Philharmonia Messages

Seating Auditions on April 14th

French Horn seating auditions are first on Monday, March 31st.

All other instrument sections have seating auditions on Monday, April 14th.  Part spots are below.

Important Details for all:  All instruments have four spots with at least three being from the Verdi.  Please use the first part for your instrument (if more than one part).  For the Verdi ‘Piu animato’ section, tempo should be quarter = 136 with focus on articulations, note length, and dynamics in addition to note accuracy.

Flute

• Verdi: C to 14 measures after D;  I to J;  Piu animato to the end
• Bizet Les Toreadors: Beginning to A

Oboe

• Verdi:  C to 14 measures after D;  I to J;  Piu animato to the end
• Bizet Aragonaise:  Opening solo to A

Clarinet

• Verdi:  G to H;  I to J;  Piu animato to the end (check the original part for missing dynamics)
• Bizet Les Toreadors:  Beginning to A

Trumpet

• Verdi:  4 measures before D to E;  H to I;  O to the end
• Bizet Les Toreadors:  11 measures before the end to the end

Trombone/Euphonium/Tuba

• Verdi:  C to E;  I to J;  O to the end
• Bizet Les Toreadors:  E to the end

Violin

• Verdi:  A to bottom of the first page (stop at the 2/4 time signature);  6 measures before E to F;  I to J;  Piu animato to the end

Viola

• Verdi:  H to I;  6 measures before E to F;  Piu animato to the end
• Bizet Les Toreadors:  D to E

Cello

• Verdi:  Beginning to A;  I to J;  6 measures before E to F;  Piu animato to the end

Double Bass

• Verdi:  I to J;  6 measures before E to F;  Piu animato to the end
• Bizet Les Toreadors:  9 measures after A to B

Congratulations on a fantastic Winter Concert!

Spring Quarter Reference Videos

This is Verdi’s La Forza Del Destino Overture performed by the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano (Italy) and conducted by Xian Zhang who will be Seattle Symphony’s new music director next season.

For a video of Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 4, Fourth Movement (Allegro con fuoco), use the link below.  This final movement begins at 32:38. This is the ‘All-Star Orchestra’ conducted by Gerard Schwarz who was the music director of the Seattle Symphony for 26 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcrRDrMyYi0

Fall Quarter Reference Videos

Alpha and Omega by American composer Soon Hee Newbold.  This is a computer-generated recording with the score.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge3Ckg_qzfc

Symphony No. 4, Finale (Fourth Movement) by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky.  This is a recording by a Russian symphony with the score.  The Fourth Movement begins at 33:27.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xldfaf4NGw