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Practices held at: The Centre for String Playing
1603 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, L8S 1E6, Ph. 905 528-9620

Regular Rehearsals

Every Tuesday evening 7:30pm to 9:30pm with a 10 minute break for refreshments.  These continue until Tuesday, December 15, 2009, and resume on January 5, 2010. Note that several of these evenings are actually retirement home concerts.  Rehearsals continue until May 25, before our final concert on May 30.

Concerts
Repertoire Spring 2010

Franz Schubert - Symphony No.5 in B♭
Bordin - In the Steppes of Central Asia
Marches!
Felix Mendelssohn - Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream
Gounod - Funeral March of the Marionette
Victor Herbert - March of the Toys
Meyerbeer - Coronation March from "Le Prophète"
Gounod - Funeral March of the Marionette
Vaughan Williams - March Past of the Kitchen Utensils

Some Notes on Our Repertoire

Franz Schubert - Symphony No.5
This symphony was scored for only 1 flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings, so not everyone will be playing.
A short description of the work is found on Wikipedia here: Schubert Symphony_No.5

Giacomo Meyerbeer - Coronation March from "Le Prophète"
German: Krönungsmarsch
"Le Prophète" is an opera, described on Wikipedia here:  Le prophète

Felix Mendelssohn - Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream
German: Hochzeitsmarsch
This march is from Mendelssohn's incidental music to Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Wikipedia article here: Wedding March

In the Steppes of Central Asia by Alexander Porfirevich Borodin
German: Eine Steppenskizze
This work is described on Wikipedia here: In_the_Steppes_of_Central_Asia

March of the Toys from "Babes in Toyland"
"Babes in Toyland" is an  operetta by Victor Herbert. Wikipedia article is here: Babes_in_Toyland.

Caravan
Though Duke Ellington is listed as the composer, it was actually composed by Juan Tizol, a trombonist in Ellington's band. Wikipedia here: Caravan

March Past of the Kitchen Utensils
(also "Kitchen Implements")
from the Aristophanic Suite - the Wasps
An article on the suite is available at Wikipedia here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wasps
and at Answers.com here: http://www.answers.com/topic/the-wasps-aristophanic-suite-for-orchestra-from-the-incidental-music



Download Extra Parts / Pages

Franz Schubert - Symphony No.5
Score and parts are available at the IMSLP on-line library at this location:  http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5,_D.485

Felix Mendelssohn - Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream
This march is movement number 3 in the overall suite, so you don't have to print out all the pages. Score and parts for the complete work are here: http://imslp.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream,_Op.61

In the Steppes of Central Asia by Alexander Porfirevich Borodin
The full score and parts are available here: http://imslp.org/wiki/In_the_Steppes_of_Central_Asia

Vaughan Williams - March Past of the Kitchen Utensils
The march is movement number 3 in the "Aristophanic Suite" of "The Wasps", a play by Aristophanes.  Parts for the full suite are available here: http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Wasps,_Aristophanic_suite

March of the Toys from "Babes in Toyland"
A full set of parts is available here: http://imslp.org/wiki/Babes_in_Toyland


more parts are coming soon...




Repertoire Fall 2009 (OLD)

Georges Bizet - L'Arlesienne Suite No.2
Harry Somers - Little Suite for String Orchestra
Paul Chappel - Northwest Symphony
Leroy Anderson - Sleigh Ride
W.A. Mozart - Sleigh Ride
Edvard Grieg - Last Spring
Icini - Summertime in Venice
Michel Legrand - Summer of '42
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess
Joseph Kosma - Autumn Leaves

Some Notes on Our Repertoire (OLD)

Georges Bizet - L'Arlesienne Suite No.2
    The following link has the Wikipedia article on this work (the original and the two orchestral suites): L'Arlesienne (Bizet)
    The full score is available from the International Music Score Library Project, but may differ slightly from the arrangement we are playing. Link: L'Arlésienne Suite No.2

Paul Chappel - Northwest Symphony
    Paul is a Dundas composer and organist. A brief biography of him appeared in the Hamilton Spectator in 2007, when he celebrated his 40th birthday.
    Paul's blog: Paul Chappel
    The symphony is based on melodies by Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers (1949-1983). Here is a Wikipedia article about him: Stan Rogers

George Gershwin - Selections from Porgy and Bess
    Here is an article on the opera Porgy and Bess, in Wikipedia: Porgy and Bess

Edvard Grieg - Last Spring from Op.34 No.2
    This is an arrangement for orchestra by Bruno Reibold. The original work was composed for piano, four hands, though Grieg later arranged it for string orchestra. Others have arranged it for other combinations of instruments. The original score and composer's string arrangement are available at the International Music Score Library Project, by or by following this link:  2 Elegiac Melodies, Op.34

Icini - Summertime in Venice
    The composer of the music has the pseudonym Icini and is actually composer Alessandro Cicognini (1906-1995). The others listed are responsible for the lyrics.

Joseph Kosma - Autumn Leaves
    Here is a Wikipedia article on this popular song from the 1940's: Autumn Leaves (song)

Michel Legrand - Theme from Summer of '42
    Based on the theme from the movie of the same name. Wikipedia article on the film is here: Summer of '42

W.A. Mozart - Sleigh Ride from K.V. 602 No.3
    This work was from a set of 3 'German Dances' originally scored for Piccolo, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, Timpani, Violins and Bass (Cellos). The original score is available by here: 3 German Dances, K.605

Harry Somers - Little Suite for String Orchestra
    The Canadian Music Centre has a recording of this work (free registration is required).
    Wikipedia article: Harry Somers


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