Richmond Philharmonic Members Areahttp://richmondphilharmonic.org/blog/Powered by: Forest Blog Copyright 2006 Host ForestBrandermill summer concertFirst of all, congratulations to Bob for his dedication to RPO over five full years! Words are so inadequate to express what five years with an orchestra truly represents. We will miss him, but I am sure we all wish him the best as he moves on.

The planned rehearsal schedule for the summer concert is as follows:

Mon. May 14 - full rehearsal
Mon. May 21 - sectionals (led by section leaders)
Mon. May 28 - NO rehearsal (Memorial Day)
Mon. June 4 - full rehearsal
Mon. June 11 - dress rehearsal
Sun. June 17, 6pm - Performance at Sunday Park in Brandermill

Rehearsal order will be by decreasing instrumentation for all rehearsals except the dress rehearsal, which will be in concert order. The total instrumentation for the concert is:

3 fl, 2 ob, 3 cl (3rd on bcl), 2 bn
4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, 1 tuba
timp + 3 perc, pno, hp, strings

The following is the program (in concert order):

Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1 - Aragonaise, Seguidille, and Les Toreadors
Vaughan-Williams: English Folk Song Suite – “Folk Songs from Somerset” (Mvt. III)
Sherman: "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins (arr. Longfield)
    In memory of Robert Sherman (1925–2012)
Sibelius: Finlandia
Gliere: Russian Sailors Dance (arr. Sisson)
Medley from The Prince of Egypt
    In memory of Whitney Houston (1963–2012) 
Chance: Variations on a Korean Folk Song (arr. Longfield)
America the Beautiful (arr. Paul Scott)
Satchmo! A Tribute to Louis Armstrong
Stars & Stripes Forever

We're saluting Dad this summer with a trip around the world and back, while also saluting a number of American musical figures who have recently left us. I look forward to working with everyone again this summer. Be sure to invite your fathers, families, and friends to this concert, and don't forget to remind them that it's free!

All best wishes,
Paul Kim
]]>http://richmondphilharmonic.org/blog/default.asp?Display=100http://richmondphilharmonic.org/blog/default.asp?Display=100Mon, 7 May 2012 20:15:00 0000And this too, like all good things....must come to its end.

We finished our last "regular" rehearsal a few hours ago. We'll gather together again this weekend and give our fifteenth Masterworks program, our thirty-somethingeth performance. I actually can't beleive there have been that many. It doesn't seem so long ago we first met and hammered our way through Beethoven 3. And for a lot of you, it hasnt been. With the perspective of experience, I'm sure the last five years haven't been particularly significant in many ways. For me though, they were huge.

Mostly I just want to say thank you, and I'm worried you won't all hear me when I ineloquently try to do so at the dress rehearsal, so I thought putting something online might be wise, however ineloquent and inadequete it too will inevitably prove. Thank you for being patient with me as I clawed my way out of a deep pit of inexperience. Thank you for being continual examples of people who cling to their passion for music in a very real, honest, uncynical way. Thank you for your many kindnesses and for standing by me during some of the most difficult years of my life. Mostly though, thank you for the chance to make music with you.

For all the lovely people who make up the RPO. For all the good friends I've made here. For all the laughs we've had, the best moments, the best feelings of connection, have come in those rehearsals and concerts when nothing was spoken. I think it's those moments that keep us musicians pushing through all the many demands of each performance only to emerge hungry for more.

I'm sure I will stay in touch with many of you. But I will miss making music with all of you more than I can say.

Thank you again.

Bob Mirakian

]]>http://richmondphilharmonic.org/blog/default.asp?Display=99http://richmondphilharmonic.org/blog/default.asp?Display=99Tue, 1 May 2012 00:44:41 0000Remaining Spring Rehearsal ScheduleMon, April 16: 7-8:30pm, Tchaikovsky; 8:30-9:15pm Rossini and Haydn (Mov. 3/2)

Mon, April 23: 7-8:30pm, Tchaikovsky; 8:30-9:15pm Rossini and Haydn

Mon, April 30: 7-8:30pm, Tchaikovsky, 8:30-9:15pm Rossini and Haydn

Saturday, May 5 10AM-12:30PM, VCU

Rossini/Haydn/Break/Tchaikovsky (Call for Tchaikovsky is 10:45am.)

 

Please remember to contact Lani Wisner at lmwisner@aol.com or 804-836-6436 if you are going to miss rehearsal. (It's a BIG help to me to know when there are going to be absences in advance, so I appreciate the effort.)

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Flutes

Meg (Rossini)

Meg/Susan W/Susan J (Tchaik, 3rd doubles Picc)

 

Oboes

Aronne/Jane (Rossini/Haydn)

Daniel/Jane (Tchaik)Meg/Susan W. (Haydn)

 

Clarinets

Doug/Kat (Rossini)

Kat/Doug (Tchaik) 

Bassoons

Tom/Kathy (Rossini/Haydn)

Kathy/Tom (Tchaik)

 

Horns

Gretchen/George (Haydn/Rossini)

MB (George Asst)/Ruth/Gretchen/Robert (Tchaik)


Trumpets

Jack/Matt (Haydn)

Matt/Jack (Tchaik)


Trombones (Tchaik only)

Mark/Dave/Bob

 

Tuba

David (Tchaik only)

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