Rehearsal details

Concert 3 – Saturday, Feb 7 at 7:30 pm

Georges Bizet: Carmen Suites 1 and 2  31’
Instrumentation: two flutes (doubling piccolo), two oboes (doubling English horn), two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, percussion, harp, and strings.

Sally Greenaway: Resonance  4’
Instrumentation: Flute 1 2, Oboe, Bassoon, Bb Clarinet 1 2 3, Bass Clarinet, F Horn 1 2 3 4, Bb Trumpet 1 2, Trombone 1 2, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, Suspended Cymbal, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, Violin 1, 2, Viola, Cello, Contrabass

Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations  31’
Instrumentation: Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbal, snare drum, triangle, organ (optional), and strings.

Concert order
Greenaway: Resonance
Bizet: Music from Carmen
  No. 5: Overture (Les Toréadors)
  No. 1: Prelude to Act I
  No. 10: La Garde Montante
  No. 7: Habañera
  No. 3: Seguedille
  No. 4: Les dragons d’Alcala (Prelude to Act II)
  No. 11: Danse Bohême
  No. 9: Chanson du Toréador
  No. 2: Intermezzo (Prelude to Act III)
  No. 6: Marche des contrabandiers
  No. 8: Nocturne
  No. 1a: Aragonaise (Prelude to Act IV)
  No. 5: Les Toréadors [yes, again. It serves as the overture AND a high point at the end of the opera, so we’ll bookend with it]
INTERMISSION
Elgar: Enigma Variations

Rehearsals

1/19 (SUMC)
Elgar-palooza (only Elgar tonight; bring stands!)