to bitch about?
What would life be like without my whining?