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Author: Neal Raskin
Date: 2010-01-31 02:42
Just finished a Pops and Popcorn concert:
Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice
Katchaturian - Adagio from Sparticus
Smetna - The Bartered Bride
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919)
First program that was a bit overwhelming...
Can't wait for Britten's War Requiem in April.
whew *wipes sweat from brow*
Anyone else playing a tough program right now?
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Author: GBK
Date: 2010-01-31 07:34
The most difficult program is always the one which is upcoming ![[wink]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie3.gif)
Currently preparing:
Tchaikovsky - Symphony #4
Grondahl - Concerto for Trombone
Gliere - Russian Sailors Dance
Tibor Serly - Rhapsody for Viola (w/ very poorly handwritten parts )
...GBK
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Author: clarinettist1104
Date: 2010-01-31 11:38
I am preparing:
Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony
Gershwin's Cuban Overture
Poet and Peasent Overture
Today I am performing:
Libby Larsen Overture for the End of a Century
Mozart Concerto in A
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2010-01-31 14:42
I wish we were playing something a little more challenging in our group, but the February concert is always a "light pops" sort of thing. THey do sound nice, but aren't all that challenging. The crowd will like them, however.
At least we have a nonet (not sure if that's the proper term for a group of 9) of clarinets doing some Scott Joplin. Thanks to the folks here for steering me to arrangements of Joplin for free or cheap! We double the 4 soprano parts, and add our only bass for the total of 9.
Jeff
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Author: Curinfinwe
Date: 2010-01-31 15:08
My youth orchestra is playing a whole year's worth of difficult stuff-
Our first concert program was:
Dukas Sorcerer's Apprentice
Sibelius Symphony #2
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Then:
Tchaikovsky Symphony #4
Two Mozart Piano Concertos (with concerto competition winners)
Our current program is:
Rachmaninov Symphony #2
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
And our last one will be:
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherezade
Mozart Overture to Don Giovanni
Brahms Hungarian Dances #1 and 5
Some of the stuff is fine, but as this is my first year in an orchestra, I'm getting quite the workout!
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2010-01-31 15:48
I'm on a playing break right now. It's been a LOT longer of a break than I'd like, but I'll get back into it soon.
Alexi
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Author: mrn
Date: 2010-01-31 16:24
Clarimeister wrote:
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Dukas alone is ridiculous.
It's even more fun in the band transcription.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2010-01-31 16:53
Firebird for a "Pops" concert? For that matter, that whole program seems strange for a pops concert. That's more like a "light" classical program though it is all good music. What is a "Popcorn" concert"?
When we do pops concerts in Baltimore we do "Tunes". Things like Broadway music, Movie music, some which is pretty difficult, Big Band stuff, etc. lighter music in other words though a piece like the Dukas will sneak in now and then because it was used in a Disney Movie and is "popular". We used to do pops concerts more like the old Arthur Fiedler programs, An Overture, a favorite Concerto, intermission, a light classic, then standard and newer pieces pops. We toured with him many, many years ago, and did that type of program for three weeks ending with a bunch of Beatles tunes. Now we tend to do pops concerts with a guest artist and a theme like music of Broadway etc. This week we're doing a tribute to Judy Garland with guest singer Linda Eder. We do 5-6 "pops" concerts a season not counting our Christmas and summer programs which tend to be a mix of both types. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com
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Author: Neal Raskin
Date: 2010-01-31 18:38
The concert is a tradition here on this campus. The audience gets pop and popcorn during the concert (hence "pops and popcorn") and the music is usually accompanied by skits and props and other "non-traditional" things. Its always a bunch of fun. The program was kind of along a Fantasia theme..This concert usually is more along the lines of a "light classical" concert like you said Ed. The concert usually has music that is more well known to the general public and its not always pop music like the title suggests.
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Author: pewd
Date: 2010-01-31 19:48
funny you should mention that MRN, some of my students are working on that right now at a large high school very near where you live
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: mrn
Date: 2010-01-31 20:58
pewd wrote:
> funny you should mention that MRN, some of my students are
> working on that right now at a large high school very near
> where you live
I played it in high school band, too--all the fun of the orchestral clarinet part plus string runs.
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