[Publius]

Un pipistrello dal'inferno...Like a bat out of hell.

[left that other site]

LOL...does it say that on the sheet music?

[ConorMacNessa]

The prestississimo was not that difficult for me - our Conductor, Bob Schafer taught us a few tricks and we drilled until we got it right. What always gave me problems were the decrescendos and pianississimos. I agree with Fred Begun, tympanist for the National Symphony - he used to wear a t-shirt to rehearsal with the legend "Loud Is Good!"

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)