She gets by with a little help from her friends

This cracked me up listening to WCPE (TheClassicalStation.org), where it’s usually:

“And that piece was by Franz Schubert, performed by the Rembrandt Trio,” or

“We just enjoyed Mozart’s String Quartet No. 22 in B Flat, performed by the Shanghai Quartet,” or

“That was Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80, performed by the Houston Symphony.”

But just now, listening while doing my stretching and strengthening exercises:

“That delightful piece was Bach’s Violin Concerto #2 in E, performed by Janine Jansen and a group of her friends.”

I’ve never heard the performers described so casually like that. It probably didn’t help that I’ve never heard of (the apparently renowned) Janine Jansen, so it came across to me like some folks got together with some woman in her garage and pounded out a few numbers. 😂

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