Aug 31 2007
Friday Night Concerts: Bassoon Girl’s Nintendo Quartet
It’s still Metroid-week. :)
Tonight’s concert features Melissa Schoenack from the Longy School of Music. Melissa is a bassoon major and part of she and her colleagues call the Nintendo Quartet. On April 12th of this year, Melissa, Graham St-Laurent (oboe), Karen Oosterbaan (violin), Akiko Sato (harpsichord/organ), and Bud Durand (electronics) performed “Music from Five Nintendo Games arr. for Baroque Ensemble, Electronics, and Media” at Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall. Above, you can watch their performance of music from Metroid on the NES.
Of course, an 80-second performance isn’t enough for a Friday night concert. Since the above clip was part of a multi-movement work, you can check after the break for several more songs from the recital! In order, the next four videos feature The Legend of Zelda, Bubble Bobble, Castlevania 2, and Super Mario Bros.





















For those who don’t know, Wayne Gretzky holds the record for the fastest 50 goals in a season in the NHL. The previous record holder, Maurice “Rocket” Richard, held it with the famous “50 in 50″ record (50 goals in 50 games). Gretzky shattered that record by scoring 50 goals in only 39 games.
