Klarinet Archive - Posting 000525.txt from 2001/09

From: Donna Higgins <donna@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Memorial program
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 17:23:29 -0400

Logistics are not a problem. The concert is at the Mann Music Center, the
orchestra's venue for their summer concert series. They regularly do works
there that require a large orchestra, multiple choruses, soloists, guest
groups, etc.

Ian Black wrote:

> Fanfare for the Common Man
>
> Zadok the Priest
>
> Barber's Adagio for Strings.
>
> Dvorak 9 (prev. known as no.5 - "From the New World")
>
> Ravel's Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
>
> Amazing Grace (but only if played by the massed pipes and drums)
>
> Of course, I'm assuming that logistical constraints are not an issue - this
> is just hypothetical, right? I'd not like to try to fit full orchestra,
> Chorus, and the massed pipes and drums into one concert hall.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donna Higgins [mailto:donna@-----.com]
> Sent: 14 September 2001 20:32
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Memorial program
>
> I just read in the paper that the Philadelphia Orchestra will hold a
> concert this Sunday afternoon as a fundraiser for victims of the
> terrorist attacks. The content of the program hasn't yet been
> announced, nor the conductor (Wolfgang Sawallisch is in Germany and
> might not be able to get back here in time).
>
> So, I throw the following question out for discussion:
>
> If you had to put such a program together, what music would you choose,
> keeping in mind that it would have to be material that requires minimal
> or no rehearsal time and that would be familiar and meaningful for a
> large cross-section of the community?
>
> - Donna
>
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