A Weekend of Warhorses

January 14, 2007 at 3:45 AM

This weekend I am playing in the orchestra for a conducting workshop at Mercer University. It's a smorgasboard of everyone's favorite pieces crammed into 5 rehearsals and 1 performance. The best part is that the conductors have to show what they want without a lot of verbiage. The day started with the chamber version of Appalachian Spring. Then it was on to the full orchestra. How many times can you play the opening introduction and/or the stringendo leading to the final section of the 4th movement of Brahms's Symphony #1? We also did bits of Beethoven #1 (last movement), Beethoven #5 (1st movement), Egmont, Tchaik 5 (mvmt 2), Barber Adagio, Ase's Death, Siegfried Idyll, Mendelssohn Italian Symphony (mvmt 1) and the Hebrides. We have more of the same on Sunday and then a final rehearsal & concert on Monday. Our pay per service is rather paltry, so my babysitter is making out great, while I'll have about 60 dollars left at the end. Tuesday is back to school, so it's nice just to play and get a little respite from the sturm und drang of middle school.

From Donna Clegg
Posted on January 16, 2007 at 1:11 PM

Sounds like a great concert. Wish I could have made it.

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